The Headline Says It All

Yesterday the Hartford Courant ran an article about the Republican candidates for the Manchester Board of Directors properly entitled, “GOP Seeks to End Dems’ Grip on Town’s Board of Directors”.  After 16 years of one-party control, it’s time that Manchester’s voters re-established balanced government by casting their ballots for the Republican candidates this year.  The Dems have become heavily entrenched incumbents and are out of touch with the people.  They voted against allowing citizens to speak at the beginning of every Directors’ meeting.  They postponed the revaluation to the detriment of our residents.  And they have allowed blighted properties to linger, decreasing property values and harming community morale.  Manchester deserves better.

 The highlights of the Courant piece:

“I feel that our team will do a better job leading Manchester. The Democrats have run Manchester’s government for the last 16 years. It is not healthy for the same group to be in control for so long,” Spadaccini said.

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“We’re going to do a lot more of that,” Peak said of the Republican candidates. “We’re going to broaden workforce development through public/private partnerships in town. So, overall, by increasing people’s earning abilities and keeping property taxes down, everybody will be better off.”

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“They laughed at me in 2005 when I talked about quality-of-life issues, and now I’ve got everybody talking about quality-of-life issues,” Pelletier said. “I see the deterioration of my town. I think we’re at a crossroads right now. We can have some change.”