To the Editor:
Having served as your First Selectman for 18 years, as member of the Board of Finance for 15 years and currently as a member of the Board of Assessment Appeals for 12 years, I am proud to whole heartedly endorse John Mesham to be our next First Selectman and Jude Read to continue as our Selectwoman. Both John and Jude are extremely well qualified to lead our Town.
John has been deeply involved in our community for decades as a State Police Officer, a Boy Scout Leader, a member of the Inland Wetlands Commission and a Deputy Registrar of Voters. He and his wife Nancy have resided in Old Lyme for 31 years and their three children have graduated from our outstanding Lyme/Old Lyme schools. John is a proven leader and manager and he is a person of impeccable integrity. John has been a key leader in supporting the Town’s right to access our Tantummaheag Landing, a leader in the fight to stop the HROD debacle, and played a vital role in bringing Town commissions together to oversee the Horseneck Creek Open Space parcel. John has significant supervisory and management experience of multiple state police barracks and personnel. His responsibilities included day-to-day management and oversight of over 100 people. This included scheduling, performance reviews, facilities management, vehicle assignments and upkeep, and a multitude of reporting requirements. John was also a local police union president with collective bargaining and negotiating experience. John knows how to manage people and is dedicated to supporting the needs and wishes of the majority of Old Lyme’s citizens. These skills and attributes make John the ideal First Selectman choice for Old Lyme in November.
Jude has resided in Old Lyme for 43 years, along with her husband, Sloan Danenhower, and both of their children graduated from our Lyme/Old Lyme schools. Jude has owned several small business and she is currently a business management consultant. She is deeply involved in Old Lyme, both politically and with local non-profits. She currently serves as one of the three members of the Old Lyme Board of Selectmen. She also served on the Board of Finance and the Lyme/Old Lyme Board of Education. She is a member and past Treasurer of the MacCurdy Salisbury Educational Foundation and has been a Board member of the Old Lyme Historical Society. She has been affiliated with the Girl Scouts and the Lymes’ Senior Center Meals on Wheels program.
John and Jude are willing and able to serve as our First Selectman and Selectwoman and they have excellent credentials to do so.
Please join me in voting for John Mesham as our First Selectman and Jude Read as our Selectwoman in the upcoming municipal election and please encourage your family and friends to do the same.
Sincerely,
Timothy Griswold,
Old Lyme.
Editor’s Note: The author is a candidate for the Old Lyme Board of Assessment Appeals in the upcoming election.
Tim,
We miss your leadership in the front office at town hall but continue to seek out your valued opinion on town matters. Like so many town residents I support your endorsement of John Mesham and his team. The past two years have seen so many missteps including Hall’s Road, sewers in our beach community and our First Selectperson being found guilt and fined by the state for violation of the law, the list goes on. Did I forget to mention a massive tax increase. With your support and an informed electorate Old Lyme’s town hall will once again return to an ethical and respected place to do business.
Reaching out to our Republican friends in Old Lyme’s political world,my request is the same lately…please repave Whippoorwill Road and Whippletree Lane!This would be a wonderful way to mark our nation’s 250th anniversary.Why?Whippoorwill is a very old road which has been driven on by many people.Some even famous.It really is one of Old Lyme’s main arteries.Without Whippoorwill,travel wouldn’t be the same.Not only does it need to be repaved but it needs to be torn up and a new base put in.Every time it has been repaved in the past,within a year we have new sinkholes and cracks as the base has washed out again.This issue is more important than the Hall’s Road Overlay issue and certainly more pressing than the Tantamaheug(sp?) Landing kerfuffle.We need to hear the candidates speak about this situation.