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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…
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BET Democrats fight to preserve funding for street safety and schools
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…
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New local party chair is a changing of the guard
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…
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What’s on the budget chopping block?
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,…
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Become a Convention Delegate
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…
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RTM to vote on Fair Rent Commission
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…
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Dumpster fire in the RTC
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 39 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Sparks in the Republican Town Committee ignite a dumpster fire A two year battle brewing within the Republican Town Committee burst into flame in January and boy, what a fight. We’ve seen accusations of bullying, Republicans calling one another “Democrats” and swamp creatures, claims of voting…
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Greenwich is no Darien
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 38 Weekly Newsletter Delivery How comparing apples to oranges is doing a disservice to Greenwich’s school children It’s become standard operating procedure for some on the right to cite comparisons between the Greenwich Public Schools (GPS) and our smaller, less diverse neighbors as a reason to cut salaries, staff and…