Meet Judy Casperson: Democratic Candidate for West Hartford Town Council

Name: 
Judy Casperson

Age: 54


Party, Board Seeking:
 Democrat, Town Council seeking 3rd term

Family information: 
Husband Olaf, our daughters Brieanna and TaraLynn Casperson

Political Experience: 
Two terms, West Hartford Town Council

Other Experience: Chair of Human Services- leisure, senior, parks, library, community services.

If elected, what would be your primary areas of focus?

 

West Hartford has received national and local accolades for best schools, best town, cool suburb and more.  I am so thankful to live in this community and to benefit from the hard work and planning involved in its design. We are governing and making decisions to keep West Hartford strong in these challenging economic times. There are many developments such as the boutique hotel in Blue Back, Charter Oak School building, designing some solutions around Fastrak and possibly the UCONN property that will need that same focus.

I feel that our incumbent team will make sound decisions that align with West Hartford vision and values as we move through these unique opportunities for growth and development.

What do you feel is the biggest issue facing West Hartford today? 

We are working our way through budgets with shortfalls from the state with ECS and negotiating contracts to balance our retiree pension for the future.