06/27/08 Sarah And Mike's Voters Guide

The Voter's Guide to Lee Whitnum*

* aka Lee Roystone, Marianne Cook, Masked Man, Lisa Whitnum, etc, etc.

Kudos to MikeCT over at MLN for compiling The Voter's Guide to Lee Whitnum.

It's a shame the people who signed her petition didn't read this first. They might have thought twice signing their name and having it entered into the public record that they supported someone like this.

Anyway, if you click on the above link you'll be able to read all about:

# John Kerry and Hedge Fund Mistress. Her first claim to fame - the use of a personal relationship with John Kerry to sell books.
# The anti-blogger. Her antagonistic encounters and misadventures with bloggers.
# Her campaigning skills. And the lack thereof.
# Her issues and Nazi conspiracies. Calling her opponent a Nazi, and her other issues.
# Racism and immigration. Her views on immigration, her racial rhetoric, and her reliance on information from racist hate groups.
# Her fundraising. And the lack thereof.
# The many faces of Lee Whitnum. Her multiple incarnations.

I'm sure there will be many more stories before the primary is over.

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06/26/08 Is Chris Fountain Going To Report On Real Estate Or What? This Guy Hasn't Posted In A Month

Yes those are real cobwebs!
In Chris Fountain's Computer

Okay, so I've been remiss

By Chris Fountain

I'm in the middle of what promises to be an exciting (to me, at any rate) new website with a number of webdesigners, columnists, reporters and editors (the free time of all of whom has been blessedly freed up by the ever-increasing rapidity of newspaper cut-backs, and blogging has been none-existent. Details forthcoming soon, but, if there are still any readers out there for this blog, here's some information you probably already knew: the market is in the tank.

A handful of houses have gone to contract in the past 21 days, some at impressive prices, but the trend is dismal. 215 house price reductions, some by millions of dolllars, vs. 44 contracts. Interestingly, and as a sign that sellers new to the market still don't get it, 205 new listings have come to market in that same period and, to my eye, the vast majority are grossly (which I define as in excess of 10% of their eventual selling price) over-priced. I've finally gotten smart and started refusing over-priced listings - why waste time and money marketing them when they aren't going anywhere? There are still agents out there who will take a listing, any listing, at any price. One house I turned down because I valued it at $1,495,000 to, in their dreams, $1,695,000, was just listed by another agent at $2,000,000. That's just crazy, and I want no part of it. A house I mentioned in an earlier column as insanely priced at $6,000,000 finally went to contract somewhere in the $3,000,000s. That agent spent over a year holding open houses, paying for full-sized ads and showing the damn thing when the only thing that was ever going to work was getting the price to its proper level. Buyers aren't stupid and in fact, they're growing more stubborn every day, no doubt because they go home each night and read more scary headlines about the housing market. We're not in a free fall, but if ever there was a time to aggressively price your house, this ain't it.

UBS Leaving Town?
That's the rumor that's reported in today's daily and if it's true (or even if the prediction of a 500 employee layoff s true), it doesn't bode well for our immediate future. Lots of the support staff for UBS probably lives in Shelton and points north, but a lot of the higher level folks bought homes in Greenwich. Just what we need: more inventory.

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It Looks Like The Greenwich Post Created A Formidable Competitor By Kowtowing To Greenwich Realtors Who Want To Hide Market Weakness From Greenwich Post Readers.

The Publisher Of The Greenwich Post Should Ask Himself, "Was The Threatened Temporary Loss Of A Few Real Estate Ads Worth Having A New Newspaper Website In Greenwich?"

06/26/08 Estate Like Living With Condo Convienance Just Blocks From Greenwich Avenue

GREENWICH, CONN. REAL ESTATE

New York Post

By VICTOR WISHNA

$6.35 MILLION

When you hear "downtown" living, you probably aren't expecting a 5,870-square-

foot, two-level French-style home in a gated community. But this is downtown Greenwich, and the Lily's Path community offers estate-like living (with condo-like privacy, security and upkeep) just two blocks from the commercial center of Greenwich Avenue ("the Madison Avenue of Connecticut"). There are four bedrooms, 4½ bathrooms and all the large entertaining rooms and touches you would expect in the suburbs (like a paneled library, media room, eat-in kitchen and four fireplaces), plus two outdoor patios and an "exclusive" English garden surrounding the entire home. Oh, and it has its own elevator, too. That does seem a bit more downtown-ish.

