You don’t need to be known to succeed

I have starting sending letters to our citizenry with a threepoints plan: Torrington Public Schools, business community and diversity.

Our public schools are an awesome institution. Staff work hard daily. These are sincere and honest human beings. As a staff of this institution, I decided to take a leave of absence to run for mayor. I want to be the chief executive of our city.

Education has been my main point so far. Education is life. Education makes you grow your mind and imagination. See the past inventors — education made our country and life awesome.

With education, you can be stronger as a person and community. I have been told that I am NOT known and NOT popular and so cannot win. This is an argument that is NOT helpful to the Torrington boys and girls.

You do not need to be known to succeed. Working and thinking hard is key and NOT popularity.

You must believe in yourself, use your mind and imagination. Ideas change the world because you have education. Imagine yourself as a winner daily by thinking and believing in self and surroundings.

We cannot cut our way to sucess in our school system. No data so far has shown that budget cuts do grow education.

We need new line of thinking in our city. We need realignment of forces to correct our schools.

We need businesses. I have written to over 130 businesses to come to our town. I will do much more as a mayor with the power of a seat at the city hall.

Diversity is key too. All must be involved irrespective of sex, status and race — all have a seat at the table. We are all important. I believe in bipartisanship. Ideas win and NOT parties.

I am asking all of Torrington — Independents, Democrats and Republicans – to elect me as the next mayor. I have the stamina, drive and ideas.

— Pastor Dr. Peter J. Aduba, petitioning candidate for mayor, Torrington