LETTERS- I am writing this letter in support of Teresa Tanzi, candidate for the District 34 representative seat.
The time is now for new blood
at the State House. We have been languishing for years in our district
as property taxes continue to skyrocket because of cuts and unfunded
mandates by the General Assembly being dumped on our community.
Our
current representative being part of the leadership is part of the
problem. He has no choice but to bow down to the status quo or he, no
matter what he says, would not hold the position he holds.
Teresa
Tanzi has no such allegiances at the State House. She has a vested
interest in our community as a home and business owner, along with her
husband, and they are raising their family here. She understands how her
decisions upstate would affect us down here. We need a representative,
like her, who lives in the community year-round, available to their
constituents on a daily basis, not just summers and election years. We
need a representative who watches that our tax dollars are spent wisely,
a representative who will make decisions based on how they affect us in
South County, not how they affect the people of Providence or
Barrington - that is what the term "representative" should mean for
South County.
We also need to consider, as was pointed out in a
recent letter to the editor, that for the first time we have the
potential of having a father and two sons in the most powerful political
positions that this state has - governor, the chair of Judiciary in the
House and the chief judge of the Providence Muncipal Court.
What happened to separation of powers? Does this not put us all in a precarious position?
Please consider Teresa Tanzi for state representative on Sept. 14.
Harvey Cataldo
Narragansett
