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It's a dog eat dog world!

After close to two years of misdirection, deception, ignoring the concerns of too many residents and outright lies, it may have come to the point (time will tell) when there is hardly anything the mayor can say or do that disenchanted citizens won't question.

After the vote, Finizio issued the following statement:

"We will work with the Law Director's office, the Finance Department, and the Police Administration to honor the will of the City Council. I also assure all New Londoners that I will insist upon the highest standards in our K-9 unit to protect and preserve the civil rights of all who live in our City."

Nowhere does Mayor Finizio mention the will of the people of New London choosing, instead, to see the veto override as "the will of the City Council."

Nor is there anything reassuring about the mayor's assurance that he " will insist upon the highest standards in our K-9 unit to protect and preserve the civil rights of all who live in our City."

The time for gratuitous and self-serving oratory is over.
It's time to put up or shut up, Mayor Finizio.

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