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“Please reconsider your decision and include the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) appropriation and allow it to move to the RTM where the ultimate decision belongs.” – Vin DiMarco and Bob DeAngelo Continue Reading →
Numerous GHS students urged the BET not to cut staff at their school. Residents also talked about the urgency of the OGS renovation, RversideSchool feasibility study, extension of sidewalks further down Shore Road toward Tod’s Point, Cos Cob Library renovation and the Glenville Corridor project. Continue Reading →
“…the RTC leadership has burned bridges. They have set a low bar for public discourse and have been neither humble nor open-minded. They have also leveraged their surrogates (The CT Centinal and Greenwich Patriots) to launch personal attacks, spread conspiracy theories and unhinged rhetoric throughout our community.” – Dan Quigley Continue Reading →
This was the kick-off to a season of meetings. Continue Reading →
“The Republican short-sighted “pay as you go” strategy has left a staggering backlog of building projects, including those for our schools, pedestrian safety, and fire response times. Through their delay, the Republican majority on the BET has added tens of millions of dollars to the constructions costs of these projects.” – Sherry Wernicke Continue Reading →
Debates included the topics of funding capital projects, climate resilience, energy cost savings and public safety. Continue Reading →
“The kids will be in this building when this renovation is going on and these hazardous chemicals are being abated. Make no doubt there will be asbestos and other hazardous chemicals. If it were my young child I would not want them in that school.” – Nisha Arora Continue Reading →
BOE members balked at being advised they couldn’t seek a second opinion. Meanwhile, the building committee did not want to “pause” to focus on just the MI approval process, but rather to proceed with both design documents as part of the “study and survey” process and the MI approval. Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, the status of the the building committee’s vote to request interim funds was later deemed invalid by the Town’s Legal Department. Continue Reading →
“The best decisions are made when we listen to each other, focus on facts, and debate openly and rigorously.” – Nisha Arora, Bill Drake, Karen Fassuliotis, Harry Fisher and Leslie Tarkington are Republican members of the Board of Estimate & Taxation. Continue Reading →