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When it comes to road safety, Senator Ryan Fazio’s voting record is reckless
Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 1 Weekly Newsletter Delivery CT is experiencing a “roadway crisis,” with fatalities from car accidents surging. In 2022 the number of traffic deaths–380–was the highest in three decades, and this year, we are already outpacing that. “We are on track to have one of the worst…if not the worst years…
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16-hour days filled with discussion and compromise
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 52 Weekly Newsletter Delivery A day in the life of our Democratic state representatives Morning It’s scarcely past 7 a.m. and a crisp 39 degrees on a recent April morning, but Greenwich State Representative Steve Meskers (D-150) is already on the phone as he drives toward the capitol building in…
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Greenwich Democratic Town Committee Announces Endorsements for State Candidates for the 2024 Election Cycle
Formidable slate includes three proven incumbents — Rachel Khanna, Stephen Meskers and Hector Arzeno — and Nick Simmons for State Senate GREENWICH, CT – MAY 28, 2024 – The Greenwich Democratic Town Committee (DTC) is proud to announce endorsements for candidates for state offices ahead of the November 5, 2024 election. The proven team includes three incumbents…
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Considering the “Memorial” in Memorial Day
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 51 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Celebrate and salute those who gave their lives for us This weekend we welcome the return of summer vacations, the Town Party, and outdoor barbeque at the beach. Some cheer holiday sales too. We’d like to remind you to also take a moment this Memorial Day…
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Our Democratic state delegation brought home the bacon
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 50 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Don’t underestimate what Democrats can accomplish with a unified delegation at the state capitol. If you have a seat at the table, that impact can be measured in dollars. That’s how Democratic state representatives Rachel Khanna (D-149), Steve Meskers (D-150), and Hector Arzeno (D-151) managed to…
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Meet Nick Simmons, Democratic candidate for State Senate
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…
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It’s time to ask the hard-liners tough questions about our town budget
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…
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Guess who’s tackling an emerging threat to town drinking water. Government!
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…
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Dems prevent divided R’s from slashing budget even more
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…
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Town finance board lights your tax dollars on fire
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…