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“As the mother of three teenagers, I can’t support legalization. Our kids will say, ‘If it’s legal, how can it be bad?’ Because when you legalize something, you normalize it.” – Alexandra Bergstein Continue Reading →
“There is still time to develop a budget that we can agree on. We can start with what we do agree on and hopefully work out the issues where we are divided because at the end of the day, everything we do in Hartford is for you. Although I will not be silent when I disagree with my colleagues, I will also not allow partisan politics to get in the way of real solutions.” – Fred Camillo Continue Reading →
“Unfortunately, a few days before our public conversations last week, a small organization called ‘No Tolls CT,’ funded by your former State Senator, Scott Frantz and his wife Icy, seized the opportunity to target me politically.” – State Senator Alex Bergstein Continue Reading →
“Some estimates have teachers commuting from Trumbull to Greenwich paying approximately $1620 per year. How is that helpful to those teachers and their families?…A local Greenwich trucking business estimates its yearly toll costs will exceed $72,000!” – State Rep Fred Camillo Continue Reading →
“We are deeply concerned that OGRCC and GSA are more highly focused on hours of field play time and loss of revenue as a result of fewer participants rather than on the long-term health and well-being of Greenwich’s kids.” – Arthur Yee MD, Jude Braunstein, Warren Silver, Susan Rudolph Continue Reading →
“As American politics takes a particularly rough turn, we will all miss and should always remember George H.W. Bush, Connecticut’s native Son, a kinder and gentler time, marked by courage and wisdom and service.” – Governor Elect Ned Lamont Continue Reading →
“President George H.W. Bush was a true hometown boy, that regardless of his position in the global sphere of political power, he remained forever tied to his family roots here in Greenwich.” – Peter Tesei Continue Reading →
Is there a right way to apologize? Laura Kostin issued a statement to local media on Friday including an apology to Mike Bocchino for an off color remark. He replied by saying, “This is not really about me. Please let it go and move on.” He ended with a YouTube link to “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen. Continue Reading →
“Contact your friends and family in other states and ask them to contact their elected officials. Demand that they ensure that documents and work product from the Mueller investigation are preserved. Demand that they ensure that an independent investigation continues. This is not a Democrat issue or a Republican issue. This is an American issue.” – Indivisible Greenwich Continue Reading →
“I am aggravated by the political discourse emanating from Washington. I see the demonization of immigrants, the roll back of environmental standards, the erosion of women’s rights and the strengthening gun lobby as threats to us here in Connecticut and the nation. I frankly don’t want to see a Washington agenda brought to our doorstep.” – Steve Meskers, Democratic candidate for State Rep District 150 Continue Reading →