Greenwich Free Press (https://greenwichfreepress.com/category/opinion/page/38/)
“We are now beyond the initial outrage felt when Donald Trump insulted women, immigrants, Muslims, the Pope, a judge of Mexican heritage, journalists and newspapers, a Gold Star Family, war heroes and exposed himself as a know-nothing bigot and vulgarian. We are now talking about a man who clearly understands nothing about realpolitik in the wider world, a man who is a true threat to our freedoms from inside our very own body politic.” – John Blankley Continue Reading →
“Voting is the bedrock freedom of our democracy, and its security should be protected.” – Livvy Floren Continue Reading →
“Any district that wants to make this change can make it; it is a matter of will, not of athletic/club schedules. As wonderful as activities are, they are not main reason we send our children to school and I assume why they are termed: extra-curricular.” – Valerie Erde, Start School Later Continue Reading →
Did it come to anyone’s surprise that Connecticut roads were recently named “worst” in the US in a White House study conducted by the American Society of Civil Engineers? They told us what we already know: 41% of Connecticut’s 21,000 miles of highways are in “poor” condition and 30% of our 4200 bridges are “structurally deficient”. Speaking of which… how about our Governor, Dannel Malloy, whose aspirations for a job in the Clinton administration have him favoring political pandering instead of public policy. Two years ago US Transportation Secretary Anthony Fox visited Hartford when Foxx was seeking support for the President’s transportation plan. At a press conference, the Governor joined the assembled Congressional delegation (all Democrats) and was quick to beat up on the Republicans in Congress for stalling progress. But when a reporter asked about having Connecticut help pay its own way with highway tolls, the Governor reacted as if he’d found a turd in the punch-bowl. Continue Reading →
“In an effort to control a ballooning state budget deficit, Governor Malloy cut another 1% from the state’s $6.5 million tourism marketing budget, and another $1.1 million earmarked for Connecticut’s tourism districts. Additionally, another $128,000 set to be used for tourism promotion was slashed.” State Rep Fred Camillo Continue Reading →
A Greenwich resident writes that at Whole Foods in Greenwich, which is undergoing renovation and expansion, a 40-ish man in tennis whites recently berated a young woman working the cash register. Loudly and rudely, he shouted “You shouldn’t be working customer service if you can’t figure out the cash register!” Continue Reading →
“I was a child of gun violence in my own home at the age of six. I can still see my father’s bloody handprints along the walls to my bedroom where he made his way to shut our door. It has left an indelible imprint on me and on my views, as it will on all the secondary victims of each of the bloody massacres we continue to have while so many of us remain inactive and on the sidelines, yet I still support second amendment rights. What I cannot support nor condone is the right of any private citizen to arm themselves with assault weapons, “cop-killer” bullets or to use high-capacity magazines that allow them to kill multitudes of people within seconds.” – Stephanie Paulmeno, MS, RN, NHA, CPH, CDP, CCM, CEO, Global Health Systems Consultants, LLC Continue Reading →
Megan Farrell is organizing a drive to collect gently used tennis clothing, racquets, shoes and bags through April 15 at Grand Slam Tennis Club. Donations will go to Norwalk Grassroots Tennis which targets youngsters who are those living in and around the Norwalk Housing Authority, often from single parent households and often from environments that include drugs and violence. Continue Reading →
Did you Know? Approximately 57% of MIT graduates go directly to employment but 75% eventually enroll in graduate school, including 12% to medical school, 5% to law school, and 16% to business school. The average starting salary of an MIT graduate is $74,980. Continue Reading →
“The beautiful sun-catching apartments that the whole town of Greenwich adores have been deemed unworthy of sharing their silent beauty with all boaters and for sure Island Beach Boat passengers. It is scary to think of this change because it symbolizes something enormously sad. To ignore this feels irresponsible.” – Anne Martine Cooke, Greenwich Resident since 1961 Continue Reading →