Elect Vickie Nardello on Tues Nov 4th

The voters in the 89th General Assembly District of Bethany, Prospect and Cheshire have a clear choice on Tuesday, November 4th. Rep. Lezlye Zupkus would have you believe she always has your interest in mind when she casts a vote in the legislature. But in fact, she is truly a rubber stamp for the Republican Party. I had the opportunity to attend two town halls that she and Rep. Themis Klarides hosted during her two years as our representative. I gave her the benefit of the doubt for the first one because it was held just months after she took office. But by the second one held in this past spring, she still did not have a grasp of the issues. She consistently deferred to Rep. Klarides on every question from the audience. She consistently dodges questions on critical issues by prefacing her non-responses with “that’s a really complex issue…” And she votes consistently with her party on every issue.

Did you know that Rep. Zupkus...

DID NOT VOTE on the domestic violence and assault bill.

DID NOT VOTE on prohibiting state contracts with entities making investments in Iran.

DID NOT VOTE on bill requiring health insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders.

VOTED AGAINST police training programs that require training on how to handle people with serious mental illness.

VOTED AGAINST expanding the state’s home care program for people with disabilities.

VOTED AGAINST increasing Medicaid payments for residential psychiatric care for young people.

VOTED AGAINST allocating an additional $600,000 dollars to operation fuel.

VOTED AGAINST gun violence prevention bill.

VOTED AGAINST studying Alzheimers disease and dementia.

VOTED AGAINST developing an animal therapy program for Department of Children and Families.

VOTED AGAINST a tax exemption for renewable energy sources.

VOTED AGAINST training in child social and emotional development for teacher education programs.

VOTED AGAINST requiring the health care exchange to provide quarterly reports.

Do these votes represent your best interest? I don’t think so. Vickie Nardello has a mind of her own. She does her own research before casting a vote. She is still getting calls from her former constituents and she still goes the distance to help them each and every time. We need to put Vickie back in the State Legislature working FOR US.