Hi friends, FB followers and supporters! 
I love you all. I can’t do this without you. And as this campaign starts, I think it’s so important that I am as transparent as possible with everyone.
First thing: this is my personal page. You’ll see some political updates here, but you’ll also see me having fun, socializing, having a drink, traveling…*none* of which should be considered “ammunition” for my opponent. If you want the proper decorum applicable to my election race, you’ll want to follow the Committee to Elect Holly McNamara page. You won’t see any pictures of my photo shoot there. I promise.
I think it is also important that you hear about me, from me, myself, straight from the source. I know my opponent’s camp is brewing some nasty twisted-truth media (they’ve already started), so I’m going to get ahead of it and clarify, right out the gate.
Most of you know me pretty well. I’m very open-book and open-door. I’ve always loved people, and love working with teams. This is part of why I loved being a selectman so much. It has absolutely been some of the best years of my life.
The hard times, however, have been brutal. Most of you have an idea of how badly I was harassed while in and out of office. I was assaulted twice. It got so bad that I didn’t feel comfortable leaving my house. If you think you’ve seen most of it on social media, I’ll say that there is so much more that happened to me, I don’t think I could ever explain all of it. I sold my house because of it. I never felt safe. It hasn’t stopped in 8 years. All of this led to my resignation 3 years ago (I will get into the resignation in a different post).
I made a vow to the town that I would stay involved, since it was much more effective to fight from the outside, and I have.
I have spent the past 3 years working on myself and my health, and it has been liberating.
I never thought I would be running for selectman again, but I knew at some point I would run for some sort of office. I have missed it so much and really am so excited to run again.
That being said, it’s important that you know that every single one of my social media posts have been deliberate. I put them out to the public so they could not be leaked, and they wouldn’t be a surprise.
“But Holly you share so much!”
Believe it or not, there is a LOT that I DON’T share. There is always a time and a place.
“But Holly you shared that photo shoot! It was so revealing! Some of the voters won’t like it!”
I want you to know that I did that for myself. It was a huge accomplishment for me. It was only shared on my personal page. I would never share that on my election page. I hope most people will understand that it was something personal for me, and I was proud of it so I shared it. But just because I did that doesn’t mean that I’m going to show up to a selectmen meeting in a bikini. Again, there is a time and a place!
I also think it is very important to show society that you can be human, you can be different, you can be more than the status quo, and even then you can still run for office to serve your community. It’s 2024 now. We are all adapting. I think it is exciting! This is also why I launched my podcast! We need to keep it real! Always.
“But the bullying! Why would you put yourself through that again?”
Three years out of office, therapy, and lots of down time afforded me the opportunity to heal and to grow. I am really not bothered by the bullies anymore (luckily I’m handling it better now, because they haven’t stopped). I feel bad for them. It is a liberating feeling.
What I am bothered by is being told I should be a “shrinking violet” or “be less” or diminishing whatever I went through. Well-meaning folks sometimes don’t even realize they’re doing it. I just want you to know that I appreciate and feel the love. I truly do. But I simply will not shrink down or be less — I am who I am and I don’t plan to change that. You will always know what you’re going to get. No question (contrary to my opponent, who is only out to serve his SOBBP friends. Examples in another post).
Regardless of which hat I’m wearing (relaxed Holly, social Holly, Selectman McNamara, girlie Holly, tomboy Holly, California Holly…), regardless of any of that, I will always be me. There is a time and a place for each “hat”. I will always do my best to wear the right hat at the right time.
The haters (my opponent Allen Smith’s friends), will smear me over the next six weeks. I’m prepared. They’ve already started.
I do want to let you all know: from 2017-2022 I was self-employed, doing very well, comfortably well, and provided for the family. Dan has osteoarthritis in both knees (surgery soon, we’ve tried everything) and can’t work much at all due to that. It’s debilitating.
In 2021, I sold my house after living there with our family for seven years. Paid movers to move out and to put stuff in storage. Moved again but only stayed a few months (building had issues) and then moved again. It is incredibly expensive to move…
Anyway, in summer of 2022, we took a 3-week trip across the country to move my boyfriend’s son to Montana for school. I was able to pay for the move and the trip, including the two weeks Dan and I took to explore the country on the drive home. It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip, so I had no problem spending money on that!
When we got home, the work I had been successfully overwhelmed with for 7 years, came to a screeching halt. I was completely out of work. Over the next 6 months, I bled out financially. And then some. All of that said — I have financial problems that I’ve never had before.
It’s completely embarrassing to have financial issues. I used to pride myself on paying every single bill ever. Between COVID and the massive interest rate hikes (directly impacted my business), it’s been tough. Just know that I am handling it very carefully and I’m working hard. I have great lawyers and a great CPA. I also have an incredible new job with The Commonwealth, that I love.
I need to tell you all of that, especially since the haters are already trying to use it to smear me.
If you’ve read it this far, thank you so much. You need to know these things in case there are any questions. I want you to have the information up front.
I will always be unapologetically me, and I promise to always be truthful with you. You have my word. 
Thank you again! Love you all.