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Lasser threatens
Brookfield in debate not unlike Davidson threatened Selectman George Walker
when George rose to challenge his last year.



 



Bill
Tinsley made it clear he sought answers, not excuses - he is looking for
results not rhetoric - that he is proactive, not reactive as First Selectmen.

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Promises
made by the current Board of Selectmen about the 30+ year storm flooding
problem will be addressed, not given lip service and nothing done over the last
four years - the current selectmen opting instead for tennis courts and
artificial grass to solve the woes of constituents in their homes with
families.

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In
terse terms, typical of tip lipped anger, Lasser sought confrontation, not
compromise - his way or the highway. He continuous cut off any constructive
criticism of his actions over the last four years, choosing instead to delay
and deny idea that represented an alternative to "Howies Way"



 



He
took credit for the roads project which was initially proposed for the town in
the Silvaggi administration (see News-Times articles to support that assertion)
and blocked by his other selectmen Jerry Murphy and Joni Park as the first term
of the Lasser/Davidson administration loomed just months away at the time.



 



Bill
Tinsley takes the time honored approach of "pay as you go" not unlike
home finances and his record shows him voting for and supporting school
spending increases of 8+% (again see News-Times articles and Board of Finance
minutes to support that assertion) which is a complete lie in the rumor
mongering going.



 



Lasser
has no vision on pensions and STILL has not proposed funding the pension to the
level necessary each year as the town's paid professional actuaries have told
the board of Selectmen is necessary to fund the promises negotiated already in
the contract that Lasser and Davidson have approved.



 



Bill
was more concerned with the rotting 50 year old portable classrooms at
Huckleberry Hill School than a public library that could be constructed through
private donations such as was the case in Ridgefield, Redding and other nearby
communities from wealthy donors.



 



And
at the end, while Bill Tinsley reached out to seek support from voters, Lasser
threatens them with "Choose wisely", a term from the scene of an
Indiana Jones movie, The Last Crusade spoken by a Templar Knight.



 



Brookfield
finally has a chance to settle the waters, to unite the community, to move
people and not things to the forefront as the last four years have.



 



I
hope you choose the Tinsley/Flynn team to help make that a reality. Forward
this on to your family and friends and together all of us can turn the tide to
people and not politics. People need to have a conversation, not a lecture -
it's all about people and people skills.



 



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