12/01/08 The Raw Greenwich RSS And Blog Feed

Greenwich Guy Is Willing To Give Up The Civil Rights That Others Have Paid For By Making The Ultimate Sacrifice For Their Counrty

A Wake up Call - They are more worried about the rights of the evil ones than keeping us safe from them. Their platform included closing Gitmo, immediate withdrawal from Iraq, and reducing our ability, through surveillance, to track domestic threats associated with terrorists abroad.


Americans made an enormous mistake on November 4th. I pray we do not pay an incredible price. It cannot be denied that we will become more vulnerable under Obama and his polices. I have no doubt that many people are second guessing their vote today. They got caught up in the euphoria that is Obama and were not thinking clearly. Let's hope we don't pay a heavy price.

The economy is bad. No doubt. But our security should always be job one. Without it we have nothing.

COMMENT:

Hold On There Cowboy.

You Have Once Again Watching A Little Too Much Of Rupert Murdock's "Fair And Balanced" Reporting On The Fox Cable Station.

This Has Occurred On W's Watch And There Were Early Warnings Of A Possible Attack.

Kind Of Sounds Like 9/11 All Over Again.

Let's Hope An Obama Administration Will Be Able To Improve Cooperation And Intelligence Gathering That Will Prevent This Senseless Killing Of Innocents And Destroy Terrorist Networks.

Unfortunately We Have Been Sidetracked In A Seven Year A Multi-Trillion Dolar Wild Goose Chase To Destroy Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Iraq.

W's Side Trip Into Iraq For Weapons Of Mass Destruction That Did Not Exist Has Increased The Rank's Of Bin Laden's Followers Instead Of Destroying His Terrorist Network.

In Fact, We Are Now Told That Afghanistan Is Now At A Tipping Point, Because We Have Been So Busy Burning 10 Billion A Week In Iraq.

The Germans Were Defeated, The Holocaust Was Stopped, We Developed Atomic Weapons And Deployed Them Twice In About Half The Time That It Took To Gear Up For, Invade And Get Stuck In A Stalemate In Iraq.

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12/01/08 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: Petty Rebecca Fretty

Here's a look at the the YMCA in Greenwich

Y -you are welcome to join us, but no wheelchairs
allowed. You can limp or crawl. We don't care.

M -make a date to swim in our handicapped...
IF we allow you to use it late next year.


C - could you all give this ADA stuff a rest? Rebecca
Fretty thinks the rules and laws apply to everyone
except the Greenwich YMCA. She might want to
wake up before the members can her fat ass.

A- Accessibility is relative. Does
Rebecca Fretty need a ramp to
get into her office? I would guess not,
but she has made it impossible for
paying members to use the facilities.

And she has proven to be a first class discriminatory witch with a bad attitude.

Our YMCA doesn't need this negative press....it is against the mission statement of this YMCA and every other one.

Get rid of Petty Fretty who aint looking too pretty and focus on the WHOLE COMMUNITY at Christmas.

From,
Member YMCA since 1991
but going to move membership to New Canaan YMCA.

PLEASE SEE:

12/01/08 Rebecca Fretty Brings Refreshments Outside To The Terrace Following ADA Compliance Controversy

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12/01/08 Rebecca Fretty Brings Refreshments Outside To The Terrace Following ADA Compliance Controversy

Handicapped Greenwich Residents Are Invited To YMCA As They Host Tree Lighting. Later Wheelchair Bound Greenwich Residents Will Be Left Out In The Cold As Everyone Else Is Able To Go Inside

The Discriminatory Greenwich Family Your 40 Million Can't provide Access will host its first annual "What Would Jesus Do" tree lighting ceremony on its front lawn, beginning at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.

Children from the Non- ADA Compliant YMCA Childcare Center and The Chinese Language School of Connecticut will sing holiday songs.

Officiants from Temple Sholom in Greenwich will also offer a symbolic Menorah lighting and prayer at the building that excludes some the crippled members of Greenwich society.

