My uncle, Jack Tiffany, served as state representative for Lyme for decades. He always represented his constituents with integrity and never let the politics of the Capitol influence his decision-making. We are fortunate to have a state rep who thinks that way in Devin Carney. Devin always puts the constituents, businesses, and small towns he represents first. When he is advocating on our behalf, he never forgets his roots.

He knows that we need someone who will continue to allow small towns, like Lyme, the ability to keep our property taxes low and to provide services in a way that best serve our residents. Some recent proposals in Hartford include imposing state forced school regionalization, implementing state-collected higher property taxes on cars for us in lower-taxed towns, and passing teacher's retirement costs on to our local budgets. All of these would have negatively affected our quality of life, and, if it were not for people like Devin, they could have passed. He stood up to the majority and won.

We need people like him to fight back against bad policies, provide balance, and focus on small towns. I am confident he will continue do so and that is why he has my vote.

Dave Tiffany

Lyme