06/15/10 When Greenwich Roundup Types The Greenwich Time Listens

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06/12/10 Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei Turns A Blind Eye To The Town's Seniors As They Are Abused By Sam Deibler

You Wont Read This In The Greenwich Time ....

Hearst Newpaper Reporter Anne "Puff Piece". Semmes Would Never Interview Marva In Her Seniority Column At The Greenwich Citizen

It's Up To Greenwich Bloggers And Citizen Journalists Like Bill Clarke To Do The Job Of The Local "Lamestream" Media

Greenwich Senior Citizens Are Hungry Angry And Unhappy

Dirty Work at the Senior Center

There are days when your scribe is ashamed to be a citizen of the Town of Greenwich. Today is one of them.

For this morning Marva, one of the Town's most dedicated and hard-working employees, who for many years has prepared and served many tens of thousands of tasty home-cooked meals to the folks at the Senior Center, was summarily fired. Laurette Helmrich and Sam Deibler marched into the kitchen together and demanded her keys. She was told to put her personal effects into a cardboard box, and to leave the building and not come back.....

Now Three Days Later The Greenwich Time Publishes This Article

Seniors shocked by chef's firing

Lisa Chamoff, Greenwich Time Writer

The lunchtime regulars at the Greenwich Senior Centerwere surprised to learn Monday that the facility's longtime cook had been let go.

Town and Senior Center

officials wouldn't say why Marva Savariau had been fired, citing confidentiality issues surrounding personnel matters. The move comes as Morrison Senior Living, which provides meals at the town-owned Nathaniel Witherell nursing home, prepares to take over the Senior Center lunch program on July 1.

Sam Deibler, director of the town's Commission on Aging, said he could not comment on whether Savariau's dismissal was related to the switch.

Savariau could not be reached for comment Monday.....

.....Deibler addressed the lunch crowd in the center's dining room before the meal was served Monday to confirm that Savariau had been let go, and everyone was shocked, said one member, who declined to give her name.....

....Izzo then drafted a petition asking for Savariau to stay, which was circulated by other members and delivered to First Selectman Peter Tesei......

MORE MISMANAGEMENT FROM PETER TESEI

AND HIS REPUBLICAN INSIDER BUDDIES

...Deibler said last month that while the contract with Morrison Senior Living added $70,000 to the Senior Center's budget for the next fiscal year....

....Starting July 1, the price of a full lunch at the Senior Center will rise from $3 to $4.

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