07/30/08 Reader Submitted Comments: Children Suffer As Glenville PTA Co-Presidents. Push Town To Tear Down Glenville School At All Costs

Glenville PTA leaders should have waited for a more viable option.

We are now going to have to uproot our children three times.

First dispersed throughout town(Hurry up and get on the bus),

Second into sub-par conditions at the modular buildings (Hamilton Avenue parents loved them so much they refused to go back),

Then after spending years in inadequate conditions we will get our lovely new school.

To add insult to injury, that any parent who wanted to "opt out", no longer has that choice.

The Glenville PTA Co-Presidents will be the ones to blame as our children's test scores drop as much as 30%.

Glenville's test scores are in the basement.

Because of poor PTA leadership every school surpasses Glenville at so many levels.

Now my children are going to have to be moved 3 times, 2 of which are into known bad situations.

This just keeps getting worse!

Our PTA leaders should have fought to put our children into a good situation, not a known bad one.

The education of our Children shouldn't have to suffer for even 1 year!

On top of that, the best option was to delay the Glenville project another year. People can cry all they want that it's taken 10 years.

To be done right, Glenville School needed one more year.

To have one homeless school in town is bad enough.
Two is unacceptable.

The town, it's school board and our PTA leaders has clearly not learned from their mistakes with Hamilton Avenue and now our kids have to suffer for it. It's time to start firing people.

PLEASE FIRE ANTHONY BYRNE AND SUSAN WALLERSTEIN BEFORE THEY HURT OUR CHILDREN!!!!!

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07/29/08 We Hate To Say We Told You So, But......

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07/30/08 Greenwich Post News Links For Wednesday

Greenwich families help build homes

More than 150 picnickers feasted on the grounds of St. Luke’s Episcopal Parish in Darien on Sunday, July 13, at the Episcopal Bridgebuilders Family Barbecue...

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07/30/08 Steve says"It's really about the individual.It's setting a community standard. It's about good people teaching good principles to young kids"

Top Story

HEADLINE:

Old School Football Player Behaves Honorably

QUOTES:

"They were teaching principles to a young kid that were so important," Steve Young said. "If you want to replace Joe Montana at some point in your life, you to have some hardships in your life to have over come to know that this is theoretically possible.

"Even though I don't live there anymore I'm still reminded of my roots in Greenwich and their impact in my life," Steve Young said. "Now that my kids are playing sports, I hope they are getting coaches I as good as the coaches I had. As I look back, there was a lot of surrogate parenting along the way. Especially in junior high and high school."

THE STORY:

Young gives group $10,000

By Chris McNamee
Sports Editor

Steve Young didn't make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on talent alone.

It took a lot of heart and character to become a Super Bowl champion, and the former Greenwich High football star had his share of adversity along the way to Canton, Ohio....

....the former NFL MVP's Forever Young Foundation has partnered with the Fairfield County Sports Commission, agreeing to a multi-year commitment yesterday while donating $10,000 this year to the Commission. The gift will help with fundraising efforts in promoting fitness and an active, healthy lifestyle and personal development through sports in the county.

The Forever Young Foundation will be also be the presenting sponsor of the Chelsea Cohen Courage Award at the Commission's Sports Night awards dinner on October 20.

"This partnership is a prime example of what the Commission strives to accomplish, bringing together a native son like Steve who wants to give back to the place where he got his start with an award that recognizes inspiring athletes that have encountered a setback in their athletic career," FCSC executive director Tom Chiappetta said....

Comment:

Please tell me why didn't amateurish Greenwich Time sports reporter, Chris McNamee ask Steve Young about the scandal currently facing two Riverside football captains?

Mr. Young said the former coaching staff at Greenwich High School was like surrogate parents.

If starstruck reporter McNamee knew what he was doing he would have asked Mr, Young about the current school administration and their lack of standards.

McNamee's poor reporting affects the reputation of all of the Greenwich Time Newsroom team, just like five Riverside football players have brought dishonor to all of the students at Greenwich High School.

Please Read The Rest Of Greenwich Time's Third Rate Ameturish Reporting:

Residents protest tennis dome

By Martin B. Cassidy
Staff Writer

Residents of Ridgeway and Lake Avenue condemned the proposed installation of an inflatable tennis dome last night complaining the structure would bring increased noise and flooding problems to their properties.

Byram ranks first in beach closings

By Jeff Morganteen
Staff Writer

Clean beaches and clear skies mean more business for Carlos Hernandez. The 38-year-old Stamford resident has owned a snack bar at Penfield Beach in Fairfield for the past seven years and, this summer, manages grills at Cove Island Park and Cummings Beach in Stamford.

Rat may greet Lieberman if he goes to GOP convention

By Neil Vigdor
Staff Writer

Joe Lieberman might want to pack some rodenticide if he decides to stump for John McCain at the upcoming Republican National Convention in St.

Gallo a familiar leader at Connecticut Open

By David Fierro
Staff Writer

Kyle Gallo is in very familiar territory heading into the final round of the 74th Connecticut Open Championship.

100-year-old newspaper scored a home run

By Bernie Yudain

Often in history, great institutions are spawned by zealous crusaders or an irresistible tide of avid public demand.

But here's the story of one that arose because the small-town weekly newspaper wasn't running the box scores of the village's scrappy baseball team to the satisfaction of the team's indomitable right-fielder.

And that's how the prize-winning New Canaan Advertiser came into being 100 years ago this month. This was the newspaper that gave me my first opportunity to write news and see it appear in print, and to enjoy a close, life-long relationship with the family of that founder.

Visiting the offices of the Advertiser in New Canaan a few days ago, I had the chance to chat briefly with Marty, the fourth generation of the Hersam family I've known.....

Getting a break on electric rates

By Greenwich Time Editors

Even though this is the Gold Coast, we're very tempted these days to pick up that stray penny on the sidewalk.

So what if it only buys a 450th of a gallon of gas. It's money, and given the stock and real estate markets, a penny picked up at least is a penny not lost on a bad investment.

Thus, it seems strange to us that Connecticut residents haven't been more eager to save a few hundred pennies every month by signing up for deregulated electricity provided by a competitor to our traditional power com-panies.

Just 85,000, or 7 percent, of Connecticut Light & Power's customers, and 32,000, or 10 percent, of United Illuminating's customers have opted for the competition....