Agent: Dianne Orlando

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

(203) 629-0040

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06/26/08 It's Going To Be Harder For The Hartford Courant To Scoop The Greenwich Time

The Hartford Courant Announces Deep Job Cuts
Hartford Courant

The Hartford Courant said today it will cut its newsroom staff and the number of pages of news by 25 percent as the newspaper struggles with an industrywide decline in advertising.

Nearly 60 jobs will be eliminated, most by July 31, as The Courant reduces its newsroom staff from 232 to about 175.

The cuts are part of a decision by The Courant's parent company, Chicago-based Tribune Co., to "right-size" the nine newspapers in its publishing division. Tribune said its newspapers must deliver to readers and advertisers more of what they want, including, in the news pages, more maps, charts and lists.

The number of pages devoted to news in The Courant will fall to 206 a week, from 273. At the end of September, the newspaper will roll out sweeping changes in design and presentation, including possible combinations of some sections. Those changes are still being worked out.

Newsroom employees will be offered voluntary buyouts to achieve the staff reduction, but layoffs are also possible. Four of the jobs are now vacant.

"Our newspaper has a long history and I believe a solid future, but only if we fully grasp that the business has changed fundamentally," publisher and CEO Stephen D. Carver said in a memo to the staff. "We're redesigning the newspaper with the goal of making it sleeker, smarter and more relevant to our readers' lives. Unfortunately, the redesign will impact news staffing levels in order to reflect our new business model." ...

Hartford Courant to cut staff and pages
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Hartford Courant plans job cuts
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06/26/08 Hartford Courant: Lawsuit accuses the Miltons and Weyand of mismanaging SageCrest and failing to provide audited financial for several years

Investor accuses Greenwich hedge fund of siphoning off money

Hartford Courant

An investor has sued a Greenwich hedge fund management firm, accusing its operators of siphoning off money and enriching themselves at the expense of investors.

Westerly Capital sued Windmill Management LLC, manager of SageCrest hedge fund, and operators Alan and Philip Milton and Richard Weyand in Stamford Superior Court earlier this month.

It is demanding an accounting of money that has been lost and accuses the operators of Windmill of overvaluing fund assets "in furtherance of a scheme and/or course of conduct designed to personally enrich themselves even if this proved detrimental to the fund and its investors."

Full Story: Hartford Courant

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06/26/08 Hartford Courant: Greenwich Entertainment Coverage

"Climate Change: From Snowball Earth to Global Warming" at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich explores the extinction of some plants and animals like the Golden Toad, pictured here.

Global Warming Exhibit At Bruce Museum

Hartford Courant

In a Courant editorial in 1897, editor Charles Dudley Warner wrote: 'Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.' The Bruce Museum in Greenwich is talking about it and illustrating it, too, in its exhibit "Climate Change: From Snowball Earth to Global Warming."

The show, which opens Saturday and runs through Nov. 9, looks at theories of climate change and the science used to create models of global warming.

Weather changes day to day, but climate looks at the averages expected over a longer period.

The show looks at climate changes over millions of years, from "snowball Earth" 700 million years ago to the subtropical temperatures that lasted for 60 million years and ended about 45 million years ago. A model of the museum's "Ecosphere," above, will be on display, showing the interdependence of plant and animal life....

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06/26/08 Greenwich Time News Headlines For Thursday

