Local Control

Connecticut is a "Home-Rule State" and, as such, our state's Constitution guarantees local control under most circumstances when it comes to Zoning, Education, and general Governance.  Like most Newtown residents, I like it that way.  I believe a community thrives when allowed to; and Newtown has largely controlled its own destiny by its own collective definition for the "Character" of our community for more than 300-years. 

Lately, "self-determination" has been under attack from our own state government.  It's become a core priority of the Lamont Administration and the legislature's majority party in the House & Senate to proliferate high-density, "affordable" housing to counter decades of slow economic and residential growth. Majority leadership flexes its muscle to pressure "rank & file" to vote for a turn-over of zoning authority to the state. 

As a member of the minority party, I am not beholden to, nor told how to vote on any matter.  Ever since my first vote in 2013, I listen to you, try to ascertain the pulse of our diverse community, and vote accordingly. 

Undoing "Local Control" will sidestep the public-process by which we currently determine what we want Newtown to be.  Silencing our community's voice, and undoing over 300-years of give & take will NEVER get my vote.  In fact, what I can't understand is how majority representatives consistently vote "Yea" to things like state-mandated zoning and tax increases, yet remain the majority.

I will continue to aggressively defend us from the outside influencers' efforts to change the character of single-family-zoned towns across CT, Newtown included.  

Newtown is a special place to live, work, raise your children and retire.  Let's keep it that way.