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“The question now is what to do about that vote. The answer is clear. Correct the voting process by allowing voters time to confirm and correct their FINAL vote and re-do the vote on CTCL funding.” – Michael Spilo Continue Reading →
“The Town Attorney declined to give an immediate opinion on the matter at Tuesday’s meeting. Thereafter appeal rights were not preserved pursuant to the aforementioned section. With no appeal having been filed it would appear that the vote on Item #10 is final.” – Glen A Canner Esq, District 12 Continue Reading →
“But I wanted to inform the membership today that given the applicable rules and the results of the analysis of Tuesday evening’s vote, I have determined that the vote tally announced on Tuesday evening regarding item 10 is the final vote, subject only to a proper parliamentary device seeking to reopen that vote.” – Alexis Voulgaris Continue Reading →
The vote to approve the grant passed with a total of 210 votes – 104 in favor, 101 against and 5 abstentions.
After the announcement of the vote, there was a bit of a kerfuffle and members interrupted the moderator during discussion of item 11 to say some people believed their votes had not been counted. Continue Reading →
“An NPR report on the matter describes how the CTCL money was distributed in 2020. More went, naturally, to cities, which had bigger budgets and bigger gaps in infrastructure. Cities lean Democrat, so that’s true. But every district that requested money got money.” – Andrew Winston Continue Reading →
“In the controversy over whether Greenwich’s RTM should accept monies from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, a group of letter-writers who advocate taking the cash labeled my group, the Capital Research Center, “an extremist right wing publication.” – Scott Walter, CRC Continue Reading →
Letters to the editor were followed by a slew of emails to the entire 230 RTM over the weekend, including some that were from an anonymous proton email. Continue Reading →