Letter to the Editor: Elect Westport BOF team of Tooker, Rea, Bruce and Moore

I am writing to urge you to vote for the Westport Board of Finance team of Jen Tooker (chair), Mike Rea, Iain Bruce and Clarissa Moore who all have the financial background and dedication to keep Westport taxes down while at the same time maintaining and improving town services. Working with Selectmen Jim Marpe and Avi Kaner, they will continue the progress that Westport has made in the past couple of years.

Under Jen Tooker’s leadership, the Board has kept financial support for the schools steady and continues to pursue cost-saving ideas such as sharing administration, communication, energy, and information technology upgrades between the schools and the town. This successful Republican team with continue to successfully keep our roads maintained, approve funding for needed downtown improvements. I am sure many of you have noticed the improvements in the Levitt Pavillion, the town marinas, and the Longshore Golf course, but may not know that Wakeman Town Farm and Earthplace has been supported as well. The golf course has been lauded as one of the top ten in Connecticut and player use is up dramatically.

At the same time, because maintenance of the course was outsourced, the town saved money. Importantly, they were able to keep the town at the highest credit rating possible and paying down our long-term debt aggressively, but responsibly. Please vote for all four—Jen Tooker, Mike Rea, Iain Bruce, and Clarissa Moore to keep the Board on the same track of financial conservatism and improved town services for the next several years.

Bonnie Ashman
Westport, CT