Maybe the Rabbi from Temple Shalom can mention The Holocaust is normally associated with the slaughter of six million Jews, but several other sections of society were also victims of Nazi persecution including gays, Gypsies black people and the handicapped.

Rebecca "Forget About A Temporary Ramp" Fretty, YMCA president and chief executive officer, will give a welcome speech at 5:35 p.m., followed by the tree lighting at 5:40 p.m. Refreshments will be served on the YMCA terrace following the ceremony.

$40,000,000

And They Can't Spend

$18,000

On A Ramp

Shame, Shame, Shame On

Rebecca "Forget About A Temporary Ramp" Fretty

Before The Good Rabbi Of Temple Shalom Lets The Menorah Be Symbolically Lit At The Greenwich YMCA, Maybe He Can Can Pay Tribute To The The 200,000 Disabled Slaughtered By The Nazis

As we approach Holocaust memorial day on January 27th, Let us pay tribute to the estimated 200,000 disabled people who were killed by the Nazis.

Nazi ideology towards disability can be traced back to a distorted understanding of Darwin’s ground-breaking scientific work Origin of Species, published in 1859. The Nazis seized on Darwin’s theory of natural selection and misinterpreted it by applying it to human society.

They wanted to create a “master race” and saw disabled people as “unfit” to reproduce. Hitler was obsessed with the concept of racial purity and anyone deemed “inferior” or “weak” was believed to contaminate the “purity” of the gene pool.

The Nazis claimed that the existence of disabled people weakened society’s ability to operate efficiently and that the social and economic problems Germany suffered in the 1920s and 30s were partly caused by the burden of supporting disabled people.

The Nazi belived that doing things like requiring youth and family organizations to erect a temporary ramp for the crippled would weaken a non-profit organization's ability to operate efficently and that it was a burden for these groups to have to support the disabled.

Soon after coming to power the Nazis began issuing anti-disability propaganda. One poster shows images of disabled people with the caption “deformed”. Another has the words: “God cannot want the sick and ailing to reproduce”. Disabled people were often referred to as “useless eaters” and “lives unworthy of life”.

In July 1933, the Nazis passed “The law for the prevention of progeny with hereditary disease” which ordered the sterilisation of all people with conditions that the Nazis regarded as hereditary including visual and hearing impairments, physical and learning disabilities, mental illness and epilepsy. More than 17,000 deaf people alone are believed to have been sterilised during the Nazi regime. Often disabled children were handed over to the authorities by their teachers. Two years later, doctors were given the legal right to carry out forced abortions if they suspected that a foetus was disabled.

However, the compulsory sterilisation of disabled people and forced abortions were just the start. In 1939, the Nazis went one step further and set out to eradicate disabled people altogether. Newborn babies with physical or mental disabilities were removed from their parents, taken to special wards and killed by lethal injection or starvation. In most cases, the parents were told that their children had died of natural causes.

Under a policy known as the T4 Program, disabled people living in care homes were transported to six killing centres, the most notorious of which were Hartheim Castle in Austria and Hadamar near Wiesbaden in Germany. The victims were undressed, given a superficial medical examination and taken to a “shower” room, 60 at a time. Poison gas was then pumped into the room. Once the bodies had been collected, they were dissected and organs removed for medical research. The discarded corpses were incinerated.

From the outside Hadamar looked like a factory and at its height it employed more than 100 staff. It is estimated that 70,000 disabled people had been killed under the T4 Program by the end of 1941. Many ordinary doctors, administrators, lawyers, carers, teachers, religious organisations and relatives were either directly involved or complicit in the removal of disabled people.

A Nazi propaganda film from this time depicts a husband carrying out a “mercy killing” of his disabled wife and using Nazi arguments to justify his action.

In many ways, the T4 Program was a precursor and rehearsal for the even more widespread killing of Jewish people in the second half of World War Two. The poison gas installations resembling shower stalls used at Hadamar and the other killing centres were early versions of the technology later found in the major concentration camps. Evidence also suggests that staff from the T4 Program were transferred to the murder of Jews following the 1942 Wansee Conference which gave the go ahead to the “Final Solution”.