Ham Ave. gets more funding

By Colin Gustafson
Staff Writer

With the long-beleaguered Hamilton Avenue reconstruction project limping toward the finish line, the school's building committee is now trying to ensure a speedier completion by sweetening the deal for the contractor.

The committee yesterday approved a plan to request an additional $320,000 in funding from the town to help the contractor, Worth Construction, complete the work necessary to ensure that the building is ready by next school year.

Worth Construction will no longer be eligible for the extra money if crews cannot complete this work by Aug. 15. That's the final deadline by which the facility must be approved for occupancy by the town Buildings Department if classes are to begin by Sept. 15, under plans to delay the school year.

There is almost no chance the project, which has been mired in delays for three years, will be finished by the Aug. 27 start of the school year -- so education officials are now hoping a one- to two-week delay in the academic calendar will give crews the time they need to wrap up the project....

....First, the contractor must agree to the building committee's stipulation that it must complete the project on time in order to be eligible for new funds.

Second, the Board of Estimate and the Representative Town Meeting must approve the funding - a decision that won't come until September.

In addition, there is still no guarantee that the contractor will finish on deadline, even after receiving the additional funds, Mazza warned. "The ball is really in the contractor's court," he said. "We can only do so much, because at the end of the day, they're the ones building the school - not us."

Worth Construction did not return calls for comment yesterday.

This latest efforts to expedite the Hamilton Avenue School project is especially critical now that the board has voted to allow work to begin on another long-delayed reconstruction project at the nearby Glenville School...

Please See:

07/29/08 We Hate To Say We Told You So, But......

07/28/08 Parential Insiders Say: Greenwich BOE Going To Temporarily Disperse Western Greenwich School Children All Over Town

07/23/08 Is Frank Mazza A Nut Case?

Laugh Of The Day:

PTA President Wants To Bake Cookies To Make Construction Workers Go "Faster"

"Whatever makes the Hamilton Avenue workers move faster, we'll do it," said Julie Faryniarz, president of the PTA Council. "If it takes baking cookies for the workers to go faster, I'll get started. Just get the job done."

No wonder are children are in trouble.

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07/30/08 High School To Give Budding Pigskin Tossers "Super Secret Double Probation"

Non-Practicing Lawyer Opines On If Riverside Football Captains Should Be Marched To The Center Of The Athletic Field, Tasered Three Times And Then Arrested And Held On A $50,000 Bail

...I suppose we can talk about the latest tale of wayward boys causing trouble at the high school. According to the Greenwich Time's sanitized version, five "high school football players" tossed eggs at a coach's car over the course of several nights. The coach eventually took down their license number and handed it over to the police, then resigned presumably, the GT would have us believe, out of disappointment over the actions of his players. The true story or I should say, the rumored story, is, as usual with our local paper, far more interesting.

According to rumors, and some of these originate from people who should know, the egging crew included two co-captains of the team and they all pelted the car four nights running. The coach lost his cool and lay await for them on the fourth night, then engaged them in a high speed car chase across to town to Byram or, if you prefer, across the Tappen Zee Bridge. Either way, he called off the pursuit, turned in the license plate number and was then fired from his coaching duties because his reckless actions had endangered the lives of the kids (who cares?) and any innocent by-standers who might have wandered into his path (that I do care about).

The kids, again rumor has it, although the school denies it, were ordered to run some laps and the matter would have ended there with one fired coach and five sweaty kids. But grumbling arose over the lack of punishment - the kids will continue playing with the team, for instance - and the perceived special treatment accorded star athletes. So yesterday our Superintendent announced a new round of punishment will be meted out, albeit without specifying what that punishment will be. I'd guess it will be a form of "super secret double probation" but I'd like to see, just to make clear that budding pigskin tossers are treated no better than chair kickers, is them marched to the center of the football field, Tasered three times and then arrested and held on $50,000 bail. Now that would send (some kind of) a message......

Please read more from Chris Fountain:

• Who knew a pool could kill?
• The bag lady is singing
• Off to see open houses Not much new on today. Leo...
• Deck Materials
• Sales and Inventory
• Best Agents?
• Good news, bad news
• A New low in euphemism
• Don't Taser me, Bro!
• Over-sized houses
• The polar bears are drowning! (next year)
• Amazing News

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07/28/08 Greenwich Time Reporting Is So Bad You Can't Even Read Between The Lines In Order To Figure Things Out

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07/29/08 We Hate To Say We Told You So, But......

School Board Delays School Year.

GLENVILE STUDENTS TO BE BUSED ALL OVER TOWN

The Greenwich Board Of Education finally officially admits that Hamilton Avenue School project being finished by the official Aug. 27 start of the school year.

Incompetent school board members voted to delay the school's academic calendar by one or as much as two weeks ago order to give construction crews additional time to wrap up their work.

The Greenwich Board of Education on has voted to bus Glenville School students, to six other schools.

Hamilton Avenue School students will be sent back to the hellhole known as the "temporary modular classrooms"

Greenwich Roundup was the only media outlet that told you that this was definitely the action that the Board of Education would be taking.

Please see:

07/28/08 Parential Insiders Say: Greenwich BOE Going To Temporarily Disperse Western Greenwich School Children All Over Town

07/23/08 Is Frank Mazza A Nut Case?


BOE TRIES TO FOOL THE PRESS

In a move to confuse local media, the school's building committee announced that it is planning on asking for hundreds of thousands of dollars to reward the contractors if they will finish by the NEW deadline of August 15th..

The BOE hopes that the local media will all be reporting tomorrow that the school contractor is getting $300,000 to finish "On Time" and that there is a "New" deadline.

The local media will ignore how those poor Grenville students need to get up earlier and learn to sleep on a bus as the go to an unfamiliar school.

The local media will focus on school board spin and ignore how Western Greenwich families are affected.

The local media doesn't care how parents feel and what they think of their children being bussed all over town.

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07/29/08 Greenwich Boy Busted In Southampton Bushes Or More Greenwich Athletes Behaving Badly

East Hampton Town Police Reports

The Southampton Press

... Scott Lawson, 19, of Greenwich, Connecticut, was charged with possession of a forged instrument in the second degree at 2:35 a.m. on Saturday, July 26, at the intersection of South Erie Avenue and South Euclid Avenue. Police tried to pull him over for driving 10 mph over the speed limit and said the defendant refused to yield. Eventually, police found the defendant hiding in the bushes and said he was highly intoxicated...

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07/28/08 Greenwich Time Reporting Is So Bad You Can't......

