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Two reports highlight key challenges for Greenwich
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 34 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Two reports highlight key challenges for Greenwich: schools, traffic, energy use A new satisfaction survey of residents has found that overall, Greenwich is a great place to live, especially because of our parks, beaches and open space. But in a clear warning that Town Hall must…
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GREENWICH DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Endorsed for 2024-26 term beginning March 2024 DISTRICT 1: CENTRAL GREENWICH (Polling Location – Julian Curtiss School) Matthew DavisLynn GarelickAmy OlsenElizabeth SandersHelane DoolanJeff UrdangElizabeth Urdang DISTRICT 2: GREENWICH (Polling Location – Town Hall) Kyrie O’Connor StillmanKristine LoweNancy FogwellKenneth GreenbergBrad Markowitz DISTRICT 3: GREENWICH (Polling Location – Western Middle School) Karsten VagnerDawn FortunatoHale Bayram DISTRICT 4:…
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Predictions for 2024, from Greenwich’s senior statesman
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 33 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Just don’t call him Santa Claus. It may be due to the afterglow of a waning holiday season, or ruddy cheeks nipped by frost in the air, but there’s something positively jolly about State Rep. Steve Meskers. The Old Greenwich resident is in his third term…
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RTM Spotlight: Summertime gas leaf blower restrictions
Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 32 Weekly Newsletter Delivery This coming Tuesday is a big day for Greenwich. The town legislature, the Representative Town Meeting, and its newly elected representatives to the 230 member body will be sworn in. They will then quickly find themselves immersed in a controversial topic that’s been on the table…
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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…