Campaigns/Elections

Today’s Journal-Inquirer has a good story covering this morning’s Board of Directors press conference with reporters.  The highlights:

“The revaluation delay couldn’t have been worse for Manchester residents,” incumbent Matthew B. Peak said, citing an online real estate calculator that shows his home peaked in value in 2006 when revaluation was implemented. “The gamble was with other people’s money.”

“Candidate Mark Tweedie said it’s “disheartening” to hear that income effectively has dropped 20 percent for most people and said more attention should be paid to helping residents develop their job skills so they can get job with better salaries.”

 ”We will keep property taxes as low as possible as well as maintain vital services,” Spadaccini said. “We will always consider the community’s ability to pay.”

MANCHESTER - Republican candidates for the Board of Directors and the Board of Education continue to wage an aggressive campaign for office this week. Candidates are knocking ondoors, talking to the people of Manchester, and talking about real solutions. “One thing people always bring up are the taxes,” said candidate for the Board of Directors Jeff Beckman. “They ask me how we have the mall and all that development, and taxes that continue to rise?”

The Republican candidates for the Board of Directors have proposed a Covenant with Manchester Taxpayers, a three plank plan that spells out our plaform for reform at the local level. Click on “Platform” to learn more about the Covenant with Manchester Taxpayers. 

 The election will be won not in the newspapers or in mailboxes.  It will be won on the street, with our candidates looking residents in the eye, shaking their hands, and honestly promising to do something about the problems people face.  And in just a few weeks, Manchester voters will head to the polls and make their choices.  We look forward to talking to them.

Several good letters to the editor in the Journal Inquirer today.  A brief rundown:

Mary Jane Pazda had a kindly letter in the paper today from Barbara Gawle.  “Pazda will bring a wealth of experience to the Board of Education. Her dedication to educational excellence is exemplary.”

Reverend Sal Mancini put in a letter in defense of Lou Spadaccini, the subject of numerous negative attack letters: “Spadaccini has always kept his promises to be more fiscally responsible. I think we need to elect a new majority that will pass his creative spending measures and fulfill what Spadaccini has pledged all along.”