A Candidate's Comments

To The Editor:

Last week, the Board of Directors of the Greater New Britain - Berlin Chamber of Commerce chose its new president. The Board chose, former New Britain Mayor, Timothy T. Stewart. The COC Board comprises successful business leaders from throughout the region.

Reporting on this news, one local newspaper writer chose to ask for comments from two partisan Democrat political hacks, current New Britain State Rep. Rick Lopes and current New Britain Alderman, David DeFronzo.

Lopes, a former New Britain Alderman under Mayor Tim Stewart and former Aide under State Sen . Donald DeFronzo is most infamous for his ethical lapses while an alderman and the same while he was an Aide to State Sen. DeFronzo. He was reprimanded for his transgressions.

Said David DeFronzo about Stewart, "I can say without hesitation that he is a very polarizing public figure," "He has not had an effective working relationship with many of our state and local officials, and I don't see how that can possibly be of benefit to the chamber or its members. I ask, Dave, why don’t you name at least one of each kind - local or state?  "DeFronzo said that he's concerned about the possibility of a conflict of interest concerning any tax money the city gives to the chamber, and that the council should review the matter. 

Now while I respect DeFronzo’s “rights”, he is little more than a political diletante. While on the Council under Stewart he supported all of Stewart’s budgets; regarding conflicts, DeFronzo had no problem voting to appoint his father in law to be Council Clerk and said nothing about Majority Leader Suzanne Bielinski’s and Mike Trueworthy’s appointment of Bielinski’s niece (by marriage), Jessica Gerratana to be Common Council Secretary, at an inflated salary. Right Dave, you know about conflicts and polarization! 

At this point, forget about what Lopes and DeFronzo say, their words are vacuous, rather, know what they do and judge them by their works.

Lou Salvio