Towns join forces to pay less for fuel By Stephen P. Clark, Wynne Parry and Alexandra Fenwick Staff Writers As motorists endure record gas prices, lower Fairfield County municipalities are locking in rates to save money on fueling public vehicles. While area gasoline prices have topped $4.50 per gallon, Stamford, Norwalk and Greenwich and other municipalities are paying as little as $2.57 per gallon for gas and $2.62 per gallon for diesel fuel. These municipalities are part of a joint bidding program that lowers prices, reduces administrative costs, and improves quality control.... ...That's what Greenwich did this month for diesel fuel. It will pay $4.06 starting July 1. Greenwich still uses gas purchased through SWRPA. In January, the town renewed its gasoline contract and has been paying $2.69 per gallon since February, which is locked in until the year's end. Greenwich Director of Purchasing and Administrative Services Joan Sullivan said she waited to lock in a diesel price because it typically drops later in the year. "We kept hoping that the market was going to improve for diesel, and it didn't," she said.... Officials await news on UBS STAMFORD - Local and state officials were taking a wait-and-see approach yesterday to rumors of a potential takeover of banking giant UBS AG - a cornerstone of the city's financial industry - by British rival HSBC Holdings.... Byram building plan stalls Lingering concerns helped to stall a developer's plan to bring a new office building to Byram. The project failed to gain the support of the Planning and Zoning Commission late Tuesday night after several commissioners cited concerns over the potential traffic, building design and public access to the waterfront.... Residents raise the roof over tennis facility Although tennis players may be pleased to have an off-season facility, a number of residents are not happy with the prospect of a bubble rising in their neighborhood... A perfect season in Cos Cob Andrew McCausland is good at math but he has no plans to be a mathematician. Instead, the 11-year-old Cos Cob student has his eyes set on becoming a financial investor... More police, staff at islands As the Fourth of July weekend approaches, First Selectman Peter Tesei is ordering additional police patrols and increased staffing out at Island Beach and Great Captains Island... Questions remain in boy's drowning Whether Zachary Archer Cohn's drowning after getting caught in a suction drain in his family pool will result in criminal arrests or was a terrible accident remains unanswered by Greenwich Police investigating his death... Parks supervisor reinstated A parks supervisor who was fired by the town last summer for ordering a swastika to be painted on the desk of a subordinate has been awarded his job back with back pay by an arbitrator... Teufel gets call to hall Some may be jumping off the New York Mets' bandwagon, but Tim Teufel isn't one of them. Teufel, the Greenwich native who went on to play six seasons for the Mets and was a member of the 1986 World Series championship team, still bleeds orange and blue... CL&P to launch town upgrades Connecticut Light and Power Co.said Wednesday it will begin $6.5 million in upgrades to the town's electrical system to provide more reliable service for Greenwich customers... Indian Harbor edges Garden Catering In the playoffs, where every game and each passing inning can bring a team a step closer to a championship, there's not a huge need for additional motivation.... In a private world of poignant memories Two memories - one about a father, the other about a grandfather: In the afternoon, it grew dark. The cartoonist looked out of the school windows at the dancing trees, then turned back to the easel and stared at the paper... The Mianus Bridge and state DOT With the anniversary of the Mianus River Bridge collapse 25 years ago this week, it is important to respectfully remember the individuals who were killed, and how people from all sectors responded to the tragedy and its aftermath.... Issues involving ferry access being blurred To the editor: Greenwich Time, June 15: " 'I don't think the lifting of the restriction had anything to do with the Kempner case or concerns about the town's standing legally on the beach policy - or any restriction which was in conflict with the Supreme Court case,' [Town Attorney John Wayne] Fox said. Greenwich Time, June 17: "Reverting to a policy that restricts nonresidents from riding town ferries unless they are accompanied by a resident would be impossible to justify if challenged in court, First Selectman Peter Tesei said yesterday." Any questions? I'm so glad that our then-first selectman and town attorney got together in secret last year to decide what is the best policy for Island Beach. I'm equally happy that the new first selectman chose to implement the policy. Now seriously, what does Peter Tesei mean by "reverting?" Is he saying that if we had never changed the policy (at that point only two days old), it would be OK, but reverting is a problem? Would "maintaining" the policy be a problem? (No, according to the town attorney.) Lots of questions about this policy change. Nitpicking like this would not be necessary if this policy were debated publicly, but all our officials have provided are snippets. The way this was handled is disgraceful. John Bowman Byram Complete review of arts center plan is required Residents ought to decide on island access

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06/26/08 Greenwich Post News Headlines for Thursday

Graduates say goodbye to Greenwich High School

Despite gray skies that opened up to rain on Wednesday night, there was cause to celebrate as Greenwich High School held its 139th commencement ceremony.

The rain forced the ceremony indoors, splitting the class in two graduating groups, but each of the celebrations was upbeat as the gymnasium filled with relatives carrying balloons and flowers.

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• Veterans salute is on Saturday
  
  Greenwich resident Jim Carrier, chairman of the Veterans Appreciation Council, which is sponsoring the event as it has every year, told the Post last ...
  
  
  Porricellis may appeal ruling
  
  A state superior court ruling might have gone against him, but Old Greenwich supermarket owner Gerald Porricelli is leaning toward carrying on his fight to ...

