Different Charter Question Will Bring A Different Result

To the Editor:

As a taxpayer (and as the District 1 representative on the Legislative Council, but this opinion is my own), I am hopeful that the council will convene a new charter review commission soon so that by this time next year we can vote on the charter change that I and that I believe most taxpayers have been asking for — a bifurcated (split) budget with advisory questions (“too high” and “too low”) assigned to both the municipal and the education budgets individually.

This is the best way for voters to make clear to the council their intentions. Anything less leaves it up to 12 people on the council to guess what the voters want, and we all know how well that has worked for us in the past.

I’m certain that Newtown will see a very different outcome at the charter change vote the next time around.

Kevin Fitzgerald

24 Old Farm Hill Road, Newtown                               March 30, 2011