Representing change in East Haven

The name East Haven conjures an image that at the very least, portrays an opaque picture of a community that on the one hand could be counted upon to extend a helping hand to his neighbor, while in the same breath seemingly embraces an outlook that is altogether harmful to its own interest.

Take the political marketing of “low” mill rates. For more than a decade, the current administration has consistently promoted the notion that low property taxes in and of itself serves our greater interest for which reason he and his fellow party members deserve reelection, and the majority of us obliged.

What did we get in return? Well, “let me count the ways.” Titillating scandals for one, expensive lawsuits, indifference in government and the most damning of all, an even more ruinous reputation we and our children clearly do not deserve. And they call that a fair exchange?

Reputation is everything, for it provides a compendium of information we use to make a value judgment. Why a good image, which equals good reputation, could mean a higher value for our homes when we sell it; or conversely a greatly devalued one. Imagine, which house is more likely to be sold at a higher price comparatively speaking, a property in town or the one from our closest shoreline neighbor?

And it doesn’t have to be that way for as a dear friend from North Branford, Tom Walker, once quipped, “East Haven should be a place where you want to live; not where you have to,” which speaks volumes I thought about our reputation.

The fundamental question in this mayoral election is simple enough. Governance ruled by arrogance and indifference symbolized by both political parties or one representing a fundamental change for the better, that I, alone, represent. Oni Sioson candidate for mayor East Haven