Letter To The Editor: College Grad Picks Fleming

To the Editor,

I graduated from college last December and moved back home right after to Carmel. I was excited to move back, not only because I was done with school, but because I’ve always loved Carmel. I’d love to stay in this county, because I love it here, and I could get a job here, but unfortunately I cannot stay.

My parents want to move out of the county because taxes are so high, but they’re worried no one would buy for that exact reason. Taxes go up every year and businesses aren’t moving here. If my parents, a retired 9/11 firefighter and a full-time working woman, can’t make it work in Putnam, a single person just out of college doesn’t stand a chance.

I feel like all this county does is waste money. Being home during this election, I’ve been able to learn about what’s been happening in the government the past seven years under Odell. It’s wasteful. It’s not transparent. Maureen Fleming is the town supervisor of Kent, and her record is clean and clear.

It’s sad for me to watch what could have been an opportunity for discussion in this county turn into attacks and tricks by the Odell camp. I know Fleming has never raised taxes because I have friends in Kent, and because I read the budgets myself after Odell claimed otherwise on Facebook (I’m not actually sure if she is purposefully lying or really doesn’t understand how taxing works). I know Kent citizens are still happy with their guns, MS13 free, and in the 5 years Fleming has been in office, Kent definitely hasn’t become a sanctuary city.

I also know people have been stealing Fleming for Putnam signs across the county, squashing people’s first amendment freedoms - the same people saying Fleming is taking their second amendment. All the Odell signs have stayed up. The county executive sees these lies circulating, circulates a few herself, watches the illegal disposal of signs across Putnam, and does nothing. This eliminated any remaining faith I have in her. We need honesty back. We need fiscal intelligence back. We need Maureen Fleming.

Alyssa Schofield

Carmel