The Choice Is Clear: Vote Republican On November 3rd

Before casting your vote on November 3rd, keep in mind that the next West Hartford board of education and town council will address several matters of enormous importance for the town. The question is who does West Hartford want at the helm to handle these important matters?

President Eisenhower once said that “[t]he history of free men [and women] is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!” West Hartford has a choice to make on November 3rd and that choice is clear: elect the Republican candidates for town council and board of education.

The Republican candidates pledge to fight the State’s Racial Imbalance Statute, oppose any massive town-wide redistricting plan and maintain West Hartford’s neighborhood schools while improving education by allocating more tax dollars to the classroom. The Democrats, on the other hand, refuse to challenge the Racial Imbalance Statute and refuse to be aggressive advocates for neighborhood schools. Making matters worse, the Democrat-controlled school board has met in secret “retreats” to discuss this issue and refuses to tell voters their plan to comply with the statute until after the election. West Hartford should expect the Democrats to handle the racial imbalance issue the same way that they handled the school start time issue in 2007. If you will recall, before the 2007 election, the Democrats said that they would not touch school start times, then as soon as the election was over, the first thing the Democrats did was change school start times. The bottom line is the Democrats could not be trusted about school start times in 2007 and cannot be trusted on the racial imbalance issue today.

The Republican candidates will ensure that West Hartford remains affordable while maintaining and restoring valued town services, like leaf collection, by reforming the town’s archaic pension system from a defined benefit to a defined contribution plan for new employees. Over the past 10 years, West Hartford has seen an unsustainable 50% increase in taxes and 159% increase in employee benefit costs while, during that same period, it has seen valued town services cut and school test scores decline. West Hartford residents are clearly not getting what they pay for. Now, more than ever, it is time for a change of leadership -- 10 years of business as usual with 50% tax increases and 159% benefit increases is way too long.

The Republican candidates will address the town’s growing public safety concerns by filling the six vacancies on the police force and allocating more tax dollars to town public safety services. The Democrats would rather sweep public safety concerns under the rug instead of addressing them head-on. The safety of West Hartford’s residents must be given top priority.

Heed President Eisenhower’s words when you make your choice on November 3rd, and vote Republican for town council and board of education.

Peter J. Martin

VOTE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. VOTE LOW TAXES. VOTE REPUBLICAN.

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Our Town Council Candidates:
Leon Davidoff
Steve Adler
Joe Visconti
Denise Hall
Rob Sisk
Justin Clark

Our Board of Education Candidates:
Lib Brassil Spinella
Ellen Burchill Brassil
Andrew Bannon-Guasp

VOTE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. VOTE LOW TAXES.

VOTE REPUBLICAN.