Efforts to slander and silence Wilmington town board member Tim Follos have been simmering within our community for months. These efforts have now burst into full public view, both in the pages of our local newspapers and through a bizarre outburst at the most-recent Wilmington town board meeting.

Whatever the supposed justification for these efforts, their actual basis is obvious: Tim is trying to make progress on the issues he campaigned on, and he is not giving up.

Tim was overwhelmingly voted into office last fall by the people of Wilmington, and it disappoints, saddens, and angers us to see our candidate routinely disrespected.

All members of our community should be aware that there are many who appreciate Tim. He won so handily because many people in Wilmington agree with his proposals and ideas and share his concerns.

We agree with those who say that our town board members should be willing to work together and compromise to achieve solutions that are palatable to all, but when you disrespect our candidate and his ideas, you disrespect us! That is not a good way to engender community cohesion.

We are grateful that Tim continues to represent our views despite the ill treatment he has endured. Although others seem outraged by his efforts, we appreciate the fact that he is not giving up.

Sincerely,

Patricia Winch

Caitlin Bottcher

Whitney Casey

Heather Dreissigacker

John Dreissigacker

Kristin Eaton

Maxwell Eaton

Rachel Finn

Barbara Funk

Lynn Gaffney

Sue Ellen Gettens

Nancy Gonyea

Wesley Gonyea

Gary Grady

Alison Haas

Jason Hooker

Laura Dreissigacker Hooker

Bethany Kress

Greg Kress

Brigette Levitt

Jessica Mulvey

Sylvia Mustelier

Donna Ottavinia

Wyatt Peck

Helen Read

Linda Shuster

Celia Stephenson

Guy Stephenson

Curtis Winch

Edward Winch

Kimberly Winch

Pamela Winch

Randy Winch

Bill Wonderlin

Jerilyn Wright

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