In an attempt to galvanize the opposition to the unauthorized ball field built by a group of teens on a town-owned lot on Riverside Lane, the parent said the report was circulated among neighborhood residents by mail, in envelopes without a return address.
"I'm really disappointed to think that adults would stoop to this level," said the father, who Greenwich Time agreed not to name because it would reveal the identity of the juvenile. "To take it to this level, I'm angry."
Police and town officials said they are continuing to investigate the source of the leak after some other parents complained about the situation last week...
...Police Capt. Michael Pacewicz said nothing has been ruled out in the investigation, which the department hopes to finish by the end of the week.
The parent said he and his family were advised by the police to seek legal advice regarding the civil ramifications of the report's release. The two-page report, he said, was received by many homeowners in the Riverside neighborhood where the teens built their makeshift field, along with a note stating, "Wiffle ball kids are great kids."....
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Congressional candidate targets immigrants
BRIDGEPORT — Democratic Congressional candidate Lee Whitnum called Monday for extensive crackdowns on job-specific and illegal immigration to open up jobs for more Americans.Whitnum, who gathered enough signatures in the 4th Congressional District to force a primary against fellow Greenwich resident Jim Himes Aug. 12, called for two dedicated police officers in every community to enforce immigration regulations, such as overstayed visas and illegal entrants. During a meeting of the editorial board at the Connecticut Post, Whitnum said that Congress has unnecessarily admitted foreigners to do work that could be done by the nation's own.
"There's no shortage of talented, educated people here," said Whitnum, a Stamford substitute teacher who said her own career as a software engineer was derailed by an influx of outsiders.
The winner of the primary will take on Republican Christopher Shays, now in his 11thterm. She said Shays is one of those responsible for the problem. "They keep giving away our jobs," she said.
Whitnum contended the shortages in some fields are caused because Americans undergo longer periods of training, making them even more qualified. In others, she said the problem is a shortage of training programs rather than of able and willing Americans...
...Whitnum said she hasn't raised any money for her run against outsiders and has put in about $9,500 of her own, which she hopes to eventually recoup somehow. She said she knows she is waging an uphill fight. "I'm doing the best I can with what I have," she said.
The legal action comes on the eve of a crucial decision next week by the Board on whether to use the aging facility during the 2008-09 school year.
In a letter sent to the town attorney's office yesterday, plaintiffs Gregory and Patricia Roer said they would urge the judge in the case to issue an expedited decision, claiming that inaction by town officials in restoring the school had led to "irreparable harm" to their child.
The suit, filed last November, names former First Selectman Jim Lash, Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg and the Board of Education as defendants.
Through its inaction, the suit argues, the town is denying the plaintiff's son, Matthew, who will enter third grade this year at Glenville School, as well as hundreds of other students their constitutional right to an equal education...
...Assistant Superintendent Susan Wallerstein declined to comment, citing the pending litigation. The town attorney's office had not responded to requests for comment by press time.
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| The Board of Education will hear public comment during a hearing at tonight's special meeting, where updates on modular mold remediation and construction at Hamilton Avenue and Glenville schools will be given. The meeting is being held in the Greenwich High School auditorium at 7. Also From The Greenwich Post: Greenwich actors perform in ‘Seussical’================================================ Please send your comments to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com |
What combination of Hamilton Avenue and Glenville schools and modular classrooms will be in use for the next school year is on the agenda tonight as the Board of Education meets at Greenwich High School.
The board will discuss a list of contingency options released yesterday in the event that the school reconstruction project isn't completed by the start of the school year on August 27.
The choices include:
* Shifting Hamilton Avenue students into the deteriorating Glenville School building, which has a history of leaks and maintenance problems.
* Housing Glenville students in the modulars from which Hamilton Avenue students were removed last school year after mold was discovered in the walls and ceiling panels. Those modulars are to be fully restored for this school year, officials said.
* Return Hamilton Avenue students to the modulars, while Glenville students either stay in their current building or are dispersed to other nearby schools.
However, Hamilton Avenue administrators have strongly opposed dispersing their students again this year, after being forced to temporarily assign pupils to six different schools last spring after discovery of the mold....
Also From The Greenwich Time:
Martha P. Franco, 44, and Stephanie F. Franco, 25, both of 28 Cos Cob Ave., were arrested early Sunday afternoon and charged with disorderly conduct stemming from an alleged domestic dispute, according to a police report.
The two women, mother and daughter, allegedly scuffled during a family argument at their residence, the report said.
Both were released on promises to appear Monday in state Superior Court in Stamford, according to the report.
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Ashmore Johnson, 41, of 720 Newhall St., Hamden, was arrested by warrant the morning of July 15 and charged with two counts of second-degree forgery, third-degree identity theft, fifth-degree larceny, third-degree conspiracy to commit identity theft and fifth-degree conspiracy to commit larceny, according to a police report.
Johnson was arrested at state Superior Court, where he turned himself in on a habeus corpus warrant stemming from allegations he used bank account information of a Greenwich victim to purchase items, according to the report.
Additional details were not available yesterday.
Johnson was turned over to the state Judicial Marshals Office for arraignment that day, according to the report.
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Jose Luis Estrada, 43, was arrested Saturday night outside of a New Street residence and charged with threatening and disorderly conduct, according to a police report.
Police arrived at the residence on a report of an unwanted male there and found Estrada, who had apparently been bothering
the residents of an apartment, according to the report.Estrada had been instructed by police previously to stay away, but had threatened one of the occupants of the apartment, the report said.
He is being held on $2,000 bond, and was scheduled to appear yesterday in state Superior Court in Stamford, according to the report.
To the editor:
The July 16 issue of Greenwich Time carried a letter, written by the chairman of the Greenwich Democratic Town Committee, regarding increased drilling for domestic oil and natural gas - which he opposes.
The letter is predictably snide and nasty in its tone. More important, however, is that it unintentionally illustrates the danger to the country from political policies and politicians driven by ideology rather than common sense. Try as it might, the left wing of the Democratic Party can not repeal the law of supply and demand; it is thus willing to repeat the failed energy policies of the Clinton administration.
The left wing (i.e., the Obama, Pelosi, Reid and Himes wing) of the Democratic Party is apparently so beholden to radical environmentalists that it will not or cannot adapt to changing economic circumstances.
Most Americans, however, want a common-sense solution to the nation's current energy problems. That solution will be found in a combination of policies: greater conservation right now and, we assume, the development of economically and environmentally viable alternative energy sources in the longer term. At the same time, it is absolutely essential, for both national security and economic reasons, that we take immediate action to increase our domestic energy resources. To pretend otherwise is to continue to live in an ideological fantasy land.
Voters should note which political party is likely to be willing and able going forward to support rational policies in the vital and rapidly changing energy sector.
John R. Raben Jr.
Riverside
The writer is chairman of the Greenwich Republican Town Committee.
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