To the Editor:

I strongly recommend electing Peter Hunt to a regular position on the Old Lyme Board of Assessment Appeals. What are the qualifications needed for the job? In my view they are fairness, intelligence and thoughtfulness. You will not find anyone who embodies those qualities better then Peter.

Having served six years as an Alternate on the BOAA, Peter is fully familiar with its procedures and protocols. He is also well-versed in the relevant legal principles regarding property assessments and the appeals process. More subtly, he has learned to listen closely to the arguments presented on both sides and to distinguish between fact and fancy.

Peter is now retired from a 42-year career in health care and education. His PhD in clinical psychology makes him particularly well-qualified to be an objective, careful and conscientious decision-maker.

He is a committed contributor to our community in many ways, serving as a director of the Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden and the Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau. He is also a justice of the peace.

Our town will be well served to vote Peter into a regular position on the BOAA on November 7th.

Sincerely,

Joseph G Soucie,
Old Lyme.

Editor’s Note: Peter Hunt is endorsed by the Old Lyme Democrats for election to a four-year term to the Old Lyme Board of Assessment Appeals. 

To the Editor:

Misinformation is circulating in Old Lyme regarding First Selectwoman Bonnie Reemsnyder’s positions on sewers.  The facts are as follows.

In 2012 the DEEP concluded that some Old Lyme beach communities had a pollution problelm and ordered the residents to find a solution.  In 2013 the town commissioned an engineering study to evaluate alternatives.  The DEEP strongly resisted a local solution, preferring instead that the wastewater be conveyed by sewer to New London.

The beach communities subject to the DEEP orders independently pursued a sewer solution.  Bonnie supports a plan that would facilitate these efforts by having a town authority (the WPCA) construct and maintain the main trunk line into which the beach communities would connect, bringing management and financial efficiencies to the overall project.   If the project is completed as anticipated, the entire construction cost and most of the study cost will be financed by tax-exempt bonds, and repayment of the bonds and operation of the system will be paid by the users of the sewers, not the other taxpayers of Old Lyme.

Bonnie is in the best position to ensure that this plan is implemented properly and cost-effectively.  We need to re-elect her on November 3.

Gil Soucie,
Old Lyme.

Editor’s Note: The author is Democratic candidate for Treasurer in Old Lyme.  He is also a member and current Treasurer of the Democratic Town Committee.