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John Leavitt’s statement:

Inadequate and imbalanced educational funding, lack of a land use management plan, and poor financial management are like the salt barn environmental problem – they continue growing worse with time.

I appreciate having had the opportunity to bring the public’s attention to these issues, and hope the town finds the leadership that will address these problems in a serious way.

I hope the voters understand that, like the salt barn problem, our political leaders will neglect these problems at the taxpayers’ ultimate expense.

I would like to thank each of the voters who cast their votes for me and all of the people who stopped to talk to me at the polls yesterday. I value each vote like a gift. I will follow-up with more about this experience in the days to come.

John Leavitt

see the Norwich Bull article.

This is a proposal for fair representation of the sending towns on the Woodstock Academy Board of Trustees… not a take-over.

Academy Board of Trustees as presently configured

X X X X X
X X X X X
X X X X X
X X X X X
X X = 73.5% Academy Reps
W W
B B
P P
E E = 26.5% Sending Town Reps

Academy Board of Trustees proposed configuration

X X X X X
X X X X X
X X X X X
= 50% Academy Reps

W W W W W W
B B B B
P P P
E E
= 50% Sending Town Reps

X = ACADEMY Hand Picked Trustees
W = Woodstock BOE Reps
B = Brooklyn BOE Reps
P = Pomfret BOE Reps
E = Eastford BOE reps

A proposal for fair representation … not a take-over.

Folks,

I need to weigh in on the PZC discussion. The republican dominated PZC- prior to the last election was horrible. The current PZC appears to take their role very seriously, and from my (admittedly) now limited current involvement- appears to go over board to consider, address and manage to the complete regulations. Ken Goldsmith- may have bothered individuals by his attention to detail as chairman- it certainly was appreciated by citizens such as myself- who have ever attempted to oppose development in this community. PZC could certainly continue to improve- but even in its worst moments- PZC is significantly better than the “old” republican days-and I am a registered republican! I am not familiar with the newest town planner- but the former planner- John G. is now employed by CME Enginners- the same group that received preferential treatment at times by this same town planner. Planners are available to advise and assist-AND WORK FOR THE BOARD IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THEY ARE NEEDED. WE ELECT CITIZEN BOARD MEMBERS to vote up or down on developments & land use- Please don’t get fooled into letting these non-elected planners decide what is correct – PZC is a political entity- and their decisions are not easily overturned. I would certainly PREFER that PZC is overly strict- rather than flexible and accommodating to developers. We still need to remove the leadership of IWWA- they have never accepted nor reviewed their flawed role in the Pulpit Rock Road fiasco. Like Bowman- I believe our selectmen candidates are talking about the wrong things- and are probably less important to the quality of town life than WHO WE ELECT FOR PZC, Board of Finance, Board of Education. Read the rest of this entry »