03/02/09 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS:Town Employees going mobile has its benefits, but Greenwich taxpayers take a hit when the bill arrives

HOW R U

To The Editor:

Greenwich spends tens thousands of dollars every year to keep employees a speed dial away.

Cell phones increase efficiency among workers, and they are invaluable in case of emergencies.

On the flip side, taxpayers are on the hook for how much employees talk on the phones.

Scores of taxpayer funded phones in some cases make Greenwich public officials incredibly more efficient, but with the economy the way it is, we have to take a much closer look at cell phone abuse by town officials and employees..

In February, the governor asked state agencies to disconnect unnecessary cell phones. Perhaps we should do the same in Greenwich.


Last year the town spent an outrageous amount on wireless communications, and in the first half of this fiscal year we are on track to spend even more.

Technology is a wonderful thing, but it comes with a price, and that price is too high for the town to support right now.

Your blog should start posting town cell phone bills, so that all taxpayer can see where their hard earned money is going.

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COMMENT:

Should the Greenwich BET cut back on cell phone usage or are all the town's cell phones a valuable tool that would place citizens in danger if they were turned off?

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Please send any instances of town cell phone abuse to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com and we will look into and publish the matter right here for all to see.