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Special Edition Weekly Newsletter Deliver Like a Florida hurricane, Governor Ron DeSantis will make landfall in Greenwich tomorrow.  DeSantis is the guest of honor at a fundraiser hosted by former state senator Scott Frantz and his wife Icy at their stately Riverside waterfront mansion.  The choice of DeSantis is an odd one for a town…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 8 Weekly Newsletter Deliver Where is the seat of power in Greenwich government? Nope, it’s not in the First Selectman’s office. Not anywhere physical, in fact. It’s an invisible seventh vote, wielded by six members of one party on the town’s finance board, the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET). The…

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Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 7 Weekly Newsletter Deliver First Selectman Fred Camillo’s decision to launch an investigation into possible unfair hiring practices at Greenwich Public Schools has turned up nothing and cost taxpayers $346,648, according to a town report. Camillo authorized the inquiry after a “gotcha” video clip from troubled organization Project Veritas caught…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 6 Weekly Newsletter Deliver The folly of First Selectman Fred Camillo’s fondness for public-private partnerships was laid bare at a packed Glenville forum last week: private funding for town projects may not get you what you need. Worse, they may get you what you don’t even want. Mr. Camillo had…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 5 Weekly Newsletter Deliver An embarrassing report about the state of our town just made the news. Greenwich has a stunning $1.6 billion backlog in infrastructure projects. Republicans have controlled our town government for decades and their “kick the can” planning has left us in this unbelievable position. The nonpartisan…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 4 Weekly Newsletter Deliver We may be in a moment of polarizing cultural conflict, but you don’t have to warn Sophie Koven about what she’s getting into by running for the Greenwich Board of Education. She’s a professional mediator. “I’m used to working with people who can’t agree,” she says,…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 3 Weekly Newsletter Deliver Perhaps it was Lucy von Brachel’s first job in middle school, shelving books at the Greenwich Library, that set her on a path toward the town clerk’s office. But it was art, specifically fine art photography, which gave her the skills that make her a natural…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 2 Weekly Newsletter Deliver A promise to “find solutions and fix the problems” of a fractured Town Hall Greenwich’s Democratic Town Committee (DTC) closed ranks last Thursday night around a slate of candidates for local elections in November who pledged to change the tone at Town Hall by listening to…

Newsletter Volume 2 • Number 1 Weekly Newsletter Deliver Deep in the bowels of Town Hall there are a couple of elected positions you would be forgiven for not knowing about. Rushing through your day, maybe trundling kids to school, flipping the lights on where you work, or walking the dog while balancing a cup…