Bernstein, Stowe: Reflections and Looking Forward

“While we hoped for a more collaborative approach, the budget process over the past few months created a lot of stress and tension for many. Being able to land where we did is certainly the right result – while we made reductions to our budget, we are spared from deep cuts that would have included the further loss of staff and programs.” – Peter Bernstein, Kathleen Stowe Continue Reading →

Goldrick: BET Republicans cut schools budget to destroy school teachers’ right to collective bargaining

“Greenwich taxpayers deserve a $40 million tax rebate. Now. The BET is sitting on tens of millions of dollars taken from taxpayers that we expected would eventually be put to use in improving our community, or bridging the gap in an economic downturn. We did not hand over those funds so that the BET could sit on them, unused, the cash declining in real value, forever.” – Sean Goldrick Continue Reading →