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Election is Too Vital

As a lifelong Republican, I strongly support Ken MacKenzie for first selectman in the Sept. 12 primary. He is the only Republican who can beat the 24-year incumbent Democrat Matt Hoey. Ken MacKenzie is the only Republican who has proven he can run political campaigns and win elections through hard work and a common-sense message to all voters. He is the only Republican candidate with a proven record of opposing needless spending and taxation on the Board of Finance.

Ken’s opponent in the primary has never held public office or run a political campaign. I am convinced that only a candidate with proven campaigning skills like Ken MacKenzie can beat as entrenched a Democrat as Matt Hoey, and this election is too vital to hand over to the Dems without a fight. Without a tough, proven campaigner like Ken MacKenzie, we stand to lose our Republican majority on the Board of Selectmen, and a vital check on town finances.

I therefore encourage your readers to come out and vote for Ken MacKenzie in the Republican primary on Sept. 12, and in the general election on Nov. 7.

Richard S. DiNardo

Guilford