Submitted by Beth Krumeich and Leslie Cooper, Greenwich
“We’re taking over all the elections.” – Stephen K. Bannon
The far-right group, Greenwich Patriots, have taken Bannon’s strategy to heart as they plot the MAGA take-over of Greenwich political institutions. Two years ago, they flooded the caucuses that elected the Greenwich Republican Town Committee (RTC) and took over control of that party and the nomination of its candidates for the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) and the Board of Education (BOE).
On the last day to petition to become candidates for the Representative Town Meeting (RTM), the Greenwich Patriots filed over 100 petitions for the 230-member body, which with their incumbent members, is more than enough to dominate the legislative branch of town government for the next two years…