Larry serves as the Vice Chairman of the Town Council, and he has served on the Council since 2017. He has been a resident of Glastonbury for over 29 years with his wife, Nicole, and their two sons, Jack and Alex. Previously, Larry served as Majority Leader of the Council and on the Planning and Zoning Commission. He is the Council’s ex-officio member of the Glastonbury Education Foundation, and also the Council’s representative to the Capitol Region Council of Governments.
Larry has over 33 years of municipal experience as an IT Specialist for the Town of West Hartford and currently with the City of Middletown as a Network Engineer. He has also spent numerous seasons coaching for Glastonbury Hartwell Soccer and Glastonbury Little League.
Throughout his time on the Town Council, Larry has made it his priority to deliver responsible budgets, quality education, socially-conscious policies, and town services that benefit everyone
Larry’s Quote from Glastonbury Life
We have many issues where we need to direct our focus. Our priorities must include keeping our budget as low as possible without sacrificing services on which people depend; con- tinuing to protect our farms and open spaces; work cooperatively with our public safety and health agencies to keep our community healthy and safe; and to persist in creating affordable workforce housing on our terms so those who work here are able to live here.
Voting History
Affordable Housing
- Voted YES to add a 10% inclusionary zoning policy on rental units
- Voted YES to purchase the Nye Road property to build affordable housing
- Voted YES to the renovation of a town owned affordable residence
Education
- Voted YES to expand the Naubuc School Open Space Classrooms
- Voted YES to building the GHS fieldhouse
- Voted YES to provide funds for a new weight room at GHS
Business
- Voted YES to prohibit cannabis establishments
- Voted YES to the Right to Farm in Glastonbury
- Voted YES to allocate $150,000 of ARPA funds to the Small Business Program
- Voted YES to Grant $150,000 to the Farm Assistance Program
Town Management
- Voted YES to hire an assistant town manager
- Voted YES to increase the town staff’s wage by 2% and give a retirement bonus to the town manager
- Voted NO to reduce the pension rate from 6.5% to 6.25%
- Voted NO to close the recycling center at Hebron and Manchester road
- Voted YES to urge our community to behave in a calm way leading to election day
- Voted NO to Increase the Building Height in Town Center
Senior Citizens
Citizen Questions
The range of response: strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree
What are the three greatest challenges facing the community, and how will you address them?
With revaluation shifting the burden of property taxes from com- mercial to residential, as well as the increased pressure of high inflation, We must do all that we can to keep taxes down. In my tenure, we have delivered the lowest tax increases in recent history and kept spending increases below the inflation rate. We must continue our work on creating affordable workforce housing so that people who work in our community can live here. Teachers, police, fire, restaurant, medical and other workers deserve that opportunity. We will persist in our strategic use of our open space funds. We will continue to work with our farmers to maintain our farms and open space, protecting those spaces from development and preserving the charm of our town.
Zoning ordinances in town do not allow for adequate supply of housing across the income spectrum.
Neither agree nor disagree. While zoning ordinances do play a part in the housing supply across the income spectrum, developers, like any other business people, consistently look to maximize profits on any project they take on. Larger houses produce larger profits, so less expensive houses are less desirable to build. As a council, we recognize this and have taken it upon ourselves to work at creating workforce housing that will benefit underserved levels of affordability.
Towns should implement programs to remove food waste from the trash stream.
Strongly agree. Removing food from the waste stream will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce waste removal costs for the town, and food waste can be turned into compostable material, reducing strain on the environment. By doing so, we reduce the burden on taxes and we contribute to the battle against global warming.
Letters to Editor
You can often learn a great deal about a candidate from their letters written to the Glastonbury Citizen. The link to to the letter text is found in the dates below.
The letter discusses how Larry has chosen not to campaign aggressively, instead letting his record of fiscal responsibility, support for public safety and open spaces, and a non-partisan approach to decision-making speak for itself, as he seeks re-election.
November 2nd 2023
The letter discusses the unanimous support by Democrats on the Town Council for a proposal to offer grants up to $10,000 to struggling farmers, funded by Federal ARPA money, and aims to address the hardships faced by the farming community due to adverse weather and inflation
October 5th 2023
The letter explains the Glastonbury Town Council’s Democratic majority’s decision to increase the senior discount at the transfer station from 10% to 25%, a measure that faced opposition from Republican members despite its minimal impact on the overall budget.
May 6th 2021
2021 TALK Forum
In 2021, Larry attended the T.A.L.K. Forum. In this forum, he answered the following questions. Please click on the question to see the full transcript of his answer.
Social Media
Larry has a facebook page. On this page Larry will make semi-regular detailed updates on issues like town budget or mill rates.