  Schools won’t decide about Glenville demo until July

  Derby Days: Soap box tradition returns
  
  Jay Ragusa, winner of the Senior Division Races in 1983 and 1984, told the Post he remembers how the town closed down the Greenwich Avenue for the races. ...

  Town’s legislators criticize ‘do nothing’ Democrats

  Academy graduates share love of Jewish culture

  Adult day care center opens doors to ‘River House’
  
  “This will be a center used by generations of seniors to come,” First Selectman Peter Tesei said in his speech at the grand opening of Greenwich Adult Day ...

  Lile Gibbons seeks fifth term

  Teufel to be newest member of Fairfield County Hall of Fame
  
  Despite being more than 1000 miles away from his hometown, Greenwich native Tim Teufel will always have a special place right here in Connecticut. ...

  Slew of GHS athletes net FCIAC honors

  Busy times for Redbird 14s

  YWCA offers new tennis program

  Post 29 senior legion looking to state tourney

  ‘Banner’ season for GHS ruggers

  Loh ‘closes’ book on Bulldogs

  Second verse same as the first

  This Weekend

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06/26/08 Editor Don Harrison Says Thay He Can't Update Greenwich Citizen Website For A Week, Because He Is Too Busy Writing This Weeks Editorial

Greenwich Citizen Editor
Don Harrison
Wants To Brand
Greenwich Democrats

Greenwich Residents have flooded Greenwich Citizen Editor Don Harrison with email complaints about having to read the same news stories over and over at the Greenwich Citizen for 7 days.

These complaining Greenwich Residents were shocked when Mr. Harrison responded that he had not updated the website, because he had been working hard on his latest editorial calling for the branding of registered Greenwich Democrats.

In fact, the always late newspaper editor was so proud of his latest editorial that he gave the residents who complained about his rarely updated website a sneak peek at this Friday's Greenwich Citizen Editorial.

It's Time To Start Branding Greenwich Democrats

When are the Republican's in this town going to start requiring that registered Democrats be branded with a letter 'D' in order to tell them apart from "real Greenwich residents."

The number of Democrats in town are increasing. Everyday, they are even walking among us on Greenwich Avenue, and we don't even know it.

Democrats send children to our schools. They ride the beach ferry. They pee in Town Hall toilets.

They even voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama!!!!

The Greenwich Citizen thinks that is high time that every voting district in Greenwich would be assigned a District Branding Officer, who would be equipped with a red hot branding iron containing a 2 1/2" high big letter 'D' on a 12" long safety handle.

As Greenwich voters declared their party affiliation at the polls this November, Democrats would be branded before being allowed to vote.

This branding proposal is really not as radical as it sounds, because a lot of these Greenwich Democrats already have tattoos already.

To be fair Democrats should be able to pick where they want the branded.

Greenwich Democrats should not have a District Branding Officer slap a big 'D' on their forehead if they don't want it there.

Further each voting district should have on ambulance from GEMS on hand in case things don't go well with the branding.

Of coarse, they should be Registered Republican - GEMS Emergency Medical Technicians.

The Greenwich Democratic Chairman will probably file a federal lawsuit alleging that the practice "may violate the civil rights of some Democrats.

Don't worry Town Attorney John Wayne Fox will spend hundreds of thousands of your tax dollars to fight any legal challenges.

The town attorney has plenty of legal friends who are more that willing to get big bucks for defending the towns right to give town Democrats a red hot iron to the ass.

If the town successfully implements the Greenwich Citizen's branding proposal, then the Citizen will advocate a second proposal to castrate all Green Party men next year.

There is no reason to use public funds for the branding and castrations.,

It will be easy to raise back country Republican private money for the efforts.

Greenwich must remain Republican at all Costs !!!!

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06/26/06 Greenwich Library News

Fairfield House Condos

When: Thursday June 26th, 2008 - 06:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Meeting Room

Annual meeting

This event is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Greenwich Library.

Greenwich Library | Today's Events - http://www.greenwichlibrary.org

06/25/08 This Is why it is dangerous for the Greenwich Time And The Other Free Newspapers To Ignore Gang Related Violence

Front Line Stamford Police Officers
Say that parts of the city
are Turning Into Fort Apache The Bronx

Two Shootings Inside Of Two Days

In An East Side West Side Turf War

In the Last 48 Hours there have been two shootings with teen victims.

The first shooting occurred early Sunday morning on the 200 block of Connecticut Ave. Investigators say an 18-year-old was shot in the wrist. He was treated and released from the hospital.