AND:

What The BLEEP?

Posted by Rob Adams

....a little birdie whispered to me some disturbing news out of Cardinals' Land.

He was calling me about something else and said, "did you hear about...?"

Well, no...but wow!

Read here.

Full disclosure - I know Phil Tarantino and he's a stand-up guy (not to mention an "Exit 55" reader). I'm sure he's strict with athletes, though I've never seen him in action. So what exactly drove somebody to this?

There just has to be more to this story, so I guess "stay tuned.".....

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07/29/08 Town of Greenwich's building department Is Going To Cost Taxpayers Millions

Who knew a pool could kill?

Greenwich Time reports that the president of Shoreline Pools claims he never knew that a child could be sucked into a drain and injured, let alone killed. Well gee, sir, isn't that why they put drain covers on the things in the first place? It's a tragedy that the one you installed fell off, but its presence in the first place implies that you had some sense that danger lurked within.

But as bad or grossly negligent as Shoreline Pool's actions were, I do sympathise with the man's other argument: what was the Town of Greenwich's building department doing when it inspected this pool and granted it a certificate of occupancy? That the town gives its approval does not excuse Shoreline, but the parents of Zachary Cohn were let down twice, once by Shoreline and again by our town. They are now suing both the town and Shoreline and I shudder for my pocket book. If a fat dentist can turn a broken leg into $6,000,000 by merely waving the red flag of "Greenwich" in front of a Bridgeport jury, what will happen when another jury is presented with real culpability and the wrongful death of a beloved child?

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07/29/08 PRESS RELEASE: Himes and Statewide Officers Call for Change in Washington

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2008 Contact: Michael Sachse, 646 265-0556, Michael@HimesforCongress.com HIMES AND STATEWIDE OFFICERS CALL FOR CHANGE IN WASHINGTON Connecticut Democratic leaders gather to endorse Jim Himes for Congress BRIDGEPORT, CT - Leaders from across the state gathered with a large crowd of enthusiastic supporters today on McLevy Green, just across from Bridgeport's City Hall, to discuss the need for change in Washington and endorse Jim Himes, Democratic candidate for Congress. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, and State Comptroller Nancy Wyman were unanimous in endorsing Himes as the person best equipped to bring real change to Washington. Surrounded by Bridgeport community and political leaders, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal described Himes as a "unique and historically qualified candidate," who suits "this unique and historic opportunity." "Jim Himes has worked for everything he has. He brings dedication and distinction as a result of those experiences. I'm very proud to stand here supporting Jim Himes." State Comptroller Nancy Wyman seconded Blumenthal's endorsement. "I look at Jim's background and I know that he understands that we need to change what's going on in Washington when it comes to our fiscal future." "When we talk about a candidate of change, we've got to talk about Jim Himes," added Wyman. "Jim Himes will take the American dream and make it an American reality." Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz described Himes as a "candidate with tremendous energy." Pointing out the crowds of young Himes supporters in attendance, Bysiewicz noted, "Young people are leading the way. They know we're at a critical point." Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch argued that only Democrats deliver results for the middle class, "My family is a middle class family. And the Finches never did better than in the 1990s, when we had a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress." Himes, who attended public schools and went on to become a Rhodes Scholar and Vice President at Goldman Sachs before running the New York office of a national affordable housing non-profit, stated that he can deliver results for the middle class. "I'm running to bring new energy to the American dream," said Himes. "As someone who grew up in a small town with a single working mother and managed to achieve success, I know that opportunity is at the heart of the American dream. Yet, for families today, opportunity is slipping away. Health care costs, energy costs, and struggling schools are urgent problems that need federal attention. That is particularly true here in Bridgeport, and it's why I'm so proud to stand here with Bridgeport leaders and our constitutional officers to work together for real change. Issues that matter to Connecticut's families will be a priority for me in Congress." The unified group of political and community leaders who attended to support Jim Himes included Mayor Bill Finch, Judge of Probate Paul Ganim, State Senator Ed Gomes, State Representative Bob Keeley, State Representative Don Clemons, State Representative Andres Ayalla, Democratic candidates for State Senate Anthony Musto and Marilyn Moore, and Ezequiel Santiago, Lydia Martinez, and Michelle Mount, Democratic candidates for State Representative. ============================================ Please send your comments and press releases to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com

07/29/08 Reader Submitted Comments - Neighbors Should Mind there own business

Don't Be A Nosey Neighbor

About the Lorna J. Williams report.

(Greenwich Time - Police Blotter)

Ms. Williams and her son's argument should not be in the local newspaper.

Whether anyone wants to admit it - or not - mothers and their sons do argue and perhaps there should be more of that going on.

The mother was probably trying to either talk her son out of doing something awful.

That's the problem these days - you can't yell at your kids, can't smack them on the behind and basically, parents are losing ALL control over their children.

I say neighbors, mind your own business, unless you see or hear something that is harmful to anyone or you truly believe that it would escalate towards bodily harm, let people argue.

Sometimes people need to get out their frustrations or make a point. Something that obviously these two people were trying to do.

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Police blotter

Lorna J. Williams, 35, of 30-31 Armstrong Court, was arrested Wednesday night and was charged with second-degree breach of peace in connection with a verbal argument with her son, according to a police report.

Upon arrival, police were told that Williams had argued loudly in the roadway in front of 47 South Water St. with her 17-year-old son, according to the report.

The 17-year-old also was charged with second-degree breach of peace, according to the report. Police withheld his name because of his age.

Both were released on promises to appear Thursday in state Superior Court in Stamford, according to the report.

Please Read The Greenwich Time Story

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07/29/08 For Some Reason Lee Whitnum Scares Democratic Die Hards To Death

Vote for Lee! She needs a job

From: My Left Nutmeg

by: AndersonScooper

(Looney! - promoted by ctblogger)

(x-posted from 4th Street News!)

The painful truth is that Lee Whitnum's 2008 Personal Financial Disclosure reveals her to be essentially unemployed.

A quick break-down of Ms. Whitnum's 2007 earned income, in its totality. (less than $4,200 in all):

• $2,414 Board of Ed-- (substitute teaching)
  
• $ 285 Great Stuff
  
• $ 815 Home Depot
  
• $ 665 First Choice Staffing
  

Granted another blogger points out Ms. Whitnum brought in somewhere between $10-15,000 in unearned income. But I'm curious as to how she manages to afford Greenwich on seemingly less than $20,000/year? Is Lee hypocritically living off of inherited family wealth, at the same time she labels Jim Himes, "out of touch".

