To the Editor:
I’m writing to provide context to Avon Republican candidate for CT district 17 Heather Maguire’s statements in your September 29th article, Maguire Highlights Affordability, Access to Healthcare, Local Control in Run to Unseat Kavros DeGraw.
In response to your question, “How do you think the state has done in balancing its green energy goals with the cost of electricity and gas,” Maguire noted that Avon “has a clean energy commission.” She went on to make broad statements about her “support of green energy,” but also made it clear she believes “we need to be looking at every possible source of energy. Everything should be an option.”
This kind of open-ended statement is a red flag to those of us in the environmentalist sphere.
As the Chair of Avon’s Clean Energy Commission, I feel compelled to share that Ms. Maguire has…