The second shooting happened around 11 p.m. Monday, an 18-year-old was shot four times on Custer Street. The shots hit him in the arms and legs. Police say the wounds are not life threatening.

Detectives say they aren't getting cooperation from victims or witnesses. They say they were even met with hostility while investigating.

Gee Wiz, You mean that out of control gang members don't cooperate with police while they are in middle of a turf war.

The Latest....

Here is the Advocates report of the first shooting:

Police blotter Man shot in arm. Police yesterday were investigating gunshots that wounded an 18-year-old Stamford man just before 1 a.m. in the 200 block of Connecticut Avenue. The man was standing with one of several groups in the street after a graduation party when he was shot in the forearm, Sgt. Paul Guzda said. His wound was not life-threatening and he was admitted to Stamford Hospital for observation, Guzda said. Police were investigating the source of the shots. As many as three were reported, Guzda said. He could not say whether the man was targeted....

"Payback Is A Bitch"

Here is The Advocates report of the second shooting:

Man shot four times on East Side

STAMFORD - An unidentified 18-year-old Stamford man was shot four times on Custer Street on Monday night, police said.

He was taken to Stamford Hospital and remained there yesterday. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, said Lt. Sean Cooney, a department spokesman.

Cooney said police received several calls about 11:15 p.m. that shots were being fired on the 100-block of Custer Street, near the Lawnhill Terrace housing development. When police arrived, they found about 30 people.

"We were confronted with a rather hostile crowd at the scene, which made it very difficult to restore order, establish a crime scene and render aid to the victim," he said...

The Facts In The Stamford Case Are:

• Both victims are 18 year old males.
• Both victims live in Stamford
• Both victims claim not to know who shot them
• Both victims claim not to know why they were shot

Stamford Detectives are investigating the gang turf war.

Please read about the down town Gang Fight that police officers interrupted just days before:

06/21/08 - Gang Violence Comes To Down Town Greenwich

There is a rumor going around town that at least one of the five armed men arrested by Greenwich Police is affiliated with one of the factions involved in the Stamford turf war.

Please Also See:

06/24/08 Last Year Aggravated Assaults In Greenwich Shot Up 46%

Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg has his head in the sand when he asserts that gang activity stops at the Stamford/Greenwich and the Port Chester/Greenwich boarder.

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06/25/08 Don't Drink The Water !!!

ShopRite pulls Nestl water bottles off shelves, may be contaminated

Thehour.com

JILL BODACH
Hour Staff Writer

Greenwich-based Nestl issued a recall Tuesday of its one-gallon Nestl Pure Life Purified Drinking Water sold in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania Shop-Rite ...

ALSO:

Recall -- Firm Press Release

FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company.

Recall of Nestlé Pure Life Purified Water

Contact:
Nestlé Pure Life
866-599-8980

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- (GREENWICH, Connecticut, June 24, 2008) – This announces a product recall for the one-gallon Nestlé Pure Life Purified Drinking Water sold ONLY in Shop-Rite stores in the five Northeast states of Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. This affects ONLY the one-gallon size.

Fewer than 150 one-gallon bottles of Nestlé Pure Life Purified Water are implicated, produced in a short timeframe on May 5, 2008 between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM. The product date code is printed on the shoulder of one-gallon bottles. The code is:

First line…………050508126WF024
Second line……... Starts with the numbers "08"
For example: 0801BB05/2010

The product in question may contain a diluted form of a common food grade cleaning compound...

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06/25/08 Judge Judy Needs To Pay Her Taxes ???????

Locals Taxing to Judy

Snooty residents of Greenwich, Conn., are trying to make trouble for “Judge Judy” Sheindlin.

The tony town’s tax office launched a probe after a homeowner complained the famed TV jurist wasn’t paying thousands in local taxes on a new convertible she bought from Bentley of Greenwich by keeping its registration in Florida.

But tax appraiser Ali Karimi told us Sheindlin is innocent and owes no tax because she’s in Greenwich only part of the year - well under the six-month cutoff. Still, the harassment left a bad taste in the mouth of Sheindlin, who’s wed to “Judge Jerry” Sheindlin.

She told Page Six: “Jerry and I are residents of Naples, Florida, and spend our summers in Connecticut to be close to our children and grandchildren.

While in Connecticut, we are involved in our community. It’s too bad that some folks have nothing better to do than to try to make trouble when there is none.

