Letter To The Editor: Thank you, Fairfield, Selectwoman Kupchick Says

The following open letter to the Fairfield community is from Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick, the town's former First Selectwoman:

Dear Fairfielders,

It has been my sincere honor to serve the community where generations of my family were raised. I was proud to be the second woman ever elected First Selectwoman in 384 years, and have loved working with people from all backgrounds, cultures and affiliations.

While the last four years have been challenging both serving as First Selectwoman and for me personally, they have also been the most rewarding of all my many years of public service on the RTM, Board of Education and representing Fairfield in our States Capitol.

I am proud of the positive changes my administration undertook to institute a more effective town government for the people and businesses in Fairfield.

While making big changes can be uncomfortable for some, they were necessary. During my early months serving as First Selectwoman, it was glaringly obvious our town government desperately needed those changes regardless of the political consequences.

I hope I helped to restore the public’s trust in our town government.

While disappointed in the outcome of the election, I am proud of our issue-based and positive campaign, because to me, no election is worth compromising your personal integrity.

I took the oath of office on Monday afternoon to serve as a member of the Board of Selectmen because I believe it’s critical all voices are represented in our town government.

I look forward to leading with the same bipartisan, solutions-oriented manner I have over the last four years as First Selectwoman.

I welcome Mr. Gerber and Mrs. Vitale to join me in a shared commitment of bipartisanship, transparency and open government being better together. I also hope my experience will be helpful to the new administration who will be taking over the serious work my administration has done over the last four years.

To our dedicated town employees, and department heads, last week was difficult. I truly appreciate your very kind words and messages of support and appreciation. You have made a challenging job, less challenging, and the work you have accomplished and continue to do is to be commended. I certainly will miss working with you every day, but I look forward to seeing you at the Board of Selectmen meetings and around town.

The over 200 newsletters sent over the last four years are archived here: https://fairfieldct.org/service/first_selectwomans_office/news.php
on the Town website to serve as a historical preservation of the challenges, successes and overall town operations. I have also provided the newsletter distribution list to the next administration so they can continue the good work we started with creating Fairfield's first town wide newsletter update.

I want to sincerely thank those in our community who shared invaluable feedback to my newsletters on a wide range of issues and for your kindness during the dark days of Covid, when my son suffered a serious health crisis, and when my mother and father in law passed away. I will always be grateful and will remember the sincere support from so many of you.

I hope continue to stay in touch with me with your feedback, ideas or concerns at SelectwomanKupchick@gmail.com.

Fairfield is filled with so many kind and generous people, who are always willing to lend a hand to help and offer kindness in so many ways.

I am truly grateful for the community we are blessed to live in.

Sincerely,
Brenda L. Kupchick
Fairfield Selectwoman