Along with casting votes for a new Governor of Connecticut, a US Senator, Congressional representation, a Secretary of State, a State Treasurer and Comptroller, an Attorney General, and a Judge of Probate on November 6, Newtown voters will also decide who will be our state senator and who will be our state representatives.

Tepid advertising and subscription support — the economic reasons, along with the unstable newsprint market, that HAN Network cited when announcing the closure earlier this month of several HAN Network publications — do not sustain a red hot news environment.

Politics should be not a game in one-upmanship or divisiveness, but one that strives to bring the best people to the best positions for the betterment of the citizens of every town, county, and state in the USA.

It is easy to be apathetic in a political environment that seethes with distrust and mind-numbing accusations. Politics at a more local level are far less inflammatory, though, and decisions made by the town and state officials are more directly felt.