03/29/08 - "Document, document, document," said Peter Tesei. Unless it's documented, he said, "It doesn't happen."

QUOTE:

"I am proud to be a resident of Cos Cob and your neighbor," Tesei said, "where everything is in walking distance."

HEADLINE:

Tesei's First 100 Days

REPORTER:

By Anne W. Semmes

STORY:

Since taking office last December, First Selectman Peter Tesei has been highly visible out and about the community. But within Town Hall he and his selectmen have been dealing with a number of inherited legal actions involving those employed by the Town. Perhaps those actions have played a part in Tesei's new efforts to make town employees more accountable.

"I felt there was a hemorrhaging, a need to develop relations with management, to work toward some of these goals," he said.

Tesei addressed those goals before an open forum at the Cos Cob Library on his 100th day (March 12) since taking office. He chose to give his review of those 100 days in his own neighborhood of Cos Cob where he lives with his wife Jill and toddler daughter Caroline...

NOW LISTEN UP BETTY "YOU CAN TRUST ME" STERNBERG:
First Selectman Peter Tesei's maxims were, "Be accountable and honest in your actions," and "Tell the truth and you don't have to remember what you said."