The blogging community should place bets as to when the Greenwich Time, the Stamford Advocate, the Norwalk Hour, and the Connecticut Post will share with their readers and soon to be voters the following pertinent information about Ms. Whitnum:

• 1) She's essentially unemployed.
  
• 2) The FEC has put her on notice for Failure to File her campaign finance reports.
  
• 3) She spent "a couple of thousand dollars" paying canvassers to help her collect signatures, (which explains #2, she's hiding that ugly truth.)
  
• 4) In reality LeeWhitnum2008 is a one-woman show, plus a website.
  
• 5) Cycle-to-date she's raised all of $200!
  

How can the 4th's print media continue to report as if Ms. Whitnam has genuine support and legitimacy?

Well, as we head into the final two weeks before the August 12th primary, we must hope that the district's journalists will come to their senses and let their readers know the truth. Whitnum isn't ready to be dog-catcher, let alone handle the job of Congresswoman.

If the papers don't snap to, we may need to do a call-in campaign, directly to the editors. I mean imagine if Jim Himes or Chris Shays were cited by the FEC for failing to file their finance reports. Or if it turned out Himes resume was sheer puffery! The dailies would be all over them...

Comment:

THE SKY IS FALLING

Mean Spirited Democratic party loyalists are so scared of Ms. Whitnum that they need to organize a "call-in campaign" to the Greenwich Time, the Stamford Advocate, the Norwalk Hour, and the Connecticut Post editors.

Is Ms. Whitnum such a threat that vicious Democratic insiders need to make sure that "journalists will come to their senses" about Ms Whitnum.

It is amazing that a candidate with a few thousand dollars can cause this much panic and hysteria in the Jim Himes campaign.

What's Mr. Himes going to do when he goes up against the politically seasoned and well financed Christopher Shays.

These democratic advocates of the poor are screaming that Ms. Whitnum earned less than $20,0000 and is there for not rich enough to be qualified to run for congress.

The sad fact is that a Ms. whitnum could possibly be paying a hirer percentage of her total income to Uncle Sam, because she dosen't get the tax breaks that hedge fund guys get.

Democrats bow to Wall Street, saving tax break for billionaires

By Bill Van Auken

The Democratic Party leadership in the US Senate has effectively killed proposals put forward earlier this year to close a tax loophole that allows billionaire managers of hedge and private equity funds to enjoy tax rates on their income that are far lower than those imposed on average American workers.....

.....As recently as 1980, income over $215,000 was taxed at 70 percent, and throughout most of the 1950s and early 1960s, income over $200,000 was taxed at 91 percent.

The Wall Street executives have claimed that they are entitled to the 15 percent rate because of the risks they take on investments. In fact, the vast bulk of the money at risk is that of their investors, for whom they provide a service as money managers, and are compensated for it, just as others who pay ordinary income taxes.

The main legislative proposal put forward in the House of Representatives would have compelled the super-rich fund managers to report their earnings as regular income and pay the 35 percent rate. It has been estimated that the measure would have created at least $6 billion in additional federal revenues.

According to the Washington Post, however, the Senate’s Democratic leadership has already assured the billionaire and multi-millionaire financiers that would be affected by the measure that they have nothing to worry about....

....Behind all of this orchestrated hand-wringing, the Democrats’ climb-down on closing the tax loophole for the country’s wealthiest is merely one more confirmation that this party—no less than the Republicans—represents and defends the interests not of working people, but those of the ruling elite. Just as the Democrats in Congress have proven unwilling to carry out any action to end the war in Iraq, so too they will do nothing to ameliorate the unprecedented inequality that pervades every facet of American society.

Hedge-fund managers' tax break should go to teachers

Sunday, June 29, 2008.

BY LEO HINDERY JR. AND BOB KERREY.

One of the bedrock principles of our free and open society is that all of us obey laws and follow rules as they are written. The more universally we as citizens voluntarily submit to the rule of law, the greater our security and the less costly the efforts to protect us from those who choose to ignore it.

One set of laws where voluntary compliance is critical involves the collection of taxes. Right now, we have the most efficient tax collection system in the world because most Americans scrupulously obey these laws. They do so even though:

Congress continues to pass laws that make taxes ever more complex while giving speeches about simplification.

An individual taxpayer's effective tax rate is often inversely proportional to his ability to hire tax lawyers.

An increasing number of Americans believe the tax laws are rigged against them.

Our political leaders, however, cannot expect such ready compliance to go on forever. And it is not an exaggeration to say that tax provisions that blatantly favor those with high incomes over the middle class now threaten to bring down the confidence needed to sustain our experiment of self-government.

One such provision that has garnered a lot of attention lately has to do with what is known as "carried interest." Highly paid tax lawyers discovered a provision in current law that allows the managers of special investment partnerships to pay a much lower rate of tax on the preponderance of their income than other type managers pay on all of theirs.

Much of the performance-based management income earned by these few thousand private equity and hedge fund managers -- which income is called "carried interest" -- is taxed as capital gains, when by form, substance and logic it should be taxed as ordinary in come, just like the management in come and bonuses of all other managers.

And because the 15 percent capital gains tax rate is less than half the 35 percent maximum ordinary income tax rate, the cost of this loophole to the Treasury is huge.

The annual loss of tax revenue from this unfair treatment of carried interest is about $12 billion a year, or $120 per American household per year. It really is as if Congress had decreed that each year $120 out of the income of every household is to be diverted to the bank accounts of some of the wealthiest Americans.

We believe this has to change, and we believe that it would be desirable to convert carried interest into public interest by redirecting this annual $12 billion tax break to people who actually need it, namely America's K-12 teachers.

That $12 billion is just about enough to waive all the income taxes on those who choose our most important profession, which is the teaching of our children. And it would also allow us to give refundable tax credits to K-12 teachers based on their qualifications and teaching specialties, in order to increase the pool of teachers in critically important areas such as languages, math and sciences, and instructing students who are economically disadvantaged or have disabilities.

Our country has a long and successful record of using the tax code to reward what we as a society determine are desirable social actions. In the 1960s, for example, we gave income-tax relief to VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) and Peace Corps volunteers be cause their work was deemed so important -- and today we give substantial relief to our courageous and patriotic active-duty military personnel.

