Letter: Incumbents best in town

Dear Editor,

As a 30-year town of Hudson resident, I am writing this letter in response to the letter “Candidate calls for change.”

Todd Mullinax, you said in your article dated March 5: “I, like others, had no idea the amount of money being spent on salaries for town employees/officials.”

Of course you had no idea. Had you ever attended a town meeting in the past you would have known this. But all of this information was brought to your attention, prior to you attending the December meeting, which could maybe have been your first meeting ever.

Agendas are published as well as meeting minutes. Had you taken the time to read those you would know everything that is going on in the town. Salaries are earned — not given out lightly.

As for the April 7 election, please vote for Jeff Johnson for town chair; Tim Foster for supervisor 2; and Kernon Bast for supervisor 4. The experience that these three men have in our town government would be a shame to lose. The town has grown to a population of about 8,000 people, and is run on a personnel budget that is the fraction of any community around.

The Town Board, as it is today, has done a fantastic job in keeping our roads in great shape, obtaining several state grants (free money) to improve them, providing police, fire and ambulance services to the town, all of this while keeping the town costs to a minimum.

All in all, these three individuals have well over 50 years of combined town government experience. We need to keep their presence in the Hudson town government.

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