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Candidates From A8
Q&A: How do you feel about how Gov. Ned Lamont has rolled out his business reopening plan?
Friday, June 26, 2020
Q&A: The coronavirus ripped through our nursing homes and long-term care facilities. What could have been done differently?
Capone: “I lost my aunt early on. She was in a nursing home … Maybe it’s time we Cicarella: “Listening to some look at how we care for our elderly and disabled in the people in the district and state. I’m sure nursing different professions, (I homes could have done heard) a lot of different opinions … I think that safe- things differently, we know that now, but maybe there is ty is first and foremost, and the health of everybody, not also a different way to care for people ... As mayor, I was only the employees but the people who will be entering at the nursing homes quite a bit. I don’t know one person the establishments. But I who’s ever wanted to go into think it needs to be the a nursing home. Most peochoice of both the people, ple want to stay in their and more importantly the homes. Most people want business owners so they’re able to support their families community-based care.” and be able to open their Cicarella: “My wife is a nurse doors so their employees and she works in a nursing can go to work and feed home (in North Haven) and, their families. With that in knock on wood, there was no mind, I think the health risk cases, and I think it was a needs to be mitigated in great job on their part to whatever way necessary.” make sure that the PPE
equipment was utilized and there were common sense plans put in place by the business to prevent that from happening … That was a terrible, terrible thing, but as we know the virus does attack people with compromised immune systems and unfortunately some of our elderly are at a higher risk.”
Q&A: What should be addressed in the proposed special legislative session?
Q&A: Where do you stand on Black Lives Matter?
Q&A: Where do you stand on police reform?
Cicarella: “That was a terrible video to watch ... and it didn’t have to happen. But you can’t judge every police officer for the actions of one person … I think there is a time, and it’s now, to listen and make proper changes. I do support police. I’m retired law enforcement, I was in the Department of Correction. Every organization has good and bad people, and I think the decisions need to be made taking that into consideration. Now is a time for unity.”
Capone: “I stand with police in making sure they are trained, they are supported, they are held accountable, which is very important, that they are given the right tools for their job and that they are not sent to do a job they shouldn’t be doing … I’ve long called for the demilitarization of our police because I don’t think that that serves us on the streets of our communities. I believe in the community policing model that has been successful.”
Capone: “When there are people in your community who are hurting, one of your roles is to listen and respond. It happened in East Haven when I was mayor, and that was one of the concerns, how do you respond to the community. I've marched with Black Lives Matter these past weeks and proud to do so. I think we need to have the tough conversations in our community … We send police out to do way too much … [O]fficers cannot be expected to be mental health professionals, to be social workers, to be drug counselors. We’re sending them with lethal force to do these jobs.”
Cicarella: “Coming back to life experience and common sense, my mentality is, even Capone: “I think there need in my business, everything to be significant police recan always be made better, forms … The special session and to do that you need to take data or information, an- should address voting if that cannot be done by executive alyze it and see where we order, but I really think (it can make things better. should address) police acFrom a small business to countability and training policing, we can always be better. More training is defi- and support. When you look at what East Haven did unnitely a great idea. I think der the federal consent dethat there needs to be more cree, it was very similar to education for officers on President's Task Force on how to deal with certain mental health issues and de- 21st Century Policing. The actions that they took are escalation of certain situations. As far as defunding, if very, very similar. They anything I think now is more work. So let’s make sure all Waterproofing secivreStognthat ifoorpretaW tnemesaB of Connecticut is held of a time toBasement give more train- Services Over 36 Years combined experience. . e c n e i r e p x e d enibmoc sraeY 63 revO standard.” ing to officers.”
Cicarella: “Getting people back to work and figuring out how we’re going to get out of this situation. We definitely need to come up with a plan to get everybody back to work. Definitely the health concerns are very, very important. People are worried about a reoccurrence in the fall. I think that has to be discussed, but more importantly putting the people back to work and finding a safe way for them to do that, and how we’re going to be able to financially bounce back from the costs associated with his pandemic.”
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Capone: “I’m very fortunate that I work with people who are medical experts and I think it’s been important to listen to the experts. We are all having quarantine fatigue (but) so far the numbers show that the reopening plan is working because the rates of new infections are going down. We will have to see over time if that continues, and my hope is that if that doesn’t continue, that we would readjust and put the health of our residents first … This is the situation and I think the state put the health and safety of residents first, so I’m cautiously optimistic.”
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