But teachers are just as patriotic and important, their contributions to our nation's vibrancy and economic well-being are exceptional, and vis-à-vis all other municipal professions (police, fire, general services) they are far and away the most difficult public servants to recruit and retain.

All informed citizens, starting with teachers themselves, want high teaching standards and accountability. But when asked, they also want the needed fixes to our nation's education travails to start with easing the economic plight of our K-12 teachers. Federal income tax relief for teachers would be a powerful response to this demand, and a powerful step toward assur ing the long-term vibrancy of our society, the health of our national economy, and our global competitiveness.

So let's remove the huge tax break going to those who don't de serve it, and give it instead to those who need it. We promise that kids everywhere will be the beneficiaries.

Leo Hindery Jr., is the managing partner of InterMedia Partners, a private equity firm, and a director and former chairman of Teach for America. Bob Kerrey, a former U.S. senator from Nebraska and earlier its governor, is president of New School University in New York City.

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07/29/08 Is The New York Post Trying To Shakedown A Down On His Luck Pornographer Who Has Hired A Team Of Hackers?

Just Asking

WHICH formerly wealthy Greenwich, Conn., gent, a victim of the economic malaise, saw the horse he bought for one of his kids get repossessed? When the red-faced dad threatened to call the cops, the repo man said, "Go ahead. It's our horse." ....WHICH businessman is hiding his past as a pornographer now that his kids are being teased by private-school classmates?

The ex-sleaze purveyor hired a team of hackers to flood the 'Net with bogus posts, so now the porno is buried under layers of fluff.

Comment:

This Gentleman Has Been Warned,

The ex-pornographer had better payoff the page six staff, before they spill the rest of the beans.

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07/29/08 Stephen Scialo of Dellwood overcame a wayward tee shot to win The Journal News/WGA Tournament of Champions on the first playoff hole.

Scialo, Algiero win WGA titles

Journal News

GREENWICH, Conn. - The moment Stephen Scialo hit his tee shot, he sensed he was in trouble.

Then he chased after it and he was certain of it.

It was the first playoff hole of The Journal News/WGA Tournament of Champions at Tamarack Country Club, and the 18-year-old Scialo had just pulled a drive way left and into the adjacent fairway. When he approached what he thought was his ball, with no reasonable shot into the green, he figured the rest of the playoff with Sleepy Hollow's John Ervasti would only be a formality.

"I saw where that ball was and I figured I had no chance," said Scialo, the club champion at Dellwood Country Club in New City, who along with Ervasti posted the day's low score at 3-over-par 73.

But then came the break of the tournament. When Scialo examined the ball, he realized it wasn't his. Then he looked to the left and saw his ball was far enough into the second fairway that he actually had a shot over the trees.

Given new life, the incoming freshman at the University of Delaware sent his pitching-wedge approach to 5 feet, and claimed the Tournament of Champions title with a par against Ervasti's bogey. Just moments earlier, Scialo had been lamenting his position stuck behind a tree. But it ended up being a wayward drive that led him to the title.

"I think I was a little nervous with that first tee shot, but after that, I just realized you have to have no fear," Scialo said. "I couldn't try to do much. All I could do was try to hit it over the trees. I cleared it, but not by much."

With the win, Scialo joined women's winner Laura Algiero of Westchester Hills, who....

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07/19/08 Greenwich Post Newslinks For Tuesday

State offers passes so no child is ‘left inside’

As part of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Conservation’s “No Child Left Inside” program, Greenwich Library is offering park passes to Greenwich resident cardholders.

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Murphy gets awards

Jim Murphy, a Greenwich resident for more than 20 years and one of the newest members of the Bruce Museum Board of Trustees, received two awards last month for lifetime achievement in marketing. Please Read More...

Sponsors donate to ‘cause’

Vineyard Vines and other local companies have donated more than $40,000 in products and services to Kayak for a Cause VIII, which takes place on Saturday. More...

Police Watch

The following are July 28’s released arrests: DUI Henry Quintanilla, 35, of Stamford was arrested July 26 and charged with driving under the influence. Police said officers saw a tan minivan driving on Mill Street weaving across two lanes as it drove toward the intersection with Mead Avenue and then driving up onto the curb along the southeastern shoulder. When police questioned Quintanilla he allegedly had red, glassy bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol. Police said he was unable to pass field sobriety tests, and arrested. He was also charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license. He was released on a $250 cash bond and is due in court Aug. 11. LARCENY Police had been sent to Anne Fontaine on Greenwich Avenue on the report of a shoplifting. Diane Franklin, 55, of Albuquerque, N.M. was arrested and charged with fourth degree larceny. Franklin had allegedly tried on three blouses, left two in the store and left with the third one. Police determined she had the blouse along with several other items taken from stores on Greenwich Avenue. Franklin was released on a $1,000 surety bond and is due in court Aug. 7. ASSAULT A 58-year-old White Plains, N.Y. man and 36-year-old Riverdale, N.Y. woman were arrested after a reported domestic incident July 27. According to police, the woman told officers she had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend and he had slapped her in the face. A witness reportedly told police they had noticed the argument and saw the man slap the woman. They were both charged with breach of peace and the man was also charged with third degree assault. They were both released on $250 cash bonds and were due in court July 28. BURGLARY Police arrested six people July 27 after responding to the report of a burglary. Vincent Hord, 20, of Yonkers, N.Y., Russell Sandler, 18, of Port Chester, N.Y., Vladimir Lemite, 19, of Yonkers, N.Y., a 17-year-old Yonkers boy and two 16-year-old Port Chester girls. Police had been sent to a Glenville home on the report that someone was selling stolen merchandise from that location. According to police, Sandler is the estranged stepson of the homeowner and does not live there. Sandler and five other people were having a party at the house and allegedly ransacked the house from attic to basement, taking several electronic items, including a big screen TV and jewelry, and putting them into bags for removal. Officers spoke to the homeowner, who was vacationing in New Hampshire, and she said none of them had permission to be on the property. Police said officers found several bags of marijuana. Hord and the three youthful offenders were charged with possession of marijuana under four ounces, second degree burglary, first degree criminal mischief and possession of drug paraphernalia. Sandler and Lemite charged with second degree burglary, possession drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana under four ounces and first degree larceny. Sandler was also charged with first degree criminal mischief. They were all released on $25,000 cash bonds and are due in court Aug. 4.

