Lawsuits and more lawsuits are coming

The numbing but troublesome number of expensive lawsuits our town has faced over the last decade, vividly illustrates why the depth and breadth of a candidate’s qualification, for the office of the mayor, is profoundly and critically important.

In fact, the most recently announced lawsuit from the estate of former police officer Vincent Ferrara and prior to that, the federal lawsuit by the Quarry owner Mr. John Patton are clear reminders of why they are, for the money we may eventually pay out, defending and settling those lawsuits, represents wasted opportunities that could best be invested to better our surroundings and quality of life, for time as we know it, never waits for anyone.

Despairingly enough, as reported in the news time and time again, abuse of office, indifference to our most rudimentary expectations have become the norm in the political landscape, emboldened no doubt by the loud affirmation the message of their reelection conveys.

Has our community not suffered enough indignities, to remind us the value of reason, not emotion, in choosing the most fitting of qualification, on who could best lead and represent us?

Consider: would we, should we, just trust anyone, to drive our car or to allow inside our home to treat, as if, it were his own?

No sensible mind I imagine would concede to that scenario, yet, on the basis of the narrowest reason, we keep choosing the same thinking, which the town’s history has shown, only brought us never-ending problems that once again, we are forced to confront.

I know it’s over but it’s still worth repeating; why were the Republican Town Council members that passionate, to sell the DC Moore School to Mr. Mauro, the developer?

And why were the Democrats unprepared to stop it?

Now come a reminder of a “neighbor’s post” on Patch, about Town Fair Tire’s purchase of the Coe Avenue property our town paid $400,000 but sold to Town Fair for $200,000.

Who among the honorable members of our elected body would stand up and declare openly today, that we tax-payers of East Haven, who paid $400,000 for that property “got a good deal” after they sold it for a $200,000 loss?

I think it fair to assume that no one, with election only a month and a half away, would show the “courage of conviction?” the decision to give away the property at a loss would have required, which to my mind, beggars the deepest of understanding and tests the most durable of faith amongst us.

My wife and I have lived in town for 40 years and have learned from many harrowing experiences the circumstances of that period forced upon us to confront, that reason, more than feelings, would best provide the healthy, pleasant environment we all envision for our community, and is, in a capsule, the only reason I am a mayoral candidate.

Thank you for reading this and I welcome your comments.

Oni Sioson