November 20, 2009

Download a PDF of the Pilot's 2009 Voter Guide featuring information on candidates in the uncontested town races. Click here for the guide featuring the selectmen and candidates in contested races. Featured below are all candidates' statements that have been published in the paper. The first item below offers important information on voting. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.

*Information for voters

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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 13:20

Voters will be going to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to elect town officials. There are three contested races — for the town treasurer, Board of Finance and Redding Board of Education.

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*The Redding Pilot endorsements

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Written by The Staff
Friday, 30 October 2009 08:00

Hindsight has proven the finance board was too optimistic in estimating Georgetown Land Development project revenues and, in turn, offsetting taxes with fund balance money in order to keep taxes down that third year in a row. However, many other factors, primarily a bad economy — which meant other sources of revenue were also down, from the decrease in the grand list to money earned on investments — were not within the control of the board. The ill timing of the revaluation was also not in the board’s control. Because of the timing, many homes were valued higher than they were before the revaluation went into effect.

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O’Donnell: Town treasurer

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Written by Margaret O’Donnell
Friday, 23 October 2009 08:22

As the incumbent candidate for the office of treasurer of the town of Redding, I would like to thank the voters of Redding for allowing me to serve for eight years. I am seeking to serve two more years as your treasurer. I appreciate the confidence that the citizens have shown in my work so far, and pledge to continue to earn their trust.

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Miller: Redding school board

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Written by Ed Miller
Friday, 23 October 2009 08:21

My name is Ed Miller, and I am an incumbent member of the Redding Board of Education and respectfully request your vote for re-election this November.

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D’Agostino: Redding school board

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Written by Mike D’Agostino
Friday, 23 October 2009 08:18

I look forward to Election Day and I hope that Redding citizens will make time to vote for the most qualified candidates. I would like to contrast my objectives with current practices of the BoE. If you would like to hear more about my candidacy, please stop by my tent on Nov. 3.

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Yonkers: Finance board

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Written by Kim Yonkers
Friday, 23 October 2009 08:17

I want to encourage residents of Redding to vote on Nov. 3. My running mate, Peter Bonfanti, and I appreciate the excellent schools, atmosphere and open space that characterizes Redding. We pledge to maintain these cornerstones and hope you will support our candidacy.

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Mazzucco: Finance board

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Written by Ward Mazzucco
Friday, 23 October 2009 08:16

Soon, voters will be asked to choose three candidates for the Board of Finance. Certain candidates focus on how they would have recognized and resolved the town’s economic challenges of the past. However, those candidates should not get credit merely for having hindsight. Problems that faced the town a few years ago will never present themselves again in exactly the same way. Thus, I respectfully suggest that voters should consider which candidates are best able to face the unexpected issues of the future.

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Martin: Finance board

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Written by Steve Martin
Friday, 23 October 2009 08:15

I’m Steve Martin and I am running for the Board of Finance as a candidate unaffiliated with any party. If you dislike politics as much as I, you’re probably looking forward to the election being over. Soon we can take down the yards signs, The Pilot will be a manageable size, and we can get back to discussing things that make Redding a great place to live, like how many cows belong on a farm.

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Guffey: Finance board

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Written by Rand Guffey
Friday, 23 October 2009 08:15

Before I became involved in town government last year, both I and my wife were confused who was who and what was what in Redding. We moved to Redding from Westchester in the summer of 2004, when the prospects for the Georgetown project were soaring. In contrast, the reconstruction of Barlow High School was then a caustic list of claims about contractor fraud, theft of supplies, and incompetent project management by the Region 9 Board of Education. We didn’t really want to know the details then. We were trying to “move in” to a lovely town without gas stations and franchise stores.

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Bonfanti: Finance board

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Written by Peter Bonfanti
Thursday, 22 October 2009 13:44

Redding prides itself on its political civility. Regrettably this tradition is being ignored through the circulation of misleading personal attacks about my four years of service to Joel Barlow High School. For example, there were 50 “regular meetings” of the JBHS Board of Education during my term.

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