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07/29/08 Grenwich Time News Links For Tuesday - Whitnum was 20 minutes late for the taping, which she later blamed on Interstate 95 traffic

News 12 moderator Tom Appleby, center, prepares for a debate between 4th District congressional rivals Jim Himes, left, and Lee Whitnum, at the News 12 studio in Norwalk yesterday.

(Bob Luckey Jr./Greenwich Time photo)

TOP STORY

HEADLINES:

The greatest area of disagreement between the two candidates was over the war in Afghanistan

Himes says the U.S. military should focus its efforts and resources, not on Iraq.

Whitnum says the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks created a pro-Israel foreign policy of the U.S., saying that is inflamed Muslim extremists.

QUOTES:

"He talks a lot and says absolutely nothing," Lee Whitnum said after Himes commented about the impact of the war in Iraq on the economy and on middle-class families.

"The fight is in Afghanistan and Pakistan," said Himes, 42, who was endorsed in May during a party convention that Whitnum boycotted.

THE STORY:

Himes, Whitnum face-off

NORWALK - In their first and only debate before next month's primary, Democratic congressional foes Jim Himes and Lee Whitnum clashed yesterday over foreign policy, the war on terrorism and domestic spying programs.

The tension between the candidates, both from Greenwich, was palpable even before the start of the News 12 debate, which was taped during the afternoon at Cablevision's Norwalk studios and scheduled to air last night.

Whitnum was 20 minutes late for the taping, which she later blamed on Interstate 95 traffic. When she finally did arrive, she brusquely walked past the party-endorsee Himes and onto the set, where the rivals went back and forth for 28 minutes in a "open format" moderated by anchor Tom Appleby....

....At the end of their debate, the candidates diverged when asked how they felt about domestic spying programs.

Himes said that the Bush administration has thumbed its nose at civil liberties and hurt the nation's credibility when dealing with other countries such as Russia that suppress human rights or quash the press.

"How do we say that if we have not been true to our own values?" said Himes, a former chairman of the Democratic Town Committee of Greenwich.

Whitnum disagreed.

"I don't think we have given up our civil liberties that much," Whitnum said.

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More Greenwich Time News Stories:

Pool prez defends actions

The president of a Stamford pool company charged in the drowning of a six-year-old town boy could not have foreseen the boy getting trapped in a suction valve in the pool his company built, according to his lawyer.

Golfers hit the links for the Witherell

Bill Kowalewski couldn't have been happier with his performance on the golf course yesterday, even when he was lagging behind much of the competition.

Son nabbed after party, burglary at parents' home

A Port Chester man and five others were arrested on second-degree burglary and other charges Sunday for allegedly ransacking valuables from his parents' Riversville Road home, police said.

Gas prices begin rolling back

STAMFORD - Fairfield County drivers may be in for some eye-rubbing relief at the pump - gasoline prices, which have started sliding in recent weeks, may get down to as low as $4 per gallon at certain stations this week, according to one well-known expert.

Town is working on building character

A colleague calls it "The Great Wall of Greenwich." It's proper name is North Street, and it's a beautiful byway through the midcountry and stretching on into the backcountry, past Conyers Farm and Banksville to New York state.

It's misguided to hit Democrats on ANWR drilling

To the editor:

In his letter to the Greenwich Time on June 29, Edward D. Dadakis, former chairman of the Greenwich Republican Committee, blamed the Democratic Party for the high prices of gasoline. He particularly criticized Democrats for opposing oil drilling in the Alaska Natural Wildlife Refuge.

But in selecting energy policy to strike out at Democrats, Mr. Dadakis may not have made the most felicitous choice. For one thing, our current Republican congressman, Christopher Shays, states on his Web site: "I oppose drilling in the ANWR and for the past six years, I have been an active and vocal opponent of numerous legislative attempts to drill in ANWR."

Until now, I thought that only Democrats arranged their firing squads in a circle.

Anyway, the U.S. Energy Information Agency estimates that the price reductions that might follow full-scale ANWR production would range from only 1 cent per gallon to 3.4 cents per gallon.

On the demand side, conservation receives short shrift from the Bush administration. Vice President Dick Cheney dismissed it as nothing more than "a sign of personal virtue." Asked at his press conference on July 15, 2008, why he had not urged consumers to conserve, the president replied: "They're smart enough to know whether they want to drive more or less." Yet leadership in this area could accomplish a lot.

Regardless of politics, energy prices were bound to go up. The market for energy is global, and rapidly rising demand, particularly in China, has been the main culprit.

But members of the current administration could have done a great deal to moderate the impact of this development on American consumers. They have been in power for going on eight years while these developments unfolded. Theirs is a record of missed opportunities and failed leadership.

Gerald A. Pollack

Old Greenwich

The writer is a member of the Democratic Town Committee and a retired Exxon economist.

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07/27/08 Himes And Whitnum Will Debate Tonight At 9pm On Cablevision's News 12 Channel

Jim Himes is facing a primary challenge by fellow Greenwich resident Lee Whitnum. The two will face each other in the Democratic primary on Aug. 12. The winner will run against Shays in November.

The debate, Whitnum says, will allow residents to see her realistic perspective versus what she calls Himes’ “Wall Street type.”

Whitnum, who was able to gather the 2,459 signatures required to force a primary runoff, believes her position as the “people’s candidate” will help her in the vote on Aug. 12.

However, most political observers say that the Rhodes scholar and former Goldman Sachs vice president will defeat Whitnum in August.

Then it will be a dead heat between Chris Shays and Jim Himes.

CQ: Shays Vs. Himes Could Turn Into Dead Heat

Hartford Courant

Congressional Quarterly's political site, CQ Politics, handicaps every one of the congressional races, and they have made a switch today in Connecticut's 4th District. They changed their rating from "leans Republican" to "no clear favorite." (And they aren't the only analysts who have called the race a "toss up.")

"Leans Republican" would signify a slight advantage for incumbent Rep. Chris Shays. "No clear favorite" suggests Democratic challenger Jim Himes might be sneaking up.

Both candidates have certainly put up good fund-raising numbers so far in this campaign season. Each of them has passed the $2 million mark.

But CQ has a theory about Bridgeport: Because of this year's presidential election, there will be more voter turnout in the city, which is expected to favor Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama. While those voters are at the polls, the analysts figure, they'll put their mark next to Himes, as well.

(Himes' campaign was quick to put out a press release pointing out CQ's new assessment.)

