In a major local political shakeup likely to have a ripple effect statewide if not beyond, the leadership of West Hartford’s Republican Party entered Town Hall Friday morning and when they departed, they were no longer members of the GOP.
West Hartford needs and wants an alternative to the current two-party system. Lee Gold, Mark Merritt, Roni Rodaman, and Rick Bush plan to form a slate of candidates in West Hartford running under the label of “A Connecticut Party,” the party of former U.S. Sen. and former Gov. Lowell Weiker as well as former Sen. Joe Lieberman.
A Connecticut Party “will establish a ‘Rational Alternative’ to the current political landscape.”
“There needs to be a moderate, centrist voice,” Gold told We-Ha.com.
“We will be running a slate of very like-minded, open-minded thinkers who will be transparent,” Gold said, looking to serve without being bridled by a party label.
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