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“On Tuesday night, for the second year in a row, the BET Republicans rammed through their budget without a single Democratic vote, using their tie-breaking vote to override 27 items…” – David Weisbrod Continue Reading →
“Greenwich town government is awash with cash, and this is the time to put some of that cash to use for our school capital projects. I believe that Greenwich should allocate up to $40 million from our $92.2 million cash reserves towards those projects. Here’s why.” – Sean Goldrick Continue Reading →
On Thursday Dan Ozizmir and Pete Mynarski explained the “Rainy Day” fund. Continue Reading →
BET member Harry Fisher acknowledged he posted the meme, described it as “a mistake” and said he had deleted it. Continue Reading →
There is a BET public hearing set for Wednesday, March 29 at 7:00pm in the town hall meeting room, or via cable TV or YouTube. Continue Reading →
“We will continue discussions with all BET members to achieve our shared goals of maintaining Greenwich’s reputation as a desirable community that offers the services and amenities residents expect with the lowest achievable tax rate. The BET will be holding a public hearing on March 29 at 7:00 pm. We welcome your input.” – Leslie Moriarty and Laura Erickson, Democratic members of the BET Budget Committee Continue Reading →
“Does the Republican-controlled BET not consider the federally-protected rights of disabled residents worth taxpayer funds? Do they consider waiting to be sued a “cost of doing business”? If so, it is a cynical manipulation of its own disabled residents.” – Stephanie Landry, Greenwich Continue Reading →
“Either we support education for our kids or we don’t, and it starts with having adequate facilities from which to build robust educational programs. There is no middle of the road on this.” – Barrett Burns Continue Reading →
There are numerous critical improvements to be made to Old Greenwich School and the OGSBC is determined to make them a reality. The BOE and the OGSBC have the bandwidth to get this project done now for our children and the community. We just need adequate/requisite funding.
Most importantly, we believe there should be no unnecessary delays in fixing the serious problems at OGS. Continue Reading →
Tuesday morning’s Central Middle School building committee started with disagreement over item 8 on the agenda, “Discussion and possible vote on the censure of the BET’s rep to the building committee.” Continue Reading →