Trumbull Candidate Profile: Alison Squiccimarro For Town Council

TRUMBULL, CT — The 2019 municipal election is heating up in Trumbull and there are plenty of races with candidates eager to serve in elected office.

Trumbull Patch asked candidates to answer questions about their campaigns and will be publishing candidate profiles as election day draws near.

Alison L. Squiccimarro is running for Town Council in the third district as a Republican. She is an attorney with nearly 20 years of experience in litigation, insurance and employment matters for aviation businesses.

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The single most pressing issue facing our town/district is _______, and
this is what I intend to do about it.

Maintaining a reasonable mill rate, while at the same time investing in our schools so that they continue to maintain their excellent ratings and families like mine feel comfortable sending their children to public school.Our schools are integral to maintaining our property values. We need to restore the funding necessary so each of our elementary schools can have a dedicated technology integration specialist. It is unacceptable that they were reduced this year and that positions were eliminated while our taxes continued to rise.

What are the critical differences between you and the other candidates seeking this post?

I have twenty years experience working with opposing parties in an
adversarial setting to achieve mutually agreeable resolutions.

List other issues that define your campaign platform:

We need to grow our grand list in a way that does not strain our schools or other Town services. In other words, we need more commercial development and less apartments.

What accomplishments in your past would you cite as evidence you can handle this job?

As an attorney for more than 20 years, I routinely need to find creative solutions for complicated problems and often find myself in situations where I need to work with opposing counsel to find a resolution that our respective clients will accept.

The best advice ever shared with me was ...

Since I was a child my father has always said to me: "Don't complain unless you are
prepared to step up and fix the problem."

What else would you like voters to know about yourself and your
positions?

My husband and I moved to Trumbull five years ago so that we could raise our daughter in a community that was close to my work in Stratford, where we could live comfortably and feel good about sending our daughter to public school. Since moving here in 2014 we have been engaged members of the community.