Category: GDTC Newsletters

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 49 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Nick Simmons has been a student of bipartisan politics for much of his life. Bipartisanship was something of a family affair in the Simmons household. His father took him to the Republican National Convention at age 10. (Event highlight? Nick met “The Rock.”) His mother took…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 48 Weekly Newsletter Delivery We can’t do anything to fix a flawed budget, but the RTM can pose revealing questions It’s a shame that Greenwich’s annual budget dance has become a farce. After months of meetings by our Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET), the Representative Town Meeting (RTM), the…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 47 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Stopping toxic “forever chemicals”: one more reason the public sector matters “Government is not the solution, it’s the problem,” is a tiresome Republican trope that’s been used to quash everything from regulations protecting the public from Wall Street money manipulators, to COVID health measures. So when…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 46 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Democrats split their vote 3-3 on the town budget to send a message about inadequate funding for critical needs, while rescuing a few important projects from the ax. By the Democratic members of the BET This week, the six Democrats on the Board of Estimate and…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 45 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Republicans ax a specialist who would pursue energy efficiency initiatives that could save “tens of millions of dollars” Long before the threat of global warming made conserving energy critically important, there was a different reason to do so: to save money. So it’s baffling that Greenwich’s…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 44 Weekly Newsletter Delivery But elections have consequences: Republicans use tie-breaking vote to force unpopular cuts Just months ago, a town survey found that traffic, transportation and schools topped residents’ concerns about Greenwich. Improved road safety became the backbone of First Selectman Fred Camillo’s re-election campaign. Yet in the last…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 43 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Christina Downey wants to harness the energy of Democrats for the most crucial election of our time There was a time, not so long ago, when Christina Downey didn’t like partisan politics. After leaving a New York City legal career, she became active in numerous PTA…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 42 Weekly Newsletter Delivery It’s that time of year! The Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) will be making their final decisions on the proposed 2024-25 town budget on March 27th. Under Republican control, the BET usually makes painful cuts to meet budgetary “guidelines,” which they treat as a ceiling,…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 41 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Our March 27 meeting’s gonna be a lollapalooza! Come and throw your hat in the ring to be a convention delegate Perhaps influencing democracy wasn’t on your bucket list, but if you’re reading this newsletter and you’re a Dem, now you can partake. The Greenwich Town…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 40 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Commission would be watchdog for “harsh and unconscionable” rents More than eight months past a state-mandated deadline, Greenwich is poised to become the last major Connecticut municipality to create a Fair Rent Commission, if the Representative Town Meeting approves enabling legislation on Monday. Renters make up…