Political Promises

To the Editor:

Political promises are easy to make and hard to keep. Most of us instinctively know this. Yet I am receiving, on a daily basis, large political postcards making bold promises to me. These promises seem to be getting more exaggerated each day.

Candidates appear to believe that they alone can solve the problems of Connecticut and the United States with a wave of the hand.  New jobs and lower taxes can be yours if only you would pull the lever for them on November 2, Election Day. Of course the implied suggestion is that the other candidates, the competition, don’t want jobs for Connecticut or lower taxes.

On November 2 I urge you to vote for the candidates whom you believe can serve Newtown well, have proven themselves, and are sincere in their promises. If their promises seem too good to be true, perhaps they aren’t true. Don’t let the barrage of political post cards “promising the moon” cloud your good judgment and you instinct as to who the best candidate is.

And above all vote November 2.

Bruce Walczak

12 Glover Avenue, Newtown                                      October 26, 2010