Your Fired !!!
Frank Mazza Stays !!!!!
For the first time ever, the town's budget guidelines include a provision to eliminate positions from the municipal workforce through attrition, a cost-cutting move pushed by Republican Board of Estimate and Taxation member Robert Stone, who is calling for additional belt-tightening.
The guidelines, approved Monday night by the BET, but without Stone's assent - he felt they didn't go far enough - call for the elimination of 15 positions from the town's workforce of 1,024 non-school employees in the next fiscal year.
The finance board is leaving the decision of which positions to cut up to the first selectman and estimates the reductions would save the town $1 million yearly in salaries and benefits....
...Tesei, the town's chief elected official and the previous BET chairman, said he will be selective in the positions he decides to cut.
"It's certainly not going to be arbitrary," Tesei said.
In addition to requesting staff reductions, the BET budget guidelines call for municipal department heads to limit operating expenses to a 3 percent increase, except in the area of salaries.
COMMENT:
FRANK MAZZA AND THE HAMILTON AVENUE BUILDING COMMITTEE THIS MONTH GOT ANOTHER $500,000 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $200,000.
PREVIOUSLY, FRANK MAZZA GOT THREE VERY HUGE PAYMENTS (ONE IN JUNE 2007, ANOTHER IN JANUARY 2008, AND STILL ANOTHER IN MAY OF 2008).
FRANK MAZZA HAS GOTTEN 1.3 MILLION FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNERS. AND THIS MONTH HE REACHED THE 2 MILLION DOLLAR MARK .
KA CHING, KA CHING, KA CHING !!!!"
THOSE TAXPAYER DOLLARS WOULD FUND THOSE 15 POSITIONS FOR TWO YEARS. THANKS A MILLION FRANK. 15 FAMILIES ARE GETTING SCREWED OVER<>
Cos Cob can brace itself for one more bank, with Bella Nonna Restaurant one step closer to becoming a Chase Bank branch.
The Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed preliminary site plans for the branch Tuesday, asking the Chase project team to reconsider traffic and parking implications for the 371 East Putnam Ave. property, adjacent to Mead Avenue, before returning for final approval.
Saying Chase had already leased the Bella Nonna property, which owns the Bella Nonna space, attorney Jennifer Porter of Newark-based Gibbons P.C. said the bank intends to raze Bella Nonna and construct a 2,702-square-foot building in its place....
Teetering on the edge of an economic recession, the town is looking at expanding a property tax relief program for seniors on fixed incomes.
The Board of Selectmen will review changes to the existing program, which has seen declining participation, during a 10 a.m. meeting today in the Cone Room at Town Hall.
The program, currently open to seniors whose annual household income is less than $39,000, has come under fire from some elected officials and senior advocates who say the tax-relief measure isn't serving as many people as was intended.
Only about $588,000 in credits had been awarded this year from the $1 million allocated by the town for the program last year.
"I think this is going to be an extremely difficult year for seniors," said Selectman Lin Lavery, a former member of the Commission on Aging and former chairman of the Conference on Aging. "I think as a community we need to take care of our seniors."....
A Stamford man authorities said operated a drug factory out of a Cos Cob home is behind bars after police caught him engaging in a cocaine transaction on Mason Street Monday afternoon, police said.
Zain Hussain, 32, who police said has a long history of drug-related activity, faces numerous drug charges following a motor vehicle stop after narcotics officers witnessed the drug deal, according to the police report.
According to Detective Mark Marino, the department had been investigating Hussain for nearly a month after receiving several tips on his drug activities.
"He was someone that was known to us and had a prior history with regards to narcotics," said Marino, who said more arrests could be made....
....Following the drug transaction, police also executed a search-and-seizure warrant of Hussain, his vehicle and his residence in the Cos Cob....
...He was being held in lieu of a $150,000 cash bond at the Greenwich Police Department as of Wednesday evening, police said.
Police also arrested Jesse Sammis, 38, of 25 Maher Ave., the alleged buyer in the drug transaction, according to the report. Officers found Sammis to be in possession of cocaine and several Oxycodone pills, police said.
Sammis, who police said had no prior record, was charged with possession of narcotics within 1,500 feet of a day care facility, failure to keep drugs in an original container, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with the intent to sell and conspiracy to possess narcotics, police said. He was released after posting a $10,000 cash bond and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Monday.
QUESTION:
Was Sammis A Working As A Police Confidential Informant When He He Made The Drug Transaction?
Or Was He Just Observed Making A Drug Transaction.
Debra Friedman News Report Is Very Unclear.
The fire department recently received a Life Safety Achievement Award this month for its work in preventing fire-related deaths and injuries in 2007, according to Fire Chief Peter Siecienski.
The award recognizes local prevention and education activities that have contributed to reducing the number of lives lost in residential fires, according to Siecienski.
It was presented by the Residential Fire Safety Institute, a national public interest group whose mission is to reduce residential fire deaths and injuries, according to the fire department.
"This is an award that the entire community should take pride in," said Siecienski....
The Greenwich High School field hockey team is entering the FCIAC Tournament with a wealth of momentum.
Faced by a $302 million projected budget shortfall for this fiscal year, Gov. M. Jodi Rell is proposing another round of state spending cuts and an expanded effort to bring in revenues owed the state, all intended to eliminate the estimated deficit.
To the editor:
Jim Himes, running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 4th District, is proud to be a Democrat.
Chris Shays says he is independent, but he is not. He is a Republican who is trying to distance himself from the failed policies of the Bush administration, which Mr. Shays enthusiastically supports.
Mr. Shays pushed for and supported the invasion of Iraq, refusing to listen to a very large segment of people in the 4th District who were against this horrible invasion and now mourn the loss of so many precious lives. The refusal of Mr. Shays to listen to the people he represents, his poor judgment and self-righteous attitude are not qualities that I support in a candidate.
Mr. Shays says he supports Sen. Barack Obama's theme of hope. Sen. Obama supports and strongly endorses Jim Himes for Congress.
At a town meeting in Stamford, Mr. Shays said he has great regard for George Bush's service to this country. Mr. Bush invaded a sovereign nation, spending $3 trillion on an unjust war, he has encouraged torture, ignoring the Geneva Conventions, and he has ruined the economy.
I am not grateful to Chris Shays or George Bush. I don't want their lies to continue.
Jim Himes is an honest man who supports the Constitution, listens and understands the issues and would work to support all the people of the 4th District.
Samarpana Tamm
Greenwich
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