Better Late Than Never
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Better Late Than Never: Greenwich Time Reporter Colin Gustafson Is Once Again Behind The Times
Greenwich Time Finally Reports That Frank Mazaza And His Band of Idiots Want $700,000 Instead Of $500,000 Of Your Tax Dollars
Enraged Greenwich Roundup Readers Have Known About Frank Mazza's Secret Plans For Two Days Now
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"The BET has an obligation to taxpayers to make sure that money is spent prudently," BET chairman Stephen Walko said. "The goal still is to get the project completed as soon as possible, but you can't lose sight of process or principals."
"Now we're close to two years behind schedule," said Hamilton Avenue mother Dawn Nethercott last week. "The primary mission does not appear to be getting kids in new school but of nickel and dimeing sitting on decisions required for substantial completion."
THE STORY:
By Colin Gustafson
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 09/08/2008 01:00:00 AM
Article Launched: 09/08/2008 01:00:00 AM
With the costs of construction work at the Hamilton Avenue School still rising, budget officials are poised tonight to open the town's wallet for what they hope will be the last time to nudge the project over the finish line.
The Board of Estimate and Taxation will meet at Town Hall at 6 p.m. to vote on two interim funding requests, totaling as much has $700,000, to help pay for a growing list of building modifications, known as change orders.
The school's building committee had initially sought $500,000 for those changes order, which the BET gave preliminary approval for on Aug. 15.
However, building committee director Frank Mazza upwardly revised that estimate by $200,000 on Friday afternoon, citing a slew of new change orders issued by inspectors in the last three weeks.
Mazza would not disclose any details....
FRANK MAZZA WOULD NOT DISCLOSE THE DETAILS TO GREENWICH TIME REPORTER COLIN GUSTAFSON,
BUT GREENWICH ROUNDUP DISCLOSED THE DETAILS TO THE PARENTS AND TAXPAYERS DAYS AGO:
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With the national political conventions in the history books and only eight weeks until Election Day, the two major parties in Greenwich are marshaling most of their resources for more local races, from General Assembly to Congress.
Whitby moves forward with new plan
With an expansion project now approved, Whitby School is moving forward with plans to implement the International Baccalaureate curriculum.
The Board of Education will host a "work session" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Havemeyer Building, at 290 Greenwich Ave.
Two longtime members of the Greenwich Youth Football League, killed in separate car accidents, will not be forgotten by their extended sports family.
School calendar
September 9 Deadline for high school students to register for Scholastic Assessment Tests on October 4.
Sitting along a busy Sound Beach Avenue yesterday, artist Sandra Stalford Austin began creating a picture of Cinderella.
Western Middle School teacher offers new perspective
Valerie Bolling, a history teacher at Western Middle School, has returned to the classroom this school year with a new perspective on the Holocaust.
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1 comment:
Did you ever attend a building committee meeting? Did you ever review the handsouts? Do you understand the meetings are open to the public and the press?
Can you at least attempt to come close to reporting facts before you start editorializing?
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