Mayor Slifka Town Quotations

Now is not the time to bring in a town manager who would feel compelled to bring in their own people because we want to retain the first class management team that we already have in West Hartford. This selection brings protection to taxpayer money because no spending is needed to conduct a national search for a candidate.

He's going to face that conflict inevitably. The town is involved in ongoing litigation in which his brother had been a leading attorney. It's not about whether you're for or against Blue Back Square. It's about protecting the town's legal interest.

This is a maintenance budget that provides the current level of services that we offer now. This budget is not all doom and gloom because there are some things within it that we should be excited about, but we felt that if further cuts were made, they would have a direct effect on our classrooms and town services like police and fire.