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BET Democratic Candidates: How we will lower risk, costs and taxes
Submitted by the Democratic Candidates for the BET, Elliot Alchek, Matt DesChamps, Scott Kalb, Leslie Moriarity, Stephen Selbst and David Weisbrod Much attention has been given to our town’s debt policy, unnecessarily. Both parties are, by statute, required to be aligned about debt financing – because no debt can be issued without seven affirmative votes…
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BET Democrats Carry CMS Funding Over the Line
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…
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The Voting Moms Endorse Bipartisan Moderate Slate of Candidates for RTM
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…
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Public Safety is my Top Priority
Public safety is my top priority as first selectperson I am often asked what my top priority is if elected First Selectperson, and my answer is unequivocally public safety. My voting record proves my support for our first responders. I will also fight for improving conditions for pedestrians and bicyclists. To the best of my…
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Last Minute Candidate Petitions Exposed MAGA scheme to take-over RTM
Submitted by Beth Krumeich and Leslie Cooper, Greenwich “We’re taking over all the elections.” – Stephen K. Bannon The far-right group, Greenwich Patriots, have taken Bannon’s strategy to heart as they plot the MAGA take-over of Greenwich political institutions. Two years ago, they flooded the caucuses that elected the Greenwich Republican Town Committee (RTC) and took…
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Republican “pay as you go” strategy leaves Greenwich at a Crossroads
Submitted by Gina Gladstein Greenwich is at a crossroads. We have a skyrocketing $1.5 billion dollar backlog in building projects and a Republican-controlled town government that has insisted on a “pay as you go” strategy that is responsible for the situation we find ourselves in. They have blocked the use of long-term financing that every…
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Greenwich Needs Environmental Champions, Janet Stone McGuigan is One
Submitted by Isabelle Harper, GHS 2022 For many young people like myself, the prospect of growing up in a world whose climate is rapidly changing is frightening. NASA scientists report that the last eight years were each the hottest years on record. I worry about what the next eight years will bring, and the ones…
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Kreuzer: Being nice is not enough when Managing a Town of 64k Constituents
Submitted by Miriam Kreuzer, Board of Estimate & Taxation, Member Fred Camillo has a reputation for being a nice guy. I personally like him and we get along well. However, being nice is simply not enough when managing a Town of 64k constituents. It is definitely not enough in the current environment when our quality…