Yesterday, John Santanella filed legal action in Connecticut Superior Court trying to kick Tom Tyler off the ballot and trying to disenfranchise all those Democratic Party voters who signed his ballot petition. This is an authoritarian power grab common in places like North Korea and Iran, and it’s Anti-American. Instead of addressing important environmental public safety issues, such as all of the raw sewage continuously being dumped into the Connecticut River, Santanella is trying to lawyer his way out of having an election opponent. What is Santanella afraid of if he is trying to stop the democratic process and your fundamental right to vote? Can we trust someone to be in public office if they subscribe to authoritarian power grab tactics like this?

Specifically, Santanella sued the Enfield Democratic Registrar of Voter, the Enfield Town Clerk, the State Elections Enforcement Commission, the Connecticut Office of the Secretary of State and Tom himself. It’s rich that Santanella sued Tom himself because Tom and his campaign simply followed the instructions and guidance that they were given in order to petition Tom onto the ballot. The Enfield Town Attorney will now have to defend the Enfield Town Clerk in this legal action, and this will surely cost the taxpayers of Enfield a great deal of money in legal fees. But Santanella is fine with fleecing the Enfield taxpayers in this manner because all he cares about is using his authoritarian and anti-democratic tactics in a desperate attempt to stay in office.

But don’t worry. Tom stands up to bullies, and he will fight Santanella on this. By doing so, Tom will protect your fundamental right to vote and the right for free and fair elections. Elections should be about which candidate is best suited to improve the condition of people’s lives, and we will win in court in order to get back to talking about the important issues facing Enfield, something Santanalla is simply too scared to talk about. The choice is clear. John Santanella is the undemocratic Democrat, and Tom Tyler is the Democrat fighter Enfield needs in Hartford. Stay tuned.