Elections 2013 - Ward 3 - (R) Hunter Mathena
By Editor at October 11, 2023 | 9:35 am | Print
The following candidates are running for Ward Aldermen. Each had the opportunity to submit a 200 word biography and a photograph. Each profile is unedited and presented in alphabetical order. Next week we will present candidates who are running for Aldermen at Large.
Most of my co-workers and friends ask me constantly why are you still in New Britain? It’s not a city for all people as it claims. They are right, it currently is not. While I feel that an educated, financially conservative, financially stable individual getting ready to
start and raise a family would be the idea of candidate for the city, it clearly is not.
I have been hounding the mayor’s offices for the past 3 to 5 years with quality of life complaints. I was told by the previous administration that if I really wanted to see some changes start getting involved so that’s what I’m doing.
I had asked my local party to endorse me for a position where I could make a difference. Unfortunately they did not have any room for someone like me on their ballot. It doesn’t really matter anyway because regardless of what party would be willing to sort me as a candidate I’m still going to do the same thing if elected. To me it’s not a popularity
contest, nor am I trying to have any type of political career. I’m going to give it a shot and I’m not ready to just quit and move out of New Britain like most people who can afford to choose. I have zero political aspiration and have no interest in continuing in politics. I’m hoping to make some positive changes for the long-term good of the city. I’ve been told by high ranking members of my own Democratic Party that I have no chance of winning because I’m white. They feel that in my neighborhood that a Hispanic or black candidate will always do better than any white candidate. I find that offensive and pathetic. To think that voters would go out and vote based upon racial bias versus wanting the most educated and or qualified person to do a job for them is baffling.