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07/28/08 Greenwich Time Reporting Is So Bad You Can't Even Read Between The Lines To Figure Things Out (Update: AP Coverage) NYT Will Probably Be Next

Blogger Bill Clarke At Greenwich Gossip Likes To Call The Greenwich Time The Yellowich Time. However, We Think A Better Name For The Greenwich Time Might Be The Green Slime, Because Some Members Of Greenwich Society Get To Avoid Newspaper Scrutiny.

HEADLINES:

Football Payers Stage Four Attacks On The Home Of Coach Tarantino And His Wife Who Are Greenwich School Faculty Members

Cos Cob Family Worries That They Will Continue Being Targeted By Wealthy Juvenile Delinquents Who Play On A Winning Football Team

Angry Coach Chases Car Containing Football Captains Riscica & DeVico and other Riverside Players At High Speeds From Cos Cob To The New York Boarder.

Greenwich Football Coach Forced To Resign Because He Chased Spoiled Football Brats, And Endangered Lives On The Residential Streets Of Greenwich?

Rank Has Privilege: Football Vandals Get Slap On The Wrist And Will Not Miss A Game On Greenwich High School's Winning Team

QUOTE:

"In our community: The way an athlete acts in our community is very important. As an athlete, she/he shall respect the rights of others and represent our team, our school and the Town of Greenwich with dignity". - GHS code of conduct handbook

NOW PLEASE READ NEIL VIGOR'S "SO CALLED" NEWS STORY AND SEE IF THE GREENWICH TIME DELIVERS ALL THE FACTS:

More penalties for GHS players

By Neil Vigdor
Staff Writer

Article Launched: 07/28/2008 01:00:00 AM

Calling it a "black eye" for the program," Greenwich High School Headmaster Al Capasso said yesterday that several Cardinals football players arrested and charged with throwing eggs at an assistant coach's house have received stiff punishment by GHS for their misconduct.

Capasso declined to elaborate on the specific form of punishment, but said it was in addition to the athletic sanctions handed down by the team.

"It certainly does not put the program in a good light," Capasso said. "However, the program involves 100 students and it's extremely unfortunate that these students chose to do this."

According to a police report, five youths were arrested July 6 and charged with third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree conspiracy to commit criminal mischief for egging the vehicles parked at the home of Phil Tarantino on Bible Street in Cos Cob on several different occasions. The names of the youths were withheld because they are under 18.

The incident, reported by Tarantino to police, led to the resignation of the wide receivers coach from the perennial powerhouse Cardinals.

No one answered the door at Tarantino's home yesterday. Tarantino, who remains a physical education teacher at Western Middle School and an assistant GHS baseball coach, has declined to comment on the situation.

On the Cos Cob street where he lives, Tarantino's neighbors condemned the incident.

"I feel sorry for them," said Eliana Manriquez, who lives next door to Tarantino and his ife. "It's about time to be strong with these kids. For them, it's a joke. These kids have no brains."

Chuck Perta, who also lives next door, said the couple are good neighbors.

"They're lovely people," Perta said.

Neither of the next door neighbors said they heard or saw anything when the incident took place.

Tarantino reported the license plate number of the vehicle driven by the teens, police said. The teens were scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford July 16.

Messages seeking comment were left yesterday for both of the team's current co-captains, who were not involved in the incident.

Capasso said it was rare for the school to mete out punishment for misconduct that occurs while students are away on summer vacation.

"That very rarely happens, but I do feel this is justified because it was an attack on a faculty member," Capasso said. "I treated this as if it was done to any teacher, not necessarily a coach."

The headmaster also sought to dispel rumors, circulating in town and on the Internet, that the players were simply required to run laps for their roles in the incident.

"I'm upset that people would assume that because they are football players we look the other way," Capasso said. "We purposely are careful not to apply a double-standard."

Capasso, who characterized the motive for the incident as a "prank," would not say whether any of the players will miss any games because of the incident.

In the history of the GHS football program, the Cardinals have won a league-best 12 Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference titles to go along with their state-best seven CIAC Class LL championships.

Rich Albonizio, the head football coach, has said that those arrested have lost some privileges because of the incident.

COMMENTS:

Why does the Niel Vigdor always give Alan Capasso and the Greenwich School System a free ride?

All of this happened July 6th and after nearly a month ago and Neil Vigdor And The Greenwich Time still can't deliver the full story?

What happened to the "honor code" go to the Greenwich High School website and read the Cardinal Rules for the school, and the Athletic Code of Conduct. The boys have been arrested, there are consequences that are REQUIRED by the code(s) of conduct, and they should be enforced.

No teacher or anyother family should have to worry about being a repeated target for vandals.

These star football players are a disgrace to the school and the community.

Please read Niel Vidgor's previous so-called news articles and see if you learn anything of attacks on the homes of faculty members or high speed chases through the streets of Greenwich......

More penalties for GHS players

By Neil Vigdor
Staff Writer

Article Launched: 07/28/2008 01:00:00 AM

Calling it a "black eye" for the program," Greenwich High School Headmaster Al Capasso said yesterday that several Cardinals football players arrested and charged with throwing eggs at an assistant coach's house have received stiff punishment by GHS for their misconduct.

Capasso declined to elaborate on the specific form of punishment, but said it was in addition to the athletic sanctions handed down by the team.

"It certainly does not put the program in a good light," Capasso said. "However, the program involves 100 students and it's extremely unfortunate that these students chose to do this."

According to a police report, five youths were arrested July 6 and charged with third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree conspiracy to commit criminal mischief for egging the vehicles parked at the home of Phil Tarantino on Bible Street in Cos Cob on several different occasions. The names of the youths were withheld because they are under 18.

The incident, reported by Tarantino to police, led to the resignation of the wide receivers coach from the perennial powerhouse Cardinals.

No one answered the door at Tarantino's home yesterday. Tarantino, who remains a physical education teacher at Western Middle School and an assistant GHS baseball coach, has declined to comment on the situation.

On the Cos Cob street where he lives, Tarantino's neighbors condemned the incident.

"I feel sorry for them," said Eliana Manriquez, who lives next door to Tarantino and his wife. "It's about time to be strong with these kids. For them, it's a joke. These kids have no brains."

Chuck Perta, who also lives next door, said the couple are good neighbors....

GHS assistant football coach resigns after players vandalize his car

By Neil Vigdor
Staff Writer

Article Launched: 07/26/2008 01:00:00 AM

A Greenwich High School assistant football coach has quit after several of his players were arrested for throwing eggs at his cars, athletic officials said.

