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Campaigns (continued from page 3) government, she has spent her career in the public sector. She has worked for the town of Coventry and for the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, as well as for Somers. She currently works as a planning consultant. A lifelong Republican, Carson said she is running as a petitioning candidate to save the town the cost of a primary. Carson said she wants to keep a rein on taxes while still providing necessary services. Among her goals would be a plan for the Somersville Mill, something she said she has a proposal for. Somers residents also will be going to the polls to vote for candidates for the Board of Education, Board of Finance, Board of Selectmen, assessors, constables and library directors. Stafford In Stafford the race is wide open with First Selectman Michael Krol not seeking re-election. Seeking the town’s top seat are Democrat David Walsh, Republican Richard Shuck and Open party candidate Eric Molitoris. Walsh, a member of the Democratic Town Committee for 31 years, retired after 38 years as a political science professor. He said he wants to apply that knowledge to town government. If elected, he said he would take just $15,000 of the pay and benefit package the position offers. He said his plan is to try to get every
resident in town to assume more responsibility for investing in Stafford. They should shop in Stafford, volunteer in town and speak positively about the town. His goals are to attract new businesses to town while preserving the unique identity of Stafford. Shuck is the town’s zoning enforcement officer and was a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission for three years. For Shuck the key issue is getting taxes under control. “We need to look at everything we can do to grow our grand list,” he said. He also suggests looking at efficiency and productivity in town government and said he would seek better interdepartmental communication so as not to duplicate efforts. A town resident since 1996, he also is involved with the Boy Scouts. Molitoris was born and raised in Stafford. He retired after 25 years in the U.S. Army and is working on a B.S. degree in medical science. He stresses that the town needs to get taxation under control, saying those who run the town “have to learn to stop this tax-and-spend mentality.” “It’s all at the taxpayers’ expense,” he said. He said current town officials do what they want rather than listening to the people. Stafford residents also will vote for candidates for selectmen, town clerk, town treasurer, tax collector, Board of Finance, Board of Education, Board of Assessment Appeals, Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals and constables.
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