Editor:
I am writing in support of Ryan Fazio, Tom O’Dea, Kim Healy and Kami Evans in the 2024 election. Ryan and Tom have proven themselves as effective legislators who work productively across the aisle, and all four are committed to representing all the citizens and taxpayers of New Canaan in our state government. We need true bipartisan representation in the Connecticut General Assembly, and electing these four Republicans will help to ensure that we have it. To suggest that electing any of their Democrat opponents would bring any meaningful “change” to Hartford is preposterous. Since 1996, the CT State Senate has seen a Democrat majority every year except in 2016, when that body was evenly split, 18 to 18. Since 1992, the CT House of Representatives has always been a Democrat majority. It is precisely the Democrat-controlled Connecticut state legislature that has repeatedly raised taxes and enacted legislation that erodes local control over zoning, driving businesses and residents out of our state. To allow a super-majority to exist in the State Senate would only continue that trajectory, and further erode any sense of bipartisan representation. Please join me in supporting our Row B candidates.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Thunem
