Submitted by Adele Rota, Glenville
Dear Editor,
Last weeks special legislative session on housing was in many ways a replay of what happened last June with the stealth housing bill HB5002 put forth at the 11th hour by Democrats allowing little time to review the new bill of more than 100 pages and absolutely no public comment before being rammed through.
Fortunately for Greenwich, Representative Tina Courpas was one of, if not the, strongest voices in the House testifying in opposition to HB8002 and Ryan Fazio was a leader of the opposition in the Senate.
This bill puts tremendous power in the hands of developers (often from out of town/state) and Hartford and takes more and more authority and decision making away from local officials and Planning & Zoning.
It is important to make your opposition known to Governor Lamont before he signs the legislation. While he may not veto this bill as he did HB5002 in June, he and the Democrat supermajority in Hartford need to know that among the general public there is tremendous opposition from Republicans and Democrats alike to this flawed legislation that will cause irreparable harm to the landscape of Greenwich and other towns across our State.
Please take a minute and contact Governor Lamont and urge him to veto HB8002.
Governor Lamont – phone 860 566 4840 or email him via this link:
https://portal.ct.gov/
Sincerely, Adele Rota, Glenville