A Downcast Peter Crumbine and his wife, Bea, listen Wednesday at Town Hall as Republican leaders give a staged salute to the five-term selectman for his service to the town. Crumbine announced that he will not seek re-election. (Neil Vigdor/Greenwich Time photo)Here Is The Real Story Behind The Picture .....
Rival Town Political Parties Start To Deploy Their Chess Pieces, With Political Power The Prize In November.
Top Political Insiders Are Making Backroom Moves In A Struggle To See Who Will Dominate The Political Landscape Of Greenwich
Some In Greenwich Had Said Only God Could Unseat The Senior Member Of The Board of Selectmen, But Republican Party Leaders Want And Need New Blood In The Upcoming Town Election
The five-term Republican Selectman Who Had Previously Included Four-Year Stints On Both The Representative Town Meeting And The Board Of Estimate And Taxation Was Simply Viewed As Being Too Closely Tied To The Towns Failure To Having An Emergency Rainy Day Fund.
Many Greenwich Political Observers Say That The Departing Crumbine, Who Had Served With Four Different First Selectmen, Made The Wise Choice To Jump Before He Was Pushed Aside.
Now Here Is The Republican Town Committee Approved Story Brought To You By The Greenwich Time.....
Crumbine stepping down after five terms
Staff Writer
...."It has been a great run," Crumbine said. "(This) job could not be more varied. One day you are reading Dr. Seuss to third-graders, the next you are answering irate citizens about the location of a stop sign or about allowing nonresidents on the ferries. You get to know what is really going on at Town Hall and you get to know people -- lots of them.".....
....In August 2001, Crumbine, in his capacity as acting first selectman for the absent Prince, declared a "Powerball emergency" and got permission from state officials to suspend sales of the lottery tickets in town when fortune-seekers overwhelmed the area as the jackpot swelled to $280 million......
....Although he is calling it quits at the end of the year, Crumbine said he plans to remain visible at Town Hall and aid in the nominations process for municipal boards and commissions.
"Finally, to paraphrase Gen. Douglas MacArthur, old selectmen never die or even fade away. They just hang around," Crumbine said.
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QUOTE: "We have a serious, serious revenue problem," says Michael Mason, The Board Of Estimate and Taxation's Budget Committee Chairman
Proposal includes 3.55 percent property tax boost
By Neil Vigdor
Staff Writer
Four hours into its second day of deliberations, the Board of Estimate and Taxation's Budget Committee closed an estimated $8.4 million fiscal gap Wednesday, the final step toward recommending a $341.6 million town spending plan for 2009-10.
The panel's four members unanimously recommended the budget proposal to the full BET, which will hold a public hearing on the plan on March 17 before its own deliberations on March 19.
A last-minute giveback of $1 million from the Board of Education .....
....Budget officials also earmarked $1 million for drainage and stormwater management projects, as well as $1.7 million for the ongoing construction of a new downtown public safety facility.
Notable omissions from the proposed budget include a $750,000 roof replacement project at the Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich and $175,000 to design a new King Street fire station.....
Notable omissions from the proposed budget include a $750,000 roof replacement project at the Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich and $175,000 to design a new King Street fire station.....
....The town took an initial step toward closing the budget gap earlier this month when it laid off 20 full-time and 19 part-time employees from its 1,020-person non-school work force.....
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