Jonathan Steinberg - Clearly the Better Choice for State Rep

I have been a resident of Westport and known Jonathan Steinberg for at least 20 years. He is a sincere, hard-working, and intelligent State Representative for Westport in the State Legislature. He cares deeply about our town, where he grew up, raised his family and continues to live. He looks at our problems in a clear-eyed and creative way and sets about doing what is possible to do, given the climate in Hartford. He leads the Moderate Caucus, which diligently works to build consensus, bringing the two polarized sides back into conversation to fix the bigger issues. One of those issue is the seriously underfunding of teachers’ pensions. He now chairs that commission to come up with better ways to end the deficit.

I have a great deal of admiration and respect for the tireless and difficult work that Jonathan has been doing for our town in Hartford. He has been working on issues like healthcare, energy, the environment and transportation and has gotten to a place where he is now in a position to chair important committees.

It has come to my attention that certain lies have been put forward by Greg Kraut and his handlers about Jonathan, which are absolutely nasty, baseless and fundamentally designed to misinform the public. See what you think.

Rather than speaking his truth about the issues, Kraut has gone out of his way to misrepresent Mr. Steinberg’s voting on policies such as the Governor’s tax bills, which he then uses to bolster his fantasy position that he can cut taxes and increase services. Bad Math. How convenient. How facile. He clearly has no experience with the give and take required of a Representative in Hartford.

In fact, Jonathan did the right thing when he voted against the Governor’s tax bills, although there was some political fallout for him. He was clear that raising taxes was not the best idea. Why would Kraut lie about that fact when it is so easy to fact check in the public record? Jonathan does what is right, and his opponent cannot even tell the truth about what is of public record.

In addition, Jonathan’s record opposing bad 8-30g affordable housing development has been clear over the years. Yet, even though, or maybe because, Kraut himself is a real estate speculator/developer, he lies about Jonathan’s record here as well.

Even when Kraut goes door to door, those he speaks to have recalled that when they ask “So, are you running as a Republican or an Independent against Jonathan?” He lies again and says of all things, that he is really more of a DEMOCRAT! WOW! If he wanted to run as a Democrat, he should have run in the Primaries, against Jonathan.

Perhaps Mr. Kraut believes that being a Republican, poses a hinderance to his being elected. Let’s prove him right on that point.

Vote for Jonathan Steinberg because he has done right by Westport residents and will continue to do so. Please vote for Jonathan Steinberg on November 6th.

Sincerely,

Suzanne M. Sheridan

Resident of Westport