Tom Marsh, Independent Candidate for Governor (Yes He Qualified Via Petition) Becomes the First to Fulfill Campaign Promise

The Blogster made a point of following up on Chester First Selectman Tom Marsh’s pre-gubernatorial primary promise to kids at Stamford’s Yerwood Center to give them ice cream on August 10, primary day. Speaking after a mock debate among teams at the West Side community center representing the then 6 candidates, Marsh, a former Republican, announced that since he wasn’t on the primary ballot, kids could eat ice cream that day at his expense. Well, the childrens had something else going on August 10, but Marsh, his wife and his running mate, Waterbury Alderman Cicero Bookerand his wife, recently had a party there for about 40 kids, including chocolate syrup, whipped cream and sprinkly things that Marsh said today are still being consumed in his household. “We made sundaes and went through 6 gallons in about 20 minutes,” said Marsh. “I would call that a success. My scooping experience from working as a kid at Friendly’s Ice Cream for a summer came in handy.” And thus, Marsh becomes the first gubernatorial candidate to come through with a campaign promise.It only cost him about $75, too.  Next thing you know, he’ll be invited to more than two gubernatorial debates (UConn/CT Daily Newspaper debate October 20 in Storrs; NAACP debate in Stamford October 29). “I think there’s an old political adage that says if you buy people ice cream, you get elected,” Marsh told the Blogser this afternoon in the Capitol parking lot, leaning against his top-down 1992 Jaguar XJS, which he bought used for a fraction of its original cost. That’s wishful thinking.