Full Story: New York Post

05/25/08 Greenwich Post News Links For Wednesday

Academy graduates share love of Jewish culture

Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy held its eighth grade graduation on June 16.

Each of the nine graduating students gave a speech to fellow classmates, families, faculty and graduation guests. They spoke about life lessons they have learned through their studies at the academy. Topics included friendship, diversity, leadership, sportsmanship and love for Israel.

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• Adult day care center opens doors to ‘River House’

• Lile Gibbons seeks fifth term

• Land Trust announces bill providing tax incentives

• Senate takes aim at cruise crime

• Sports -
  

  • Post 29 senior legion looking to state tourney

  • ‘Banner’ season for GHS ruggers

  • Loh ‘closes’ book on Bulldogs

  • Second verse same as the first

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06/25/08 Greenwich Time News Links For Wednesday

Gas prices latest incentive to work from home Maria Venneri of North Stamford filled the tank of her Jeep Wrangler for $70 last week. The good news is her gasoline bill is 50 percent lower now that she works from home one or two days a week. Teufel gets call to hall Some may be jumping off the New York Mets' bandwagon, but Tim Teufel isn't one of them. Teufel, the Greenwich native who went on to play six seasons for the Mets and was a member of the 1986 World Series championship team, still bleeds orange and blue. Parks supervisor reinstated A parks supervisor who was fired by the town last summer for ordering a swastika to be painted on the desk of a subordinate has been awarded his job back with back pay by an arbitrator. Questions remain in boy's drowning Whether Zachary Archer Cohn's drowning after getting caught in a suction drain in his family pool will result in criminal arrests or was a terrible accident remains unanswered by Greenwich Police investigating his death. Farm bill gives Land Trust hope One member of the Greenwich Land Trust sees tax changes brought about by the recently approved federal farm bill as a "window of opportunity. Church helps disaster victims Although last month's devastating cyclone in Myanmar and deadly earthquake in China may no longer dominate the news, one Greenwich community never stopped thinking about the victims. Town tests emergency flu plan Testing an emergency flu pandemic plan has made local health officials more aware of what is needed to contain an outbreak. Whitnum pushes for debate with Himes Now that she's on the ballot for a congressional primary, Greenwich Democrat Lee Whitnum is trying to turn up the heat on party endorsee Jim Himes to accept a head-to-head debate. Town fights court ruling on lawyer briefing Greenwich is fighting a judge's recent ruling that the town make public a pair of internal memos from town attorneys briefing the first selectman and other municipal officials on litigation. Rays rally to extend Cal Ripken series The Rays would love to relive the fifth inning of last night's Cal Ripken League showdown against the Braves. Main squeeze Whatever the state of the economy, when summer comes, children from toddlers to teenagers rev up their entrepeneurial instincts and get to work making and selling lemonade. Pursuit of lower mpg has dangers In congested Fairfield County, the concept of "sharing the road" isn't exactly a foreign one. But if gasoline prices remain where they are or climb even higher, the nature of who's doing the sharing will evolve - a process that has already begun. Entertainment has hit some high notes Swerving from a discussion on Russian literature and the bleak outlook for the New York Mets baseball team, the self-appointed master of the revels at our luncheon group tossed up a typically irrelevant but provocative invitation: Off hand, name a few entertainment events, whether amusing or serious, that endure in your memory. On offer: curious items linked to town Many things in life are not worth a wooden nickel, but if you want a wooden nickel from Greenwich, it will cost at least $4. Forgotten honors for once-prominent men Sometimes names stick; other times they don't. That's true whether you're dealing with good ones or bad. Ninety years of experiences, novel result Tina Bishop is an old friend, a former next-door neighbor and an engaging conversationalist. She is the possessor of a shrewd sense of humor, which is a good thing to have if you set out to be a conversationalist. Impression made by colleagues of past The Page One story and photo about the preserved Twachtman house on Mayfair Lane (June 12) was a reminder of a happy association I had with one of that clan, a one-time fellow Greenwich Time staffer. Need for more energy can't be avoided I'll admit it. I picked on Selectman Peter Crumbine. I was happy to see him in the room, I told members of the Northwest Greenwich Association. Complete review of arts center plan is required To the editor: Many of your readers are familiar with the concept of "highest and best use," as fundamental to real estate valuation as "supply and demand" is to economics in general. Residents ought to decide on island access Secret change in ferry policy typical of Lash Town reverses progress on trash disposal ================================================= Please send your comments to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com

06/23/08 Bill Nickerson, Livvy Floren, Claudia Powers, Lile Gibbons Are Insensitive And Greedy Bastards Who Tried And Failed To Stick It To The Poor

MEET THE BIG LOSERS WHO TRIED AND FAILED TO CHEAT THE WORKING POOR OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL GREENWICH.

