Once she took over from the previous selectman, the grill room was closed, the maintenance budget was cut in half and she tried to get the people of Woodbridge to let Toll Bros build cluster housing on the property. Twice it went to referendum and twice the people voted it down getting only 10% of the vote. A man wished to purchase the property and redo the course joining it with Yale, and a convention center. The town council three times asked for different corners of the property to be withheld from the sale and the buyer said he wished for the entire property and walked away. Gil Hanse, (Rio olympic course) showed up one day and walked the course in preparation of the makeover. The comment was made at one of the council meetings with the buyer when she thought the mike was closed.
