07/28/10 Jim Himes Says This Is Reckless, Wrong And On The Airwaves

Greenwich Roundup,

We knew this day would come, and we have prepared for it since day one. Our opponents have long filled the newspapers, the blogs and the discourse over the future well-being of Connecticut with hyperbole, misrepresentation, and unprincipled attacks. Now one of my well-funded opponents has taken his message to the airwaves.

This is the first, but certainly not the last. You and I both know why I'm running. Take a look, in their own words, what my opponents would do in Washington should we not fight for what we believe in:

The self-proclaimed frontrunner to oppose me in the fall believes in a different three Rs than we grew up with: repeal, renege, regress: "We need to repeal Obamacare;" "We have to recognize that the stimulus package has been a failure and we should repeal it;" He even opposed Wall Street Reform, calling it "the good, the bad and the ugly."

Another opponent wants to eliminate the US Department of Education. He has said, "Federal government should be out of the education system all together. I don't think they add value in that respect."

A third opponent has even said "we have to figure out what we're going to do with Social Security along with Medicare and Medicaid, because they loom over us as the biggest threat to freedom that we have in this country."

Friends, we've been talking about our vision for a better America long enough that you know where I stand on the issues and how the programs I've backed have started turning our economy around (although you can click here for a refresher). I am writing you this note because there is much more work to be done. The critical legislation we've passed needs to be improved. Unemployment rates need to come down. Credit needs to begin to flow to small businesses. Improving education needs to come into focus in the national spotlight. And, our environmental and energy policy needs to be overhauled.

Thank you,

Jim Hiimes

Cos Cob

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02/05/09 Greenwich Citizen News Links

The Latest From The Greenwich Citizen .....

Ilse Voight, 89, watches the evening news on a vintage analog television set with"rabbit ears." When TV sets go digital, she fears she'll only be able to "listen to the radio."

(Anne W. Semmes / for the Greenwich Citizen)

Fade-to-black day approaching for many seniors

Anne W. Semmes

BULLETIN

The clock is ticking when all television sets will go digital on Feb. 17, when those with analog television sets will fade to black.

The White House issued a statement that read, "Millions of Americans will have the time they need to prepare for the conversion."

The clock is ticking when all television sets will go digital on Feb. 17, when those with analog television sets will fade to black.

RTM approves property tax relief for town's low-income seniors

More liberal property tax credits are in the wings for low-income Greenwich citizens age 65 and over who apply between Feb.

Beloved town librarians killed in tragic hit-and-run accident in Colorado

... stunned and grieving. The women, both residents of Riverside, worked in the Youth Services Department at Old Greenwich's Perrot Memorial Library, where they were affectionately known by children and parents as "Mrs. Mac" and "Mrs. K." They were ...

Long memory, tough stretch will help GHS girls hockey

... A little competition can go a long way. Greenwich High's girls hockey team is banking on it. The Cardinals recently finished a six-game stretch of games that will, in the hopes of ...

Young Bruins clawing way toward another postseason

... "Our goals, as always, are to shoot to win things. Whether that ...

Himes reports to Chamber on stimulus bill benefits

The day after the House passed the $819 billion stimulus and recovery bill, Jim Himes, the 4th Congressional District's new financially savvy Democratic representative, was in Greenwich bright and early on ...

Stone, Vice Chair of Board of Estimate and Taxation: "Town has more workers per capita than any municipality in State"

Describing himself as a "straight shooter," Bob Stone, vice chair of the Board of Estimate and Taxation , told the Greenwich Citizen Tuesday, reductions in the Greenwich workforce are needed in the face of the ...

Farewell modulars; Ham Ave. students are going home

When Rose Furano heard the news Tuesday noon from Superintendent of Schools Dr. Betty Sternberg, the co-president of the Hamilton Avenue School PTA didn't know whether "to laugh or cry.

"It's like a shock," Furano said. "It's unbelievable.....

NO WONDER ROSE WAS SHOCKED AND IN DISBELIEF

JUST WHAT SHE AND DAWN NETHERCOTT WERE SAYING JUST FIVE DAYS AGO

PLEASE SEE:

Ham Ave. school gets OK

School officials decide to wait 'til spring for move

By Colin Gustafson

Staff Writer
Posted: 01/31/2009 03:01:47 AM EST

......"It finally happened, I almost can't believe it," the school's PTA co-president Dawn Nethercott said of the long-awaited arrival of the certificate, which was originally due about 18 months after work began in April 2005.

