Subject Author Date Time Information Tony BasilicaBill VogelJan 6, 20109:52 AMEvent DetailsNew London RepublicansWhen a person has served the community honorably and well for many years and is now retiring, it is time to thank and congratulate that person for his service. Tony Basilica deserves gratitude and respect for his work over these many years.

Being town chairman is not an easy job, and is sometimes more like herding cats than being skipper of a ship. Yet the party deeply depends on the chairman to organize, recruit candidates, raise funds, and run campaigns. One of the reasons that the Republican Party in town had not won an election for 20 years was because Tony had run a strong Democratic Town Committee.

Rather than blame Tony for the Republican and Green Party victory this fall, I would credit the quality of the Republican and Green party candidates, and their very strong campaigns. Rob Pero and Adam Sprecace both had very large majorities that cannot be blamed on Democrat in-fighting. I believe that the citizens of New London can be trusted to vote for the best person rather than their party, and that is what happened this last election.

I salute Tony for his superior service, and congratulate him for a job well done!