Category: Opinion

Submitted by Greenwich Democrats In a surprising, last-minute victory for school kids in Greenwich, on Tuesday, Democrats on the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) achieved what had seemed impossible just days earlier. Their motion to fully fund a new Central Middle School won the evening, reigniting the chance that construction could start next fall…

Submitted by the Voting Moms, Jenna Lowe and Emily Goodman A slate of RTM candidates (being pushed by extremists in our community in the dark of night) are running to overtake our local municipal boards. Terrifying! We need to ensure the RTM remains a collaborative, healthy and bipartisan body made up of people who want to…

— Stephanie Cowie, Jeremy Kostin, Arline Lomazzo, Jaysen Medhurst, Skip Parker, Dan Quigley, Steve Rubin, James Waters, 10.1.2023 To the Editor: Recently, over 100 candidate petitions for the Representative Town Meeting were delivered to Town Hall. Almost all of them were submitted by members of the  Republican Town Committe and thee far-right Greenwich Patriots. In fact,…

It’s election season, and it’s important that voters are aware of the important issues facing our town and where candidates stand so they can cut through the political hyperbole before casting their vote.  Housing and overdevelopment are topical issues.  Here’s the bottom line.  We need to preserve local control over our zoning, but preserving local…

The police chief was never consulted — no one bothered to inform him that BET Republicans were about to defund a key piece of police tech until a BET Democrat consulted with him moments before the vote took place. Once the chief weighed in, the ill-advised cut was dropped.

As published in Greenwich Time and Greenwich Free Press Recently, Republicans have claimed that Democrats are not protecting Greenwich from state housing mandates. Further, there have been absurd allegations that if Democrats are elected, they will build “skyscrapers” in our backyards. This rhetoric is not only inflammatory, it’s untrue. In the last legislative session, your…

This November, the choice is clear: If you want the best stewardship possible for our town’s financial management, you should vote for the Democratic slate for the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET). Democrats bring over 100 years of combined experience, professionalism, and long-term vision to the BET.

The Greenwich Board of Selectmen are set to vote this week on a flag policy that will determine what flags can and cannot be flown at Greenwich Town Hall in the future. I believe the proposed policy in its current form is flawed and therefore unacceptable.

In Greenwich Free Press Let’s cut to the chase. The new Central Middle School (CMS) was designed by educational experts and approved by the bipartisan Board of Education (BOE). The size of the school is not an accident – every square foot was scrutinized with an eye toward saving money where possible while refusing to…

Editorial by Laura Erickson which ran in The Greenwich Sentinal September 22th, 2023 Voters have a choice in the upcoming local election on November 7th.  I am the Democratic candidate for First Selectperson and my running mate is Janet Stone McGuigan, the incumbent Selectperson.  I’d like to share with Greenwich Sentinel readers a brief bio…