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April 6, 2023

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Republicans’ dismal budget starves our schools again

Newsletter Volume 1 • Number 40 Weekly Newsletter Delivery If there was any doubt about what Greenwich’s Republican-controlled Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) values, it was obliterated Tuesday, when […]
March 16, 2023

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RTM Thwarts Republican Effort to Overturn Vote in Greenwich

The Representative Town Meeting (RTM) soundly rejected a Republican-driven attempt to overturn a vote taken in January, one that took an outsized meaning when the far right objected to the outcome, which approved a $500,000 outside grant to our bipartisan registrars of voters.
March 9, 2023

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Greenwich Republican Leaders Give Disabled Residents an Uphill Climb

It’s been fifty years since Nixon signed a law making the simple act of getting around possible for everyone. George Bush signed even stronger legislation, the Americans with Disabilities Act. But here in Greenwich, after half a century, it’s still a struggle for some to cross streets, go to school, and enjoy a park.
March 2, 2023

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“Instead of learning, we are repeating past mistakes”

Selectwoman Janet Stone McGuigan: “One reason I love my job is because it allows me to learn Greenwich’s history. If only every Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) member shared my interest in local history, perhaps we could avoid repeating our past mistakes regarding school capital projects.”
February 23, 2023

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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things in Greenwich

Spending lots of money on municipal planning studies by consultants, and then ignoring their recommendations, sounds wasteful. But in Greenwich, that’s what passes for “fiscal responsibility” by our Republican Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) leaders.
February 16, 2023

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A Celebration of Greenwich’s Black History

February is Black History Month, a time to celebrate and pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who have struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American public life, including in Greenwich.
February 9, 2023

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Starving Our Public Schools – A Specialty of Greenwich Republicans

If this sounds familiar, that’s because it happens every year. Our Board of Ed carefully researches what our schools need, submits a reasonable budget, then the Republican-controlled Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) withholds needed funding.
February 2, 2023

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First Selectman’s Budget Shortchanges Schools. Again.

Raw sewage overflowing into first grade classrooms, students with crutches carried up and down flights of stairs to get to class, special ed classes taught in broom closets, These are actual conditions happening NOW and are the inevitable outcome of decades of neglect by Greenwich Republican Town leaders.
January 26, 2023

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Little-Known Voting Controls the Town’s Purse Strings

Gutting renovation funding for Julian Curtiss and Old Greenwich Schools. Rejecting improvements to fire safety in Northwest Greenwich. What do all these decisions have in common? They were made by a single person who is not directly elected.
January 19, 2023

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$500K Grant to Improve Election Administration in Greenwich Under Attack

A meeting to vote on whether to accept a $500,000 grant to improve election administration and infrastructure in Town erupted in chaos when opponents challenged the result of the vote, which was narrowly in favor of accepting the grant, and demanded a do-over.