Name: Alex Tsouvalas
Office Sought: Town Meeting Member Precinct 5
e-mail address: alex [at] tsouvalas.commichaelschanbacherlexpb [at] gmail.com (
)phone number: 508-397-5748

Community Activities: 

• In 2020 I was appointed to the town’s Waste Reduction Taskforce and have been actively involved in our efforts to increase municipal composting. After securing a grant in 2023 the Taskforce launched a program offering a free year of curbside composting, increasing participation by over a thousand households. In an effort to educate and promote compositing, my daughter and I produced an education video on the benefits of composting that is available on the Town website, “Willow the Worm – Composting in Lexington”.
• I have been a resident of Precinct Five for eleven years, along with my wife and daughter, an LHS sophomore, and our two rescue dogs. I have been a volunteer with Lexington Interfaith Garden and a religious-education teacher and volunteer at Follen Community Church for many years. I am also a volunteer mentor for the Summer Search Boston program. I founded and operated a small business for twenty years, and now work as an IT Director.
• I am an enthusiastic gardener of native-pollinator and bird-friendly plants, trees, and shrubs. I’ve been educated and inspired by groups such as Lexington Living Landscapes and Homegrown National Parks. I am absolutely convinced individuals can make a positive climate impact in everyday life – and with each small but significant step, these combined efforts make a global difference.

Article 43 on the 2024 Town Warrant is asking if the Town will authorize and request the Select Board to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth for Home Rule Legislation to allow any citizens in the Town of Lexington, who have reached the age of 16 or older, to register and vote in municipal elections within the Town, or to take any action in relative thereto. Would you support this article? Why or why not?

I fully support this article, and the reason is simple. In our communities, and frankly, throughout the Commonwealth and nation, we need more civic participation, not less. Our youth have so much at stake. Their future depends on the action and votes adult citizens take. Having our teen-aged citizens participate even earlier in Town elections could increase their engagement, provide them with a clear electoral voice, and familiarize them with the experience of voting so when they reach federal voting age, they are more familiar and comfortable with the process. Finally, being the parent of a 15-year-old student, I know how smart, sophisticated – and concerned they are for their future, and that of the planet. I fully support Article 43 on the 2024 Town Warrant.