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August 1, 2024

GDTC Newsletters

No swimming again?

Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 9 Weekly Newsletter Delivery More frequent storm events wash pollution into the Sound Part 2 of a three part series on how global warming is hurting our town Our picturesque beaches are why many of us love Greenwich, but swimming is increasingly off limits, because fecal bacteria levels may be…

Greenwich Beaches, Water quality
July 25, 2024

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Game changer!

Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 8 Weekly Newsletter Delivery VP brings energy and experience to campaign Are you feeling it? Just hours after President Biden stood down and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris, elected officials, convention delegates, donors large and small, and potential rivals followed suit. A record-breaking $81 million was donated to the Harris…

Greenwich Republicans, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
July 21, 2024

Press Release

Greenwich Democratic Town Committee Responds to Biden’s Decision to Stand Down from Seeking Reelection

GREENWICH, CT – JUL. 21, 2024 – In a letter published today, President Biden, citing the significant, historic achievements under his administration, relayed his decision to stand down from seeking reelection. Greenwich Democratic Town Committee (GDTC) Chair Christina Downey released the following statement in response: “We thank President Biden for his decades of public service.…
July 18, 2024

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It’s 96 degrees in the shade, again.

Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 7 Weekly Newsletter Delivery An overheating climate is lowering CT air quality Part 1 of a three part series In the wake of Saturday’s shocking attack on the former president, President Biden called on Americans to “cool down” our heated political rhetoric. We agree. There’s no relief, however, from this summer’s…

air quality, Fairfield county
July 11, 2024

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It’s all hands on deck for these young Democratic volunteers

Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 6 Weekly Newsletter Delivery “We just gotta get Blue in the White House” At age 20, college student Austin Janssen, who grew up in Old Greenwich, is already a veteran canvasser. He’s door-knocked for 2021 first selectman candidate Bill Kelly, Rep. Steve Meskers, pro-schools local candidates, and now state Senate…

Greenwich Democrats, Young Democrats
July 3, 2024

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This is what Trump says he’ll do if elected

Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 5 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Is this what our Founding Fathers wanted? As we celebrate the Fourth of July, the date that our Founding Fathers explained to the world why they no longer wanted to be ruled by a king, we are months away from deciding whether to vote for a…

Project 2025, Trump
June 27, 2024

Press Release

Greenwich Democratic Town Committee Responds to Supreme Court Ruling on Critical Abortion Cases

GREENWICH, CT – JUNE 27, 2024 – In the past few weeks, the United States Supreme Courtruled on two cases critical to abortion rights and reproductive health and access to care. In one,Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, the Court ruled unanimously to maintain access tomifepristone, known as the “abortion pill” on the basis that the…
June 27, 2024

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Finance board Republicans kick disabled people to the curb

Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 4 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Recent votes suggest a lack of care for the rest of us in town In a baffling vote last week, the right wing majority on the town’s Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) refused to fund federally-required street and sidewalk fixes that would make Greenwich Avenue…

ADA, Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich finance board, Greenwich Republicans
June 20, 2024

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A grim anniversary for America

Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 3 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Two years after the Supreme Court ended a half century of constitutional protection for women’s reproductive freedom, the attacks on abortion keep coming For people who are pregnant and the doctors who care for them, the United States has turned into a confusing, perilous patchwork since…

Greenwich Elections, Hector Arzeno, Rachel Khanna, Reproductive Freedom Defense Act, Reproductive Rights, Ryan Fazio, Steve Meskers
June 13, 2024

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Connecticut’s strong gun laws save lives – but only if legislators support them

Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 2 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Last week, we marked National Gun Violence Awareness Day – a stark reminder of the public health crisis we face in our country and state. Every day, 120 Americans are killed with guns, and guns are the leading cause of death for American children and teens.…

Connecticut gun laws, Connecticut State Senate, Greenwich Elections, Nick Simmons, Ryan Fazio