"It's almost bittersweet," added PTA co-president Rose Furano.

With the certificate in hand, school officials can now allow students and staff to return to the state-of-the-art facility.

However, these officials said Friday they had decided, in consultation with the school's administration, that staff and equipment should be moved in over spring recess, beginning April 6, with elementary students returning to class in the new building April 13.

PLEASE SEE:

2/3/09 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: WE ARE IN!!!!!!!!

Brian -Wanted to share the good news.

The announcement was made today that the Ham Ave kids will be moved to the new building over February break and start school on February 17th in their new school.

Brian, I owe you a tremendous amount of thanks for helping to make this happen. Without you and your blog, I don't think it would have happened.Love you!!!!!!!

Laura J. DiBella

02/03/09 Hamilton Avenue School to reopen following winter break - Greenwich Time

By Colin Gustafson
Staff Writer

Posted: 02/03/2009 04:30:14 PM EST

GREENWICH - In an abrupt reversal, school officials said Tuesday they would allow Hamilton Avenue School staff to begin moving classroom equipment into their new schoolhouse over winter recess next week, clearing the way for students to move in by mid-February.

The decision, which was announced in a letter to parents Tuesday morning, came just hours before community members were expected to stage a rally protesting the decision by school officials last Friday to push the move back to April.....

2/3/09 HEY, HEY! HO, HO! SUSAN WALLERSTIEN HAS GOT TO GO !!!!! TONIGHT'S MEETING POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER

2/2/09 REASER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: Response to letter from Principal

2/1/09 Principal Damaris Rau And Betty Sternberg Try And Get Thier Story Straight For The Greenwich Board Of Education And First Selectman Peter Tesei

1/31/08 STERNBERG IS FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL TO KEEP KIDS OUT OF HAM AVE: Since health and safety didn't fly - the new "fear" NCLB

1/30/09 FAILED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR SUSAN WALLERSTIEN HAD BETTER WAKE UP: Parents Don't Like Her Plan To Keep Children Out Of New Ham Ave School

1/30/09 BRUCE HUNTER AND THE GREENWICH TIME SLEEPS AS HAM AVE PARENTS ORGANIZE: Plan to keep Ham Ave K-5 out of the new building until April

1/30/09 HAMILTON AVENUE PARENTS ARE MAD AS HELL AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE

1/30/09 Re: Greenwich School Children Once Again In Classrooms That Violate State Building Codes

1/30/09 Maybe The Greenwich Post Once Again Scooped The Greenwich Time, Because Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson's Fax Machine Is Jammed ?????

1/30/09 BREAKING NEWS: Ham Ave TCO Received. Where Is Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter And His Cub Reporter Colin ??????

1/30/09: Hamilton Avenue School Building Committee Receives a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO)

1/29/09 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: News Tip - Is this really a surprise??? Bruce Hunter Ignores The Small Children In The Ham. Ave. Modulars

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09/19/08 Dear Greenwich Time Editor -

To the editor:

Here's a suggested "Daily Poll" question for The Advocate to consider: Do you agree with John McCain (and our Joe Lieberman and Chris Shays) that Social Security should be privatized so it can be invested in the stock markets?

* Yes
* No
* Adamantly no

Ric Wolf
Greenwich

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04/11/08 - It's That Time Of The Year

Big names owe big-time on taxes

USA Today

... federal tax liens filed in several wealthy ZIP codes, including those for Beverly Hills and Malibu, Calif., and Greenwich, Conn. Hundreds of seemingly wealthy people - company presidents, former soap opera stars, top-selling real estate agents - ...

...Why don't rich people pay?

"They realize they owe taxes," says Dennis Brager, a Los Angeles tax lawyer. "It's just that from their perspective, they have more pressing obligations."

Tax delinquents often blame the government for part or all of their problems. Penalties and interest on unpaid taxes are so punitive, they say, that it's almost impossible to dig out of a hole....

...Dick Morris —The former political adviser to Bill Clinton is a Fox News analyst. The IRS filed a $1.5 million tax lien against him in 2003. The state of Connecticut reports Morris owes $452,367 in back taxes and penalties.

Morris says he's reached an agreement with Connecticut and his name will be removed from the next delinquency list. He says he is committed to paying his taxes: "Following a difficult period in my life, I fell into arrears. But since then, I have paid almost $3 million in state and federal taxes....

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