It's Time for a Change in West Hartford

It's time for a change in the town of West Hartford. The time is now for the citizens of West Hartford to tell the town management and town council enough is enough. We are tired of the town living at the pleasure of the town manager, it's time the town manager serves at the pleasure of a Town Council who will ask the tough questions and vote against other councilors when the time is right. The town council is a body put in place to ensure our town manager conducts business in an ethical manner, not lob soft-ball questions and positive affirmations at a town manager who is taking this town down a path that leads to nowhere. The time is now to start thinking about running for town council. Anyone who feels strongly enough that our town land should remain town land should help out a campaign. Any person who feels strongly that we shouldn't purchase two parking garages with a NO-BID process should think about donating to the campaign of a NON-Incumbent. Any resident who feels that paving over our town green is idiocy should stand up for West Hartford, get involved in their party of choice, and kick the town council out of office. Some have said that Blue Back Square will be a turning point for this town. They are right. If we sink our town debt to over the maximum allowable, how will we expand schools when needed? If we give away our Board of Education building, what happens when we need more space for town business? When Feldman, Heapes and Weinner pave over the town green where will our children ride the fire trucks or the train at Celebrate West Hartford? Blue Back Square is a turning point for this town. The chance to keep Blue Back from happening is June 22. A NO Vote on June 22 is a vote to start over, to introduce a bidding process that will include developers from the state of Connecticut and maybe even West Hartford. A NO Vote on June 22 shows that our resident base isn't a bunch of shopping hungry consumers just waiting for another outdoor mall to open. A NO Vote on June 22 says we don't want a 34,000 square foot monstrosity in the heart of our town. A NO Vote on June 22 is a message to Barry Feldman, Scott Slifka and the rest of the council that the citizens of this town are tired of the false propoganda and underhanded tactics of Richard Heapes and his foreign investors. Again, VOTE NO on June 22, 2005. Then, on November 8, vote out the town council and vote in new councilors who will look at the issues from all sides...not just the one that Feldman shows them. Thank you Mark Quigley p.s. Did anyone see the 10 or so $12/hr, under the table sign holders at the Exit 43 off ramp today?