Warm Embrace

Nothing warms the heart more in the world of politics than seeing 2 former Republican Party protagonists “bury the hatchet” after an antagonistic battle that almost bordered on personal, but now pledges to “work together, as one team.”

“They both understand what is at stake in this election and they have showed great class in agreeing to work together to ensure we keep fiscally responsible leadership in Town Hall” is how our state senator Fasano describes it in the New Haven Register article.

And who among us would dispute that description? The “fiscally responsible leadership in Town Hall” I mean.

Well I would, try that is, by reminding us that today we are facing 3 serious multi-million dollar lawsuits (multi- million dollar lawsuits!) that could in fact conceivably grow to 4 which are all products of that “fiscally responsible leadership at Town Hall” Mr. Fasano is cheerfully alluding to.

Oh and let’s not forget those "settled" lawsuits plus the exorbitant attorney’s fees we had to pay for Mr. Maturo’s imprudence or otherwise unwise decisions (who advised him?) that created more mayhem.

But who’s counting and who cares, for so long as we pay the minimal amount in property taxes, which in the overall scheme of government and governance should be all that should matter.

Which conversely, is similar to the rationale behind the minimum salary principle, from a typical billion-dollar corporation’s perspective, (whose operation we are forced to subsidize, courtesy of our US Congress.)

In short, if it puts bread on the table and roof over the head, then that should be all that matter. For in fact, Mr. Maturo and his Republican Party hierarchy made a name for themselves on that scheme.

The so-called low property taxes, which will undoubtedly continue, barring the legal cost of defending all those million-dollar lawsuits if Mr. Fasano has his way and we, without so much as blink an eye believe what he and his party functionaries are selling.

But let’s put that thought aside for the moment and consider the possibility (it may very well be a probability) that financial bankruptcy may not be that far away and the harm that it would inflict on our credit rating and most importantly to East Haven’s name, which our children and their children will be carrying and would most certainly be a game changer.

Google Mr. Maturo’s name and the derisive comments attributed to him and see what the world saw and read about what he and his party made to East Haven’s name. (Where were the party elders when he really needed them or could it be that they were there whispering in his ears.)

Which brings me to the only issue that should truly matter, which is the future of our children.

So let’s not just do it for ourselves alone, but for our children and their children most of all because we must care.

Oni Sioson

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