02/23/10 Wheres The Greenwich Time? The Greenwich Post Breaking News - The Greenwich Police Department Det. Mark Marino Is Investigating GEMA

Breaking News

Union members call for criminal probe of GMEA finances

Members of the Greenwich Municipal Employees Association (GMEA) are looking to open a criminal probe, claiming that their president might have been misusing funds.

A member of the GMEA has been in contact with the State’s Attorney’s Office and with the Greenwich Police Department. Det. Mark Marino of the Greenwich police is expected to make contact with the union members within the next few days to investigate their claims. Should they be warranted, the investigation could then be turned over to the State’s Attorney’s Office.

.....union members who completed their examination of the union’s books this month and claim that GMEA President Rosalie Mastropaolo has misused union funds.

GMEA member Melissa Evans, who is among those who examined the GMEA’s financial records after the Connecticut Board of Labor Relations mandated they be released, met with the Post on Tuesday. She said the financial mismanagement goes beyond initial allegations of union funds being used for concert tickets and meals......

.....GMEA held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon. The Post attempted to attend to hear the board’s side of the accusations, but was ejected from the meeting at Ms. Mastropaolo’s request. Ms. Mastropaolo refused comment for the story.

For the full story, see this week's issue of the Greenwich Post.

Comments (3)

mel1972 says....

Why no comment from Mastropaolo? One would think that if she were truly ionnocent of any wrong-doing she would have something to say.

Candy79 says .....

Combative, Unrependent, full of a sense of their own power. That is the impression that comes across from the majority of the GMEA Executive Board. "Mistakes Were Made" that is the talking point used most by GMEA Board members. Let's just put this behind us and move on. That's what every thief saids once they have been caught. I didn't know I was doing something wrong. They have hundreds of people incarerated right now that are saying that as they wait for an appeal. They could at least fake being sorry about spending the Union's money on frivolous items. It leaves a nasty taste in my mouth, because GMEA's Executive Board sound just like lying politicians when they are caught out..so sad.

Greenwich Girl says .....

This is such disgusting. The Board of GMEA has such a sense of entitlement and they are living in a fantasy world. "Mistakes were made, Lets move on?" I am no lawyer, but if these accusations are true, they have committed Grand Larceny. They have stolen dues from hard working individuals that they are supposed to represent, who have not had a raise in over a year. The Board has committed the sin of gluttony by going to fancy dinners, concerts, trips to Vegas, etc. Did they not think that they would have to pay for their actions? The GMEA board disgusts me, and so do the people that continue to believe the lies that they spew, because they allow this behavior to continue.

It Looks Like Greenwich Time

Reporter Niel Vigdor

Got "Nervous In The Service"

Vigdor Is Once Again Asleep At The Switch

He Hasn't Reported On GEMA For Over Two Weeks

Maybe Hearst Newspapers Should Turn The Story

Back Over To Reporter Frank MacEachern

Crucial vote nears for town's largest union
Some 429 administrative assistants, clerks and public service workers get to choose whether they want to remain part of the Greenwich Municipal Employees Association or join the ranks of the Laborers' International Union of North America Local... more »
By Neil Vigdor, Staff Writer 2 weeks ago

Union defends using dues for Vegas trip and NYC outing
Some rank-and-file members of the Greenwich Municipal Employees Association are leveling serious charges against the union's leadership, saying that it misappropriated dues money and used it for a trip to Las Vegas, limo rides, expensive dinners... more » By Neil Vigdor, Staff Writer 2 weeks ago

GMEA official attacks LIUNA
A senior union official representing about 430 town clerical and support workers has shot back at a larger union seeking to depose the Greenwich Municipal Employees Association. LIUNA, the Laborers International Union of North America, plans to... more »
By Frank MacEachern, Staff Writer 1 month ago

Town employees could vote next month on union representation
Charles LeConche, business manager for the Connecticut Laborers District Council, part of the Laborers International Union of North America, said his union will go to the state's Labor Relations Board Tuesday to file a petition requesting that... more »
By Frank MacEachern, Staff Writer 1 month ago

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12/24/05 - News Clips - Legislative committee OKs civil unions bill

Source: Greenwich Time - Greenwich, Conn.

Author:

Tobin A. Coleman; Staff Writer

...The victory is complicated because Love Makes a Family, the gay rights group most active on the issue, has said nothing less than a law granting full marriage rights for gays is acceptable. The group has vowed to lobby against the bill passed yesterday that would allow gay couples to form civil unions, nearly identically to the law in Vermont...

...Love Makes a Family President Anne Stanback said she has mixed feelings because many of the lawmakers who voted for civil unions said during the debate that they wanted to vote for a full marriage bill, but went for civil unions instead because they did not think a gay marriage bill has a chance to pass the General Assembly this year....

..."I do have mixed feelings . . . because of the really wonderful tone of the debate in support of marriage and very explicitly stating civil unions is not enough," Stanback said. "While we don't support civil union we would ask them to support us as we move forward with our marriage struggle."...