Tag: BET
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Finance board GOP goes rogue, kneecaps town services
Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 41 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Public schools set for the guillotine next An emboldened right wing majority on the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) ran roughshod over town projects Thursday, cutting and delaying initiatives on party line votes with little regard for constituents or consequences. The effort seemed designed to hit…
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DOGE chainsaw slashes into town budget
Special Edition Democrats stand fast but “nuclear bomb” budget cuts are coming In a surprise move, today the six Republicans who make up the majority on our town finance board dropped an unprecedented list of draconian cuts to our town’s proposed budget—cuts that would devastate everyone from seniors to school children, and ice skaters to homeowners…
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Political divide on town budget items reveals diverging priorities
Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 40 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Republicans hack at fire truck maintenance, sidewalk disability access, flood protection You don’t have to be an engineer to see that Greenwich’s Grass Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, poking out into Greenwich Harbor, will need to be protected against rising seas and stormwater flooding. A proposed project to ring…
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Public schools are under attack and local Republicans are tossing the grenades
Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 39 Weekly Newsletter Delivery From shuttering the US Dept. of Ed., to crippling Greenwich Public Schools, look no further than the GOP in our own town It’s a Greenwich resident who is dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, and the result could cost Connecticut $320 million, and Greenwich $3 million, in assistance aimed…
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It’s your money.
Special Bulletin The Democratic caucus on the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) wants to hear from you! Here’s everything you need to know to watch and participate in Tuesday’s budget presentation meeting: WHAT The First Selectman will present the town budget for 2025-26 followed by the Board of Education’s (BOE) school budget presentation. Then it’s time for…
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Why you should tune in for budget season
Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 31 Weekly Newsletter Delivery If you had a half-billion dollars, what would you do with it? A half-billion dollars. That’s how much Greenwich expects to allocate in its next town budget. Operating expenses and capital projects will be placed under the microscope starting next week. Do you care about Nathaniel Witherell,…
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The glaring problems of a darkroom budget
Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 27 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Finance board Republicans put blinders on to come up with a plan divorced from reality In a break from historic practice, Republicans on the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) have developed budgetary “guidelines” for the town in secret, without consulting managers, reviewing strategic plans, or even…