Volume 17, Number 42
Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper
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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Democrats: Stay the course GOP: It’s time for a change outgoing Republican administration had slashed investment in our schools to such an extent that most The Democratic Majority on the extracurricular activities and many Town Council has a 10-year record athletic programs were eliminated. of success and accomplishment that Capital investment for the schools it is proud to run on. disappeared, and was gutted on the When the Democrats gained town side. As a result, our schools began to deteriorate and our town infrastructure was neglected. Using a balanced approach, the Democrats began to restore the funding necessary to get Berlin back on track. By investing in and increasing economic and industrial development, we were able to The Democratic slate for Town Council, from left: expand the grand Kevin Murphy, Margaret Morelli, William Watson, list, which helped Rachel Rochette, William Rasmussen. to minimize the impact on the taxcontrol of the majority in 2003, led payers. Included among the many by Adam Salina, the first order of See Democrats / Page 12 business was damage control. The By Fred Jortner
consider voting Republican in November. 1. The past 10 years under Having been an active memDemocratic control the annual budber of the Berlin Republican Town get has increased from $51,080,378 Committee the past several years, to $76,497,477, an increase of 50 perand current chairperson, I am cent when median household inprobably acutely more aware of come increased by only 28 percent in Berlin over a similar period of time (1999 to 2011 census data comparison). Clearly this council is insensitive to the residents of Berlin’s ability to pay. 2. Currently, Berlin has the second highest vacancy rate in commercial real estate in the Greater Hartford The GOP slate for Town Council, from left: Brenden Community, secLuddy, David K. Evans, Theresa Tonina, Charles ond only to East Paonessa. Hartford. Our current vacancy the major issues facing our town rate now stands at 23.1 percent than the average citizen. I’d like to See GOP / Page 12 share with you reasons you should By Anne Reilly
An urgent message Editors’ note
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To our readers: Every three years we need to ask you to do us a favor. It’s really easy, doesn’t cost anything and it makes all of our lives easier.
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