Jason L. McCoy

Jason L. McCoy^[1] is the former Mayor of Vernon, Connecticut, and a lawyer.^[2] McCoy was elected to his first term in 2007.^[3] In 2009,^[4] McCoy was re-elected as mayor. He had served on the Vernon Town Council^[5] and was the Deputy Mayor of Vernon from 2005 to 2007.^[6] In 2009, McCoy was one of six mayors in Connecticut chosen by the Governor M. Jodi Rell to work closely with state officials and lawmakers to identify savings and recommend mandate relief to help close Connecticut's state budget shortfall.^{[7][8][9][10]} Mayor McCoy served as mayor of a municipality that holds town meetings to pass the mayor's yearly proposed municipal budget, which can then be sent to referendum for approval by privately cast ballot.^[11]

Mayor McCoy declined being placed in nomination at the Republican convention for the 2010 Connecticut attorney general election.

In the 2010 gubernatorial election, several Bridgeport polling places ran out of ballots.^[12] Based upon McCoy's observation of the election day election administration in Bridgeport, McCoy was a vocal critic of Bridgeport's handling of unofficial ballots in the election between former United States Ambassador to Ireland Republican candidate Thomas C. Foley and former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy.^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

In December 2010, McCoy advanced a policy proposal that was adopted by the Town Council and the Board of Education to consolidate management services for town and school board buildings and grounds under the municipal public works department to lower the overall cost of services, reduce duplication, and increase buying power for the benefit of Vernon taxpayers.^[18]

At the end of January 2011, after consulting with a structural engineer,^[19] McCoy declared a state of emergency in Vernon after winter storm Ella,^[20] which caused excess snow to accumulate on the 700,000 square feet (65,000 m²) of municipal rooftops, placing the buildings in eminent danger of collapse.^[21] As a result of the declaration, McCoy made a formal request to Homeland Security for assistance from the National Guard, and was given authorization by the Governor to call the Connecticut National Guard into Vernon to assist municipal workers with snow removal from the municipal building roofs.^[22][23][24] The request by McCoy was the first of its type in Connecticut,^[25] triggering other municipalities to test their roofs resulting in shut downs of other municipal buildings in other municipalities due to roof failures for the protection of their citizens.^{[26][27][28][29][30][31]}

Jason L. McCoy a Connecticut Mayor holding office in Vernon, Connecticut announced his candidacy to seek the office of U.S. Senate in the 2012 United States Senate election in Connecticut , an open seat being vacated by Connecticut U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman.^{[32] [33][34][35][36]}The announcement was made on WFSB Face the State.

Jason L. McCoy at the end of his second term as Mayor of Vernon Connecticut handled a natural disaster after an October 28th 2011 Nor’easter hit Connecticut leaving Vernon Connecticut and many municipalities in Connecticut in the state of emergency where citizens were trapped in their homes by down Connecticut Light and Power electrical lines entangled in trees and vegetation blocking state and municipal roads leaving citizens trapped without electrical service for 14 days. Connecticut Light and Power did not send crews to Vernon Connecticut remove over 215 power lines blocking the State and local roadways in Vernon Connecticut. Mayor McCoy being faced with danger to the life and safety of citizens due to the lack of cooperation by Connecticut Light and Power. Mayor McCoy brought considerable attention and scrutiny to the unfair trade practice that utility monopoly engaged in forcing Connecticut Light and Power to bring crews to the State of Connecticut to work with the municipality to open the State and municipal roadways, restore power to the citizens, the municipal sewer plant and Connecticut water plant. ^{[37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]}

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• Jason McCoy for U.S. Senate