Welcome to TIVERTON 1st!

Tiverton 1st is a grassroots community organization open to all who support preserving our quality of life in Tiverton by maintaining both our community and school services in a fiscally-responsible way, and promoting cooperation, compromise and community pride.
Membership is open to all Tiverton residents who are at least 18 years old & support Tiverton 1st's principles & goals (non-residents or those under 18 years old are welcome to join as non-voting members). There's no membership fee.Just email your name, address, phone # and email address to: Tiverton1st@cox.net.
You can also request to become a "Tiverton 1st Friend"& join our confidential email list.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

LETTER FROM BRETT PELLETIER, CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION TO THE TOWN COUNCIL

Churchill reminded us that “the price of greatness is responsibility.”  The responsibility of able and sound minded people is of most importance for our society and government.  We must care for those in need and provide opportunity when few exist, give freely of our time and talents to better our community.  We must be a resource for those without, we must be teachers to those who seek knowledge and we must be leaders to those needing guidance.  We need more people of character in government, more people who are willing to roll up their sleeves; not fewer.  We don’t need philistines whose motives aren’t sincere and whose interest is fleeting, whose desire to serve falls second to their desire to rule.  I am a resident of town; have been for 30 years.  I am a voter, a property-owner and a taxpayer, and am a part of the community; and I demand better from myself and from those who profess to lead.

During my term I have been part of a team that has worked toward a goal of improving Tiverton, politics aside.  I continue to learn about the needs of the community and the priorities people put on its governance.  I am confident of my ability to serve Tiverton and to represent the varied tenure of residents.  What I have witnessed is that things are not getting easier. The topics we discuss and the decisions we make are getting more and more complex and nuanced and require serious thought, research, and consideration.  Diligence should be at the cornerstone of modern decision-makers methodology and proper planning has always been about the thing you can’t yet imagine.  The 500-year flood that you never see coming. It is not a no-brainer, not everyone can do it, and it is never, never, as easy as it seems.

Ignoring facts and information is not only reckless and shortsighted; it’s just plain stupid.  Leadership is not about making easy decisions and rubber stamping; it never has been.  Planning for the future doesn’t mean pretending problems don’t exist and hoping that they’ll go away before your term expires.  It takes only a few seconds to make a bad decision and it takes years to fix them.  My only agenda is a responsible path forward for Tiverton, from a guy who’s lived here his whole life.  If you think otherwise, I suggest you vote for someone else.

I’m here for you even if we disagree.  Pick up the phone, write an email or get me to buy you a cup of coffee and make sure I know what matters to you. We’re on the same team and if you don’t know me already, I’d like to change that.

Brett N. Pelletier
401-835-2679
bnpelletier@gmail.com

No comments:

Post a Comment