Submitted by Janet McMahon
I am writing to endorse my dear friend and RTM colleague, Hector Arzeno, for State Representative in the 151st District. I’ve worked alongside Hector in “Great 8” for 3 years and he is kind, thoughtful, intelligent, hard working and a consummate public servant. Hector truly cares about his constituents and tries to befriend anyone he meets along his daily walks around our district with his Goldendoodle, Buddy. Politically, Hector is a centrist who will continue to advocate for local control of zoning, common sense gun laws, protecting a woman’s reproductive rights and preserving our environment. He is a true consensus builder who has had a productive working relationship with members of all political stripes on the RTM and Finance Committee.
His opponent, on the other hand, is quite possibly the polar opposite of Hector. Peter Sherr first came on my radar when he publicly shamed a private citizen in an opinion piece directed toward them, calling them “rookies” who “clearly [don’t] understand our local municipal budgeting,” among other things. His rude and sarcastic editorial was unbecoming of an elected official but he then doubled down on social media, slandering respected PTA leaders who didn’t agree with him and calling them “political operatives.”
[See below screenshot] Throughout Mr. Sherr’s 12 year tenure on the Board of Education, he has seen 6 Superintendents come and go. Anyone who has watched any Board of Education meeting with him in attendance knows that this is not sheer coincidence. Still, the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back was when he uttered a vulgar profanity during a Board of Education meeting which earned him an unprecedented censure in a stunning bipartisan 6-1-1 vote. To date, Mr. Sherr has not issued a formal apology to the Board or to the Town.
Whatever your political views are, I think we can all agree that Greenwich needs someone who will get things done in Hartford. You simply can not get things done with an ideologue who is unable to reach across the aisle, let alone caucus with his own party. Hector Arzeno, on the other hand, is the right person to represent our district in Hartford. Hector understands that good political outcomes are usually the product of compromise, collegiality and coalition building and he does all three with aplomb.
Please join me in voting for Hector Arzeno on November 8!
Janet McMahon is a Representative Town Meeting Member in District 8 and a delegate to the Education Committee. The views expressed herein are her own.
