Woodstock CT Café

A professional manager….hmmm…possibly a “town manager”.

An “on-the-job” trainee who would like to have a town manager.

“The CEO” e.g. Canine Enforcement Officer

I am very surprised that there has been little discussion in the cafe today regarding the debate last evening. I went there with an open mind, as I almost always try to do. I was disappointed that there was not a larger turn-out. The students conducted themselves well.

As I posted today in another area of the cafe, I was surprised that Mrs. Valentine had so little in common with the other two candidates. I suppose some will view that as a pro and some as a con, depending on their view of her. I was left with an uneasy feeling actually.

Mrs. Valentine mentioned something that I had not heard about before. It seemed that the people sitting nearby me had not heard of it either. In discussing the highway Dept./salt shed matters, Mrs. Valentine mentioned that there is a different town-owned building already here in Woodstock that could be used as a salt shed in lieu of the current facility. The people sitting in my immediate area looked as bewildered as I must have when we heard this so I feel a little less stupid asking: Does anyone know what building Mrs. Valentine could be referring to and where it is located in town? She didn’t describe the building location in her answer.

Something else that troubled me was in the closing statements. Mrs. Valentine flat-out went after Walker in what I would consider a rather nasty manner. Some might say that that’s just politics. Maybe so. But in a small town where we are all neighbors, these personal attacks (made by any candidate of any party/group against another; not just made by Mrs. Valentine) are a real turn-off to me as a voter. Read the rest of this entry »