Although they aren’t on the primary ballot two state representative candidates busied themselves greeting voters outside Central Middle School.
Alfred Camillo, R-151, and his Democratic challenger, first-time candidate Claude Johnson, each spent several hours outside the school while keeping a careful 15-20 feet away from one another.
It was Peter Berg, a Democrat and District 8/Cos Cob Representative Town Meeting member, who acted as the social glue between the two men.
He would spend a few minutes with Johnson, and Stephen Ng, a fellow Cos Cob RTM member and Johnson volunteer, and then wander over to talk with Camillo.
Camillo was accompanied by Republican volunteer Linda Moshier.
But all men gathered in a circle when the talk turned to sports, specifically football, after Camillo, a Pittsburgh Steelers fan discovered Berg was from Pittsburgh.
It got more interesting when they talked baseball and the name Dick Stuart came up, a home-run hitting first baseman with the Pirates in the 1950’s and early 1960’s.
“Hey he was married to my cousin,” Camillo said as he reminisced about a player whose defensive deficiencies earned him the nickname “Dr. Strangelove,” a play on a movie’s name.
But Berg always remembered why they were present, occasionally breaking away from discussions by suddenly calling out, “Voter, voter,” and walked over to a new voter.