Category: GDTC Newsletters
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An extremist is poised to take control of the Board of Education. Only the town Selectmen can prevent it.
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 31 Weekly Newsletter Delivery School board member Karen Kowalski is a culture war firebrand Karen Kowalski often votes exactly the opposite of both her Republican and Democratic colleagues. But now First Selectman Fred Camillo has indicated he’s backing her for school board chairman. This pivotal moment comes after the four…
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Connecticut rings in new year with large income tax cuts
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 30 Weekly Newsletter Delivery New Year’s revelers have reason to cheer 2024: income tax cuts will benefit 59% of all CT tax filers. Three tax cuts adopted with bipartisan support last spring take effect this January: the largest income tax reduction in state history, greater exemptions on pensions for seniors,…
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Khanna helped pass landmark legislation, but discovers constituents also appreciate her
listening ear Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 29 Weekly Newsletter Delivery The politician knocks on the door once. Twice. She steps back on the front stoop so as not to appear intimidating, and eventually, someone inside cracks it open, and peers out warily. The Listening Visit is a scene Democrat Rachel Khanna has repeated thousands…
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Election for Greenwich Democratic Party members
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 29 Weekly Newsletter Delivery The new year is shaping up to be a pivotal one for us as local Democrats. We all need to rally behind democracy itself in the presidential election. We have to re-elect our state house representatives who swept three seats for the first time ever in…
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Hamstrung by a dysfunctional GOP majority, Himes reflects on other ways to make a positive impact
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 28 Weekly Newsletter Delivery As an Amtrak Acela whisked him back to Washington D.C. and work last Sunday, Greenwich Congressman Jim Himes couldn’t help lamenting how little actual work the Republican-led Congress had done. “The last Congress, run by Democrats, made the biggest investment ever in our infrastructure, biggest effort…
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Town legislature to vote on quality of life and clean air improvements
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 27 Weekly Newsletter Deliver Clean air, quality-of-life measures heading to RTM on Monday Greenwich’s 230 member Representative Town Meeting (RTM) will vote on several proposals aimed at addressing various environmental issues: clean energy, noise, and a pathway for bikes, scooters and other non-motorized transportation. It’s a rare convergence of quality-of-life…
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Greenwich commits to polluting technologies that waste money and harm public health
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 26 Weekly Newsletter Deliver Absent leadership from top, town projects get the green light without green energy Since 2021, the Board of Selectmen’s Energy Management Advisory Committee has made recommendations to reduce the town government’s energy usage by 20-40% to meet the energy goal of the Plan of Conservation and…
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There’s much to be proud of
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 24 Weekly Newsletter Deliver Our work begins today Friends and neighbors, Thank you for your votes on Tuesday. Thank you for your engagement this election season. Thank you for opening this newsletter. If there’s one message you should take away from the results, it’s that, in a democracy, your participation…
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We need a reset at Town Hall
Cast your vote for a better Greenwich I’ve seen a lot in my time as a business professional, an elected official, a town resident and in my 17 years as a public school parent. But nothing like this. Extreme political ideologies espoused by some on the Republican Town Committee are influencing local government and the…
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Republican leaders back Democratic BET slate
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 23 Weekly Newsletter Deliver JIM LASH AND DAN QUIGLEY The BET is broken and the time has come to fix it Jim Lash is the former First Selectman and Chair of the BET Budget Committee. Dan Quigley is the former Chair of the Republican Town Committee. Published the Greenwich Free…