Election Results

In only our second election as a party we accomplished everything we set out to do.

• Alex Thomas won a seat on the Board of Education.
• Al Bayers won a seat on the Zoning Board of Appeals.
• Two candidates lost by less than 150 votes.
• Our endorsed candidates were the top vote getters for their offices.
• We improved our percentage vote from 20% to the 30's and low 40's.
• Our Mayoral candidate beat the major party Democratic candidate.

Many thanks to our supporters and those who volunteered time and effort on the campaign. We will continue to work to fullfill our vision of New Milford.

Very Expensive Republican Election

The Republicans have far out spent New Milford First and the Democrats in this election. And its all your money too.

I spoke to Brooks Temple last week about the Fort Hill afforable housing project. The money was all coming from the feds and he voiced no concerns. All of a sudden, $1.1 million Connecticut taxpayer dollars appear a few days before the election. The newspaper article quotes Mr. Temple - "it was a very unusual move."

Last week a Century Brass grant, a tree grant and a downtown signs grant. All necessary, but convientently coming right before the election.

In a Wednesday News-Times article about state borrowing one representative from Bridgeport gushed, "I couldn't be happier, and we kept the majority of our earmarks." Is this how you want your government to operate?

In addition, state highway workers seem to have plenty of time to drive around pulling up New Milford First signs. When we go to the state highway location to pick up our signs we never see any Muphy signs. I suppose that is one of the benefits of encumbancy. Drive around the rest of the state and you see political signs sprouting all along the state roads. I guess it is the third-party signs that are considered unsafe.

The positive spin on all of this is that the Republicans must be concerned about New Milford First or they would not be pulling out all the stops.