Finally Getting the Videos Updated!
I apologize for the delay, busy week! Here is the first of the nomination speeches from the Convention in August. I will also be uploading Michele’s acceptance speech and other candidate videos over the next few days. Enjoy!
McCoy’s mailer
I was shocked by “Straw response” (Sept. 19 letter), in which Christy Vale equates legislative mailers that are governed by policy rules established by the governor and General Assembly to Mayor Jason McCoy’s arbitrary decision to send a mayoral townwide mailer without the adoption of policy rules by the Vernon Town Council. Read the rest of this entry »
Bill Dauphin’s Excellent Response to Christy Vale
” Ms. Vale opines that Democrats should “start thinking about some real issues that affect Vernon.” Well, one real issue is this: Leaves will be falling soon, and not long after that, snow and ice, and Vernon still has no Director of Public Works. I’m sure the workers at DPW will do their very best to cope, but facing a busy season of leaf removal, snow removal, and repair of weather-related damage to streets and town infrastructure understaffed and without a leader can’t be easy for them. Read the rest of this entry »
6 Months of Inaction
On March 10, I gave notice that I was resigning as Vernon’s director of Public Works. The first priority for Mayor Jason McCoy and the town administrator should have been to search for a qualified, experienced director to run the department.
Six months later, the Public Works Department still has no full-time director. This reinforces the reasons why I left: This administration does not have the experience or the knowledge to recognize the importance of this department.
The mayor and town administrator should be held accountable for their lack of action. Public Works Departments are responsible for the public’s safety, they protect property and lives, and they insure the safety of more people than any other town department.
This administration has wasted more time looking for pots of gold at the end of the rainbow than seriously searching for a director. When I left Vernon, I offered to work with administrators to find a qualified replacement. Two of my foremen volunteered to fill in as interim director during the search period. Both offers were ignored by administration. Instead, an outside interim director was hired. Interim directors are like having substitute teachers — they know what they are doing but there is no long-term plan, commitment, or foresight.
The mayor and administration need to open their eyes. Vernon Public Works is the pot of gold. Give them what they need to be accountable, with the integrity and excellence residents of Vernon deserve.
George A. Fetko
Ellington
An Appeal from the Chair
Labor Day has come and gone! The action is heating up on the our town’s election. We are fielding a strong group of candidates that truly wish to serve our community and make it a better place to live. Read the rest of this entry »
Vernon Dems Invite Town Employees to Discuss Their Concerns
The Vernon Democratic Town Committe would like to invite the employees of Vernon to participate in an open and casual discussion about the needs of our town. Who knows the town better than you, the people who work for it? You know what we need to make Vernon a better place to live and work, and we want to hear it from you. So come to the Vernon Senior Center Thursday, September 17th at 7pm for some good refreshments and frank conversation.
Paul Stansel – Board of Education Candidate
Paul Stansel – Vernon, CT Board of Education Candidate
paul@paulstansel.com
- Founder, Why Won’t You Vote? (www.vernonvotes.org)
- Member of Northeast School PTO
- Member of the Vernon Democratic Town Council
- 2 Children at Northeast School in Vernon
- Owner of Word Adept Media
- Sr. Network Engineer, Aetna Insurance
- U.S. Army Signal Detachment, 7th Special Forces Group (1995-1998)
- 1992 RHS Graduate
- Bachelor’s of Science in Information Technology, University of Phoenix
- VDTC Webmaster
Christopher Prue – Board of Education Candidate
Christopher Prue – Vernon, CT Board of Education Candidate
cprue21486@hotmail.com
- Justice of the Peace
- Notary Public
- State Certified Medical Response Technician
- Administrative Clerk, Town of Vernon
- SYELP, Summers 2003-2004
- RHS Graduate
Kyle Percy – Board of Education Candidate
Kyle Percy – Vernon, CT Board of Education Candidate
kapercy@comcast.net
- Treasurer, Skinner Road School PTO
- Coach/Manager, Vernon Softball and Little League
- Toolmaker/Manufacturing Manager
- Youth Group Advisor, Trinity Lutheran Church
- 2 Children in Vernon Elementary Schools
- RHS Graduate
- UConn
- Journeyman Certificate in Toolmaking
Terri Goldich – Board of Education Candidate
Terri Goldich – Vernon, CT Board of Education Candidate
tgoldich@snet.net
- Past Member, Vernon Planning and Zoning Commission
- Lay Leader and Sunday School teacher, Rockville United Methodist Church
- Co-Chair, Connecticut Children’s Book Fair
- Mother of 2010 Rockville High School Senior
- Librarian: Curator, Northeast Children’s Literature Collection, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, 1996-Present
- UConn Libraries, 1977-1995
- RHS Graduate
- BA, UConn; MLS, Southern Connecticut State University