To the Editor:

Hello friends and neighbors, I am Keith Alexander and I am running as a candidate to represent District 2 on the Newtown Legislative Council. I have previously served the town on the Board of Education for seven years and Board of Finance for four years including time as chair on each of those Boards. I have been active in town organizations and supported local businesses as dedicated member of the community.

While I was on the Board of Education, we produced balanced budgets while continuing to innovate, including implementing full day kindergarten and adding an elementary foreign language immersion program. On the Board of Finance, I brought a valuable perspective on budgets, capital improvement, debt policy, and financial planning, while we worked through the challenge of balancing revenues and expenditures.

On both boards, my goal was always to do what would be in the best interest of the community.

Newtown is a great place to live. For more than twenty-five years, my wife, Elizabeth, and I have been enjoying all the town has to offer from the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale to the Arts Festival, marching in the Labor Day Parade and chaperoning school field trips. Newtown’s very active volunteering has enriched our town, making these events, and many others, possible.

In my years volunteering and serving on boards, I have become very familiar with the structure of the Town and BOE finances and budgeting process. With this knowledge, I will be able to be a productive member of the Legislative Council from the first day. I plan to bring compassion and a broad view of the community to policies, ordinances, and challenges that we will work on.

I would be honored to continue to work hard for Newtown if elected to the Legislative Council.

Vote November 7, and thank you for your support,

Keith Alexander

Sandy Hook