WHAT'S NEW?

NEW! - Budget referendum June 15^th – Vote NO! on More Taxes. Polls will be open from 6am-8pm. If you are not sure where to go, you can enter your address on the Town’s website and obtain your polling location.

June 1, 2010 - The WHTA gathered enough signatures to force a budget referendum – WHTA has established a Political Action Committee (PAC) for this referendum in accordance with Election laws. You can donate money to this PAC, by printing out the form and sending in your donation (It is a PDF file).

May 5, 2010 WHTA votes to collect signatures for a tax referendum after the Town Council passed a 2.24% tax increase with its $216.7 million budget, bringing the mill rate to 38.38 mills

January 12, 2010 - WHTA is Having a Contest! – The announcement was even carried on NBC and also sent out to residents on the town Listserv– and here is the press release.

January 2010 – West Hartford union contracts are coming up for renewal, and with 28 of the state's 169 municipalities having some version of less-expensive 401(k)-type plans for workers, instead of increasingly costly traditional pensions, there seems to be some movement into a new way for West Hartford to deal with pensions.

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Results of November 2009 Municipal elections in West Hartford.

Town Council -

Republicans Steve Adler Denise Berard Hall Note: Leon Davidoff was elected as a Republican and changed parties in May 2010

Democrats Scott Slifka Tim Brennan Joe Verrengia Shari Cantor Judy Casperson Robert Durbin Leon Davidoff

Board of Education -

Republicans Diane L. Mudge Libby Spinella

Democrats Clare Kindall Terry A. Schmitt Bruce S. Putterman Naogan Ma Elin Katz

Town Clerk – Essie S. Labrot (D)

Since We Are An Association Dedicated To The Proposition That Town Government Can Be Operated Efficiently To Provide Needed Services At A Fair Cost To The Citizens Of West Hartford, The West Hartford Taxpayers Association hopes that these elected officials on the Town Council and Board of Education will:

- Work to Lower our taxes and create fiscally sound budgets

- Work to Rein In and Control Spending

- Work towards giving West Hartford more open and honest and transparent government

- Work to make programs like Leisure Services self-sustaining

- Utilize and Manage our town resources wisely and efficiently

- Work to attract new business to our town

- Give ALL areas of our town the attention they need

- Maintain excellent quality of life in West Hartford

- Work to Develop and Implement new revenue streams and strategies for our town

- Make it their business to be fully informed on the issues and perform due diligence

- Strengthen Town Government Code of Ethics and Eliminate Conflict of Interest Issues

- Lobby the State for:

Binding Arbitration reform

No More Unfunded Mandates For Municipalities

Proper Funding For Our Town

Property and Income Tax Reform and Reduction

Please take the time to see the referendum and budget analysis on our Budget Information page.

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