Democratic Town Committee Chairman Eric Paradis has penned a letter to President-elect Donald Trump he is hoping will be signed by most or all elected town leaders, asking the nation's new leader to denounce those across the country who believe that the Sandy Hook tragedy never happened.

The letter specifically calls out President-elect Trump's apparent friendship and apparent lack of concern about Alex Jones, whose Infowars website and radio program frequently denies the mass shooting, which took the lives of 20 Newtown children and six Sandy Hook Elementary School educators on December 14, 2012.

Mr Paradis, a special education administrator who also served on the latest Charter Revision Commission, is circulating a draft of his letter to a number of top elected boards in the hope of getting members' feedback and support in the form of a signature before sending the letter off to Washington in the coming weeks.

To date, the letter has been presented and reviewed by the Boards of Selectmen and Education, and the Legislative Council.

The Board of Finance and possibly others will take up discussion on the memo in the coming days. The text of the letter opens presenting a bipartisan and united image of local leaders from both the Democratic and Republican parties, and briefly recounts the horrific events of 12/14.

"As a town, we continue to mourn, question why, try to find the kindness and goodness that we believe is out there," the letter states. "One of the significant roadblocks to our future is the continued rumors and viciousness spread by many people outside of our homes who believe that our tragedy was a staged government event that never happened, that the children and teachers we lost never existed."

Pointing to the so-called "truther" broadcaster and blogger, and speaking directly to the nation's incoming President, Mr Paradis wrote, "He continues to spread hate and lies towards our town, towards the people and organizations who came to help us through those darkest days. Jones repeatedly tells his listeners and viewers that he has your ears and your respect. He brags about how you called him after your victory in November. Emboldened by your victory, he continues to hurt the memories of those lost, the ability of those left behind us to heal."

The letter asks that President-elect Trump to "intervene and stop Jones and others hoaxers like him." He closes reminding the President-elect that one of the victims' families received death threats from a hoaxer, and asks that Mr Trump "denounce any and all who spread lies that the tragedy was a hoax," and to "remove your support from anyone who continues to insist that the tragedy was staged or not real."

On January 17, the Board of Selectmen received and reviewed the letter. After suggesting a few minor edits, along with removing the partisan party references in the introduction, selectmen unanimously agreed to support and sign the letter.

The Board of Education discussed but held off approving the letter at its meeting on Tuesday, January 17. Board of Education Chair Keith Alexander explained he could sign for his entire board, if approved by board members.

"Personally, I'd be happy to sign just as the chair of the board, but I'd rather have everybody's input if we could," said Mr Alexander, adding that his concern is the incoming United States presidential administration has made comments, "that allow certain members of the hoaxing community to seem legitimate."

"We were here and we know the facts," Mr Alexander said later, "and we want facts to matter."

School board member Rebekah Harriman-Stites said she is in full support of the letter, as she feels, "it is the right thing to do," especially in a bipartisan effort with other boards.

Sharing his general support, member Dan Cruson, Jr, also worried the letter may cause more problems than it would solve.

"If the President-elect does act on the letter and does what we recommend doing, it's not only going to invite the scrutiny of the media back into our affairs but I don't think it will deter the hoaxers," said Mr Cruson.

School board secretary Debbie Leidlein suggested having legal counsel read the letter for input.

"I think that by staying silent it gives credence to the fact that our president elect is legitimizing something that is awful and unimaginable," added Ms Harriman-Stites.

School board Vice Chair Michelle Embree Ku said she believes it is important for community members to stand up for what is right.

After discussing the letter further, the motion to have Mr Alexander sign the letter for the board was withdrawn with the intention to revisit the decision once other boards have had input.

The letter was presented to the council the following evening as a matter of correspondence. When Council Chair Mary Ann Jacob told her colleagues that the school board had withheld its support initially to seek legal council, First Selectman Pat Llodra reminded them that the memo was already reviewed by Selectman Will Rodgers, who is a career attorney.

Speaking to stripping out partisan political references, Mrs Llodra told the council, "It should not be politically rooted. We think it has more relevance and appropriateness as a community voice. No legal issues arose that would compromise anyone."

Referencing what Mrs Llodra described as sanitizing the text to remove those references, Council member Judit DeStfano said, "It really doesn't seem politicized." Urging her colleagues to consider the letter's integrity, she requested officials reconsider their efforts to edit or "sanitize it so it loses its impact."

Chair Mary Ann Jacob closed discussion on the proposal saying the council would have an opportunity to revisit the letter after it is reworded.

"There's no point in discussing current language because it's going to change," she said.