Enfield Can’t Afford Another Republican Majority

For 18 of the last 20 years, Republicans have held the majority on Enfield’s Town Council. And in that time, our town has steadily gone downhill.

It starts with basic infrastructure. Enfield’s water and sewer systems were neglected for so long that the state had to step in and mandate repairs. Instead of creating a fair, time-limited plan to fund those upgrades, Republican leadership chose the politically convenient route: slapping residents with a permanent sewer fee that we’re all still paying today. Every bill we get is a reminder of their failure to plan ahead.

The same short-term approach has hurt our schools. Years of chronic underfunding turned Enfield into an Alliance District; one of the lowest-performing categories in the state. Buildings have been left to decay, and maintenance is constantly deferred until it becomes a crisis.

Meanwhile, Republican leadership has ballooned Enfield’s debt to over $100 million, even while cutting vital services. Fiscal responsibility isn’t about starving the town of resources; it’s about planning ahead and making sustainable investments. Instead, they’ve run the town like a credit card: ignoring problems until they become expensive emergencies, then borrowing to patch the holes.

And while they talk endlessly about “fiscal responsibility,” they’ve given away millions in tax abatements to massive out-of-town warehouse developers. Those giveaways have filled our roads with tractor-trailers, damaged local infrastructure, and done little to improve residents’ quality of life. In the long run, taxpayers will bear the cost of the very projects that were supposed to help them.

For nearly two decades, Enfield’s Republican leadership has prioritized optics over outcomes, short-term politics over responsible planning, and loyalty over leadership. The results are clear: crumbling infrastructure, struggling schools, ballooning debt, and roads overrun by trucks.

We can’t afford another two years of this. Enfield deserves leadership that plans for the future; not just the next election.