My Letter To the Editor of the Waterbury Repulican

       So now we have the "town fathers" (and/or "mothers") in Prospect telling the Caporasos they may not be able to make a living because they may be violating some regulation about selling locally grown produce (Aug. 21 article, "Trouble on the farm").

Same thing here in Woodbury.

      The arrogant "ruling class" on the zoning board has attempted to stifle free speech, guaranteed by the Constitution, by restricting the size of political signs and stonewalling the release of a letter from an attorney about the regulation. The release is required by law, and now the chairman, Martin Overton, is running for selectman on the "Woodbury First" ballot. The organization, which Chairman Walter Kazmierski says is "committed to serving the best interests of Woodbury through open and honest debate, and treating all with mutual respect and understanding," claims to be bipartisan. Bipartisanship apparently means everyone else agrees with Woodbury First.
      Regulations and more regulations! Has anyone figured out that each little regulation strips away some of our freedoms? The "ruling class" feels that because it is in power, it can run roughshod over the rest of us, and we have to do things the way it wants them done, the rest of us be damned. This applies at the local, state, and national levels.

A lemonade stand run by three girls in Georgia was shut down because they didn't have the proper permit, which cost $50 a day or $180 a year. They were trying to raise money to go to a water park.

A woman in Michigan is in trouble and facing fines because she has a vegetable garden on her front lawn.

Congress is telling us that soon, we no longer will be allowed to buy incandescent light bulbs.

Governments tell us what we can and can't eat.

      Are you as sick of these people as I am? Let's start electing people who believe, as our Founding Fathers believed, that the less government there is, the better off we all are.

      Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn.; Reps. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, Jim Himes, D-4th District, John Larson, D-1st District, Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, and Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District; and most of our state and local elected officials, are among those who think the government should be allowed to plan your life, right down to the minutest detail.
      Don't fall into the trap of voting for your representative or senator because you like him. If everybody does that, we get the same bunch in office all over again.

      I've had enough of these people. How about you? Let's start throwing them out of office, and getting some people in there who are the "citizen" representatives envisioned by the Founding Fathers — people who serve a term or two, and return home to their regular jobs.

      We don't need career politicians. Term limits would a great place to start for all elected and appointed officials at all levels of government.

Jon Quint