Letter to the Editor: Writer ‘Disheartened’ by Old Lyme Republican Postcard; Requests Civility, Absence of Divisiveness Going Forward

To the Editor:

Recently, I was very disheartened to receive a postcard from the Old Lyme Republican Party.

At a time when voters are interested in fact-based strategies for governance, this communication was an unobjective smear campaign against Martha Shoemaker. Rather than listing the items the Republican slate plans to initiate if elected, it was a list of slurs and innuendos aimed at our First Selectwoman.

In a divided nation where objectivity and cooperation are absent from the federal government, a negative communication with no details about the platform is unproductive and divisive. The voters of Old Lyme deserve candid and adult discussions of plans for the next term, not childish smear campaigns.

In an election, the future of local government should be a more productive and mature conversation.

Let’s be civil, not divisive. 

Sincerely,

Fred McCullough,
Old Lyme.