Jonathan Torrant

Republican First Selectman Litchfield

70 Incumbent: No Current job: Retired Education: Litchfield High School; Middlebury College The top issue you will address if

elected: Goals – Fresh Perspectives > Toward Greater Community

1. Develop a plan to work on reducing Litchfield’s governing cost structure and simplify operations.

2. Work collaboratively with Litchfield’s communities to address key issues and concerns; namely: Future Town Hall needs; Bantam annex property land use; and Sustainability of the critically important Bantam Lake resource.

3. Engage in active support of collaborative development of cooperative K12 education policies and initiatives with RSD6.

4. Seek productive connections of Litchfield businesses and entrepreneurs with regional economic development initiatives, aimed at developing complementary innovations in a rural setting.

5. Continue resourceful infrastructure investment and environmental protection to enhance safety and quality of life.

6. Establish an improved continuous-communication framework for productive interaction and accelerated outcomes among Town boards / commissions.

Other important issues: Principles – Getting along > Better Together; Accountable Leadership | Trust must be earned; Fiscal disciplines | Reasonable taxes and spending; Communitybased empowerment and selfreliance; Transparency | Respect and equity; Manageable economic development | JOBS; Sustainability | Protect our environment; Community First | Safety and community pride.

Family: Married (45 years); wife Susan; One grown son Elected offices held or community groups involved with: Current Litchfield Selectman (7 years); Past Chair, Litchfield Park & Recreation Commission; Past President, Litchfield Lions Club; Board member, (Litchfield) Plumb Hills Plying Fields, LLC; Past President, Litchfield Country Club; President, Litchfield Sports Booster Club. Campaign website: http://www.litchfieldrepublicans.com/