Not all Germans supported the Nazis’ views of disability. One man who opposed the extermination of disabled people was businessman Otto Weidt. He decided to protect as many disabled people as he could by employing them in his small factory in Berlin. His company manufactured brushes and brooms and his employees avoided the T4 Program because these products were declared “vital for military purposes”.

A leading member of the Catholic Church in Germany, Cardinal Clemens von Galen, was the most prominent person to speak out against the killings. He publicly denounced the persecution of disabled people in a sermon in Munster in 1941 – “Woe unto the German people when not only can innocents be killed but their killers remain unpunished”. As pressure from the church, the public and the judiciary increased, Hitler suspended the T4 Program and the poison gas installations were dismantled. However, the killings resumed a year later.

From 1942 onwards, the T4 Program was conducted in a more secretive fashion, with disabled people dying from lethal injections or starvation rather than by poison gas. These killings continued up until the end of the war. Hadamar only stopped operating shortly before American troops reached it in March 1945.

More than 60 years after VE Day, it is vital that we continue to remember and mourn the hundreds of thousands of disabled people who were killed by the Nazis.

It Is Evil To Discriminate Against The Crippled

But The Greenwich YMCA Wants Us All To Sing.....

We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

And Maybe You Can Come In Next Year

Personally, I strongly support the good works of Greenwich's Non-Profit organizations. But there is no way that this one eyed reporter of Jewish decent would be seen at or support such and undignified event.

Rebecca "Forget About A Temporary Ramp" Fretty knows that the Greenwich YMCA has millions in the bank and that she could get her board to approve a check tommorow for a temporary ramp that would allow the crippled to have equal access to her facility.

Why would any law abiding citizen of Greenwich go to an event sponcered by an organization that is openly and willfully violating the ADA Compliance laws of the United States of America.

Maybe We Should All Sing.....

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All The Way.

Oh, What Fun It Is Go To Federal Court

As The YMCA Throws Your Donations Away, Hey....

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12/01/08 Greenwich Post News Links

Group II student Susanna Warne reads the account of the Mayflower journey

as Kate Anderson looks on.

Greenwich Academy gets a Thanksgiving lesson

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RBS to be taken over by British government

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Wreath decorating workshop is tomorrow

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Police Watch, Dec. 1

The following are Dec. 1’s released arrests:

DISORDERLY
A 28-year-old Greenwich man was arrested Nov. 26 and charged with second degree failure to appear. Police had been sent to investigate a reported domestic violence incident and it was determined the man was wanted on an active warrant. According to police the man and a 22-year-old Greenwich woman had an argument and when he tried to leave the apartment, she blocked him and took his keys. They allegedly struggled for the keys and the man pushed the woman with his forearm. The couple were reportedly calm when police arrived and it was then determined the man was wanted on the warrant. The man and woman were charged with disorderly conduct and the man was also charged with violation of a protective order. The man had allegedly failed to respond in court to an Aug. 6 arrest for a charge of driving while under suspension. The man was released on a $500 and a $1,000 surety bond and the woman was released on a misdemeanor summons. They were both due in court Nov. 28.

DUI
Robert Redfern, 61, of Methuen, Mass. was arrested Nov. 27 and charged with driving under the influence. Police responded to a call black Jeep traveling the wrong way on Greenwich Avenue and reportedly found it parked on Milbank Avenue with the engine running, the front passenger tire missing and the car resting on its tire rim. Police talked to Redfern who said his car wouldn’t “drive right” and the officer determined he was under the influence of alcohol. Redfern allegedly failed a field sobriety test and was arrested. He was released on a $250 cash bond and is due in court Dec. 11.

POSSESSION
A 17-year-old Bronx, N.Y. girl was arrested Nov. 28 and charged with possession of less than four ounces of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police had pulled over the girl’s car on an unrelated charge and saw, in plain view, a grinder, which is used for preparing marijuana for smoking. Police searched