Tag: Board of Education
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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…
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Greenwich is bluer than you think
Newsletter Volume 3 • Number 26 Weekly Newsletter Delivery Election results confirm strong, consistent support for Dems in federal, state races The red shift that gave Republicans a narrow win nationally on Election Day may feel like a wave, but in Greenwich the bigger election story is that we aren’t like the Greenwich of yore, or even…
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Parents: The school board fight is a First Selectman power grab
Special Bulletin Majority Dems graciously agreed to delay a vote appointing a new Republican member. Then Fred Camillo staged a coup. The verbal vitriol flying around Town Hall and across Havemeyer Fields to the school board building has drowned out the facts, in the latest battle over the heart and soul of our Board of…