Letter to the Editor: Tesoro Proposal for Referendum Good for Town

As an unaffiliated conservative voter in town, I like First Selectman Candidate Vicki Tesoro’s plan for government reform, which was recently published. In years past, I have been a Republican Party worker and was very involved on the Zoning Board of Appeals as an alternate, a position I held until moving briefly to Monroe. I served as a Republican, appointed and sworn in by Democrat First Selectman, Dave Wilson.

I believe that putting Tesoro’s plan into action would get our town functioning again as a community of neighbors and friends, having different view points. Running a small town can be a tug of war sometimes, but it doesn’t need to be acrimonious. I believe that making elections political warfare where one party comes away with all the spoils of war is terrible and is in no way effective in governing a small town like Trumbull. We need to have a referendum on shall the town have 4 or 7 districts. Having 7 smaller sized districts brings government closer to our homes.

Having sufficient time to digest and think through issues when proposed to the Council and to boards is a good thing. Nothing should be so rushed as in the dissolution of the Farmers Market and the Trumbull Monroe Health District that occurred under the dysfunctional Herbst administration.

I say give Vicki Tesoro the opportunity to bind up the partisan wounds inflicted upon our town.

Paul G. Littlefield