Bill "Let's Send The Working Poor To A Homeless Shelter" Nickerson tries to screw over working-class people and their families.

Short-sighted legislator Livvy "Send The Kids To The Food Pantry" Floren doesn't want to help lift people out of poverty,

Cheapskate Claudia "Dolly Wants Kids To Go Hungry" Powers didn't want to give a 35 cent raise to Greenwich families that work two or three minimum wage jobs to put food on the table.

The the gap between rich and poor has been growing, because of failed legislators like Lile "I don't care about the working poor" Gibbons.

General Assembly overrides minimum wage veto
Hartford Courant
The change will make Connecticut's minimum wage among the nation's highest. "It's a simple matter of equity," said Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, ...

Conn. legislature overrides minimum wage veto
BusinessWeek

Rell's Minimum-Wage Veto Overridden
TheDay

Democrats override minimum wage veto
Danbury News Times

Hartford Courant

06/24/08 The Boys At The Greenwich Time Are On Fire Today - Here Is Another Breaking News Story! Where's The Greenwich Citizen And The Greenwich Post?

Neil Gets A News Scoop !!!!

Town employee in swastika incident to get job back, union says.

By Neil Vigdor
Greenwich Time Staff Writer

Article Launched: 06/24/2008 02:44:28 PM EDT

A parks supervisor who was fired by the town last summer for ordering a swastika to be painted on the desk of a subordinate has been awarded his job back by an arbitrator...

...In addition to getting his job back, Whitcomb was awarded back pay from the time he was fired, minus 30 days of wages for a suspension and any employment he collected while on leave, his union said.

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This is the second Greenwich Time Breaking News story today.

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• 06.24/08 Call Ripley's Believe It Or Not: Greenwich Time Crime Reporter Martin B. Cassidy Goes Out On The Streets And Finds Crime In Greenwich

Do you think the new Greenwich Time editor David Warner was kicking butts and taking names today?

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• Last Year Aggravated Assaults In Greenwich Shot Up 46%

The Greenwich Citizen Will Probably Get The Story On Their Web Site In About A Week Or So

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• GREENWICH CITIZEN WEBSITE VISITORS ARE ANNOYED BY "ALL THE NEWS" ON OTHER LOCAL WEBSITES

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06/24/08 Call Ripley's Believe It Or Not: Greenwich Time Crime Reporter Martin B. Cassidy Goes Out On The Streets And Finds Crime In Greenwich

GREENWICH THEFT AUTO
GAME OVER FOR
OSCAR MACIEL
AND KELSEY CURLEY

Car heist suspects chased down in Byram

Two nabbed after Byram chase

Martin B. Cassidy

Article Launched: 06/24/2008 12:15:55 PM EDT

Greenwich Police caught a pair of alleged car thieves before dawn this morning after a car and foot chase through downtown Byram.

Police responded at 4:57 a.m. to the reported theft of a grey Ford pickup truck from a Pemberwick Road home. The officers then spotted the truck at the intersection of Byram Road and West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich Police Lt. Richard Cochran said.

With police in pursuit, the truck drove onto West Putnam Avenue, back onto Byram Road and pulling over near Sherman Avenue, Cochran said.

The car raced away onto Byram Road when officers approached on foot, speeding through several stop signs before pulling into the driveway of a commercial building at 216 Byram Road, Cochran said.

A foot chase ensued, with police finding a male suspect hiding under a fallen tree near Hartford Avenue, Cochran said....

Please Read The Full Greenwich Time Crime Story

Byram Police Officers Show Teen That

Grand Theft Auto Is Not A Game

....Oscar Maciel, 19, of Townsend Road, Port Chester, N.Y., and Kelsey Curley, 18, of Greenwich, were each charged with second-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit second-degree larceny, criminal attempt at second-degree larceny, and interfering with a police officer....

