No to Stowe, yes to Fiorello

I am voting for Kimberly Fiorello. Here are my top three reasons.

First, Fiorello received a historic, first-time endorsement from the Silver Shield Association representing Greenwich police officers, and a second historic endorsement from the Stamford Police Association. Amazing!

She worked tirelessly with the police department to learn the impact of the recently passed Police Accountability Act that is detrimental to our police. She spent hours drilling down on the details and nuances of this ineffective legislation, which was fast tracked in Hartford. Meanwhile, Stowe feels this endorsement is unjustified because she knows the police from her time on the Board of Education.

Really?

Stowe, you are not entitled to that endorsement. Fiorello earned it through her hard work to understand the details of the Police Accountability Act — you didn’t.

No to Stowe, Yes to Fiorello. Second, both candidates voice their fiscal conservativeness. Most recently, Fiorello voted to keep Greenwich’s education budget flat year to year during this pandemic. Fiorello voted against increases and has a track record that aligns with a fiscal conservative. On the flip side, Stowe voted for spending increases in May because in her words: “we are Greenwich.”

No to Stowe, Yes to Fiorello. Third, both candidates have worked on Wall Street and consider themselves financially savvy. Yet Stowe, head of the budget committee on the BOE, did not realize in May and June of this year that the BOE was likely to have a large surplus of funds for its 2019-2020 fiscal year. Oops. How did she not know the BOE was probably going to end up with a surplus of $6 million?

This lack of knowledge about matters on which a legislator must vote would not happen under Fiorello, who examined every detail of the Police Accountability Bill before it became law even though she is not yet a member of the state legislature!

No to Stowe, Yes to Fiorello.

We need someone in Hartford who will turn over every rock and find out what is really going on before casting a vote that affects her constituents.

No to Stowe, Yes to Fiorello!

Beth MacGillivray

Greenwich