Submitted by Sally Bednar, Josh Brown, Joe Kelly and Joe Pellegrino, Republican candidates for Greenwich’s Board of Estimate and Taxation
As the four new candidates for the Republican Board of Estimate & Taxation (BET), we wish to respond to the latest false claim that “we” have slashed teachers and funds from next year’s school budget. We have not even been elected yet.
What was issued this week by the BET were GUIDELINES. We wish to emphasize that guidelines are not budgets. Budgets are presented by the Superintendent/BOE and the First Selectman to the BET in January and then after review by the BET are passed to the RTM for final approval.
We are committed to working closely in the upcoming months with the newly elected BOE to understand their needs, priorities, and constraints to funding an excellent education for our public-school children.
We are committed to building budgets collaboratively with the BOE and the Town Departments that meet the expectations of our citizens at as reasonable a cost to taxpayers as practicable.
Sally Bednar
Josh Brown
Joe Kelly
Joe Pellegrino
Note: The deadline to submit letters to the editor about candidates for consideration in the Nov 4, 2025 municipal elections is Oct 28, 2025 at 12:00 noon.