But Here Is The Punch Line:

If you steal a vehicle and get involved in a police chase where you run several stop signs abandon the vehicle and force the police to continue pursuit in a foot chase and get caught hiding under a tree you get a $10,000 bond.

But if you are the infamous Greenwich High School water balloon boy who talked back to the school resource officer you get 50,000 volts from a taser and a $50,000 Bond

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06/07/08 Hey, Assistant States Attorney Steve Weiss, This Is Why It Was Dangerous For The Greenwich Police To Use A Taser Three Times On A Greenwich High School Student

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06/22/08 Greenwich Post News Links For Tuesday

Local Conservation Group Celebrates The Federal Farm Bill,
Because They Hope To Get More Land.

Local Farmer Gets No Money From The Federal Farm Bill.

He Gets To Lose His Land At An Auction !!!!

Land Trust announces bill providing tax incentives

The recent renewal of federal legislation that provides tax incentives for conservation is expected to encourage further donation of open space by landowners. The tax incentive for voluntary conservation agreements in the Farm Bill, passed on May 22, is retroactive to the beginning of the year and will last through 2009. “The Greenwich Land Trust and land trusts nationwide are celebrating this legislative victory,” said Bill Boysen, president of the Greenwich Land Trust. “By protecting our communities’ natural resources on private land, landowners can play a critical role in preserving Greenwich’s natural heritage for future generations.....”

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06/24/08 GREENWICH CITIZEN WEBSITE VISITORS ARE ANNOYED BY "ALL THE NEWS" ON OTHER LOCAL WEBSITES

Greenwich Citizen On-line Visitors Are Clueless

Web's Breaking News Threatens
Greenwich Citizen Reader's Local
And World Views

The profusion of international news available on the Internet has made it increasingly difficult for wealth Greenwich residents to ignore the rest of the world, a trend local observers say threatens Greenwichite's long, proud history of disregarding anything not about them.

With all the newspapers and multi-cultural sites, the Internet is making it almost impossible for the country club set to remain uninformed and apathetic.

However, these uniformed rich folks are repeatedly comforted by the rarely updated, Greenwich Citizen News web Site.

For four days the Greenwich Citizen has had the same old lead story up on the web.

In 5-0 Vote, P&Z Gives Stanwich/Reform Synagogue

...Among those speaking against the development were Blair Murphy, a neighbor and RTM-8 delegate; Mary Lou Lange of a neighborhood group questioning the project and raising contentious issues, and Dr. Michael H. Doll, a consultant scientist hired by the neighbors to address thorny issues dealing with traffic, flooding, sewage and size.

"I have spent some time researching the problems (and providing you with my findings). Based upon my research, the proposed Stanwich School expansion is fraught with problems and risks and should be rejected.

"I think everyone agrees this is a great school; however, it is rather disturbing the Stanwich School is so cavalier with their 'trust us' and 'take a leap of faith' attitude.

"All aspects of this expansion need to be thoroughly investigated, not just glossed over because it's a great school. As proposed, this project will have an enormous and possibly disastrous impact on our Town."....

Please reread the same old four day old Greenwich Citizen Web news story

Sensing a market opportunity, Net Nanny, makers of Net Nanny filtering software, contacted the Greenwich Citizen this week about introducing NetNarrow, a product that automatically filters out content that appears to be breaking news.

The Net Narrow software developer was heard to say,"Most Greenwich Citizen Web Site visitors think that the Internet is called America Online, right? Were going to make a killing protecting Greenwich Citizen readers from breaking and hard hitting news."

On back country resident welcomed the new NetNarrow service saying,"Yesterday, for instance, I heard that School Superintendent Betty Sternberg had went on medical leave 10 days ago, so I went on AOL looking for information about the public schools, OK, and I go to the London Times site and it's not even there."

"Good Lord, no wonder those guys lost the war and had to give Hong Kong back to China", the annoyed wealthy resident continued.

"Thank Goodness I can still read about this two week old story at the Greenwich Citizen, the reassured contry club jet setter added, "I think Betty and her crew are doing a great job with those poor kids at Glenville and Hamilton Avenue Schools."

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Sternberg on Medical Leave to Mid-August

Last Friday, Superintendent of Greenwich Public Schools Dr. Betty Sternberg took a medical leave of absence until mid-August.

Her medical issues were not known. But she said, "I have every expectation that I will be returning in mid-August, and I don't expect that a beat will be missed."...

THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY
AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE
UNINFORMED !!!

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