Phil Tarantino, who worked as a receivers' coach for the perennial powerhouse Cardinals, has resigned from the team, said Gus Lindine, the school's athletic director.

"He has decided to step down," Lindine said yesterday.

Lindine confirmed that "several football team members were involved in the situation" but declined to elaborate, referring questions about the matter to Tarantino.

Messages seeking comment from Tarantino, who lives on Bible Street in Cos Cob, were left yesterday and Thursday at his home.

According to a police report, five youths were arrested July 6 and charged with third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree conspiracy to commit criminal mischief for egging the vehicles parked at Tarantino's home on several different occasions. The names of the youths were withheld because they are under 18.

The homeowner reported the license plate number of the vehicle driven by the teens, police said. The teens were scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford July 16.

GHS Head Coach Rich Albonizio shared few details about the matter yesterday.

"I would like this to just die," Albonizio said. "There was an incident and it was over with."

Albonizio did reveal that player privileges had been taken away from those arrested, however.

"The kids have been hurt enough and coach Tarantino has chosen his path," Albonizio said.....

Assistant GHS coach quits Neil Vigdor Article Launched: 07/25/2008 08:08:10 PM A Greenwich High School assistant football coach has quit after several of his players were arrested for throwing eggs at his cars, athletic officials said. Phil Tarantino, who worked as a receivers' coach for the perennial powerhouse Cardinals, has resigned from the team, said Gus Lindine, the school's athletic director. "He has decided to step down," Lindine said Friday. Lindine confirmed that "several football team members were involved in the situation" but declined to elaborate, referring questions about the matter to Tarantino. Messages seeking comment from Tarantino, who lives on Bible Street in Cos Cob, were left Friday and Thursday at his home.

Does Neil Vidgor ever tell us about a vigilante assistant coach who decided to risk the lives of juvinile delenquent players in a high-speed chase from Cos Cob to the New York border?

Instead of investigating what really happened Neil Vidgor basically regurgitates the same incomplete so called news story over and over.

We Sort Of Know WHO Was Involved In The Muktiple Incidents.

But do we know WHAT happened?

Some Riverside parents say that Coach Tarantino chased the football playing vandals for an hour and nearly ran them off the road, and was after them all the way into New York.

What these Greenwich High School Captains did was wrong, but are parents comfortable with a Western Middle School teacher in your school system who behaves in this manner?

Why didn't Coach Taantino just report the star football players to the Greenwich Police Department?

Was the football coach Tarantino affraid that the Greenwich Police Department would not be willing to investigate the star Football players from Riverside?

What if the kids got into a fatal car accident, who would be blamed then?

Hey Niel, Did this teacher chased these young vandals, and endangered their lives?

If these kids were killed in a car accident that night, Greenwich Time reporter Niel Vidgor would we be writing a totally different news story about the angry coach or the juvinile delenquent football players from Riverside?

No matter what these out of control kids did, Tarantino had complete neglect for their safety and he should be further disciplined actions as well.

The spoiled brats that did it not once not twice but four nights in a row and to top it off they were captains that represented Greenwich High School.

Why doesn't Neil Vidgor report about HOW Greenwich High School football is coming to a decline now with this incident and another incident that involved a Greenwich football players and a theft at a Stamford gym.

The Greenwich High School football program used to impose the HIGHEST standards of excellence, not just on the field, but off as well.

Now it seems that Headmaster Alan Capasso is teaching the kids that we will sweep their offenses under the rug rather than risk potentially lose a football game or two?

Headmaster Alan Capasso has delivered yet another embarrassment for the Town of Greenwich.

What was the sense of the headmasters statement if he is not going to elaborate what the punishment was or is?

Many parents and students and teachers are questioning if there was or is one to begin with.

Does Headmaster Capasso realize what his precious little football players did was a crime?

Headmaster Capasso should teach these boys that this is not the way adults act when they don't like or agree with someone!

The vandals should be kicked off the football team for a season.

There appears to be two sets of standards at GHS.

GHS football is clearly above the conduct code, for whatever the reason and this situation brings it to light. What kind of precedent are we setting?

Alan Capasso and the Greenwich High School Board Of Education should make sure they are comfortable with their decision to allow GHS Football to rise above the rules.

The ramifications will surely effect the schools athletics, its programs and ultimately, its reputation.

Look out graduates a Greenwich High School degree is worth less than it was just 10 years ago.

Maybe Greenwich Time Reporter should be asking Alan Capasso, "What would have happened if the school itself was egged?"

Would it be OK to egg the science or reading teacher's house and not be suspended?

Would it be OK to egg Alan Capasso's house four times and not be suspended?

Would it be OK to egg a Board of Education members house and not be suspended?

And Everyone wants to know WHY Greenwich

Time reporter Neil Vidgor did not ask WHY?

Yes, WHY weren't these football deliquents tased?

Throwing eggs is much more dangerous than throwing a water balloon.

Just the fact that these kids have not been suspended and are still on the team shows the double standard at Greenwich high School.

A Byram kid throws a water balloon and he gets suspended and receives 50,000 volts and a $50,000 bail.

A gang of Riverside football players repeatedly attack and terrorize a teachers home and they are not suspended from school.

They are not even suspended from the football team.

The Byram Balloon Boy spent the night in jail with a $50,000 bail and the Riverside Egg Throwing Football players slept at home with Mommy and Daddy.

What's up with Headmaster Alan Capasso?

Are the Riverside Football players too rich to be disiplined in the same manner as the poor boy from Byram?

These Five Football players are a disgrace to not only Greenwich football team but to their parents as well.

The parents should teach their children about responsibility and resign from the Greenwich High School Football program.

Coach Tarantino was a man and admited his wrong doing and resigned from the Football team.

UPDATE:

The Associated Press Starts To Cover The Story

Greenwich football players punished for egg tosses

Greenwich (AP) -- Several Greenwich High School football players who were arrested for allegedly throwing eggs at an assistant coach's house are now being disciplined by school officials.

School headmaster Al Capasso says the football players have received stiff punishment for their misconduct, but he's not saying what the penalties are. The players were also disciplined by the team.

Police say that five youths were arrested July 6 and charged with criminal mischief for egging vehicles parked at the home of wide receivers coach Phil Tarantino on several occasions.

Officials say Tarantino resigned because of the incidents. Tarantino, who remains a physical education teacher at Western Middle School, has declined to comment.

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