Letter To The Editor: Kim Healy Is Exactly Who We Need

To the Editor:

Connecticut is in dire financial straits. It had billion-dollar deficits before the pandemic, and its reserve account will now quickly dissipate leaving a deeper budget hole and a weaker economy. We need strong, experienced leaders to get us out of this crisis. That is why I am endorsing Kim Healy for the 26th State Senate District.

Kim will not bow to special interests, and she will represent our towns' interests in Hartford. She just wants to make our towns better. As a CPA and former auditor for PWC, she will tackle the crucial financial challenges that Connecticut faces on day one. She understands that continuing to increase taxes on our residents will only make Connecticut less affordable and drive people out.

Kim has a long history of volunteering in her community as a Treasurer of the Wilton Library Board, a volunteer tax preparer for seniors and low-income individuals, and more. She is completely driven by her love for the community in which she lives, not personal advancement. That is why we need her.

Kim will protect our schools from Hartford's mismanagement, and fight against its encroachment into our towns’ local planning and zoning and against forced school regionalization. With the experience I have had in Hartford, I know the legislature will be pursuing these policies with considerable force, and we need an advocate for our towns to speak for us. Local control of zoning is on the ballot this year. Will Haskell is a part of the supermajority, and he has not been the voice we need to represent our interests in Hartford.

Kim Healy is exactly who we need. I will be voting for her, and I hope you join me.

— Toni Boucher, former State Senator, 26th District