One month before the annual town election, Sharon's three selectmen fielded questions common at a candidates night.

The Sharon Cub Scouts, who asked the questions, are too young to vote, though, for incumbent Walter "Joe" Roach, or anyone else on the May 17 ballot.

About eight members of Pack 95 attended last week's selectmen's meeting loaded with questions such as "Do you control the whole town, or do all of you control a little part of the town?"

Roach explained that selectmen set policies, and the positions of requests on the town meeting warrant. The school committee oversees the schools, he noted.

One scout asked for the members' most important task.

"To make sure that we keep the taxes down. We've got to be prudent with all the money that your mom and dad pay in taxes," said Roach, the board's chairman, who is unopposed for re-election.

Another scout asked, "How do you guys make decisions together about the town?"

"Each one of us comes from a different part of the community," Roach said: Roach is a lifelong resident, William Heitin is a businessman and Richard Powell works at the Statehouse.

"We all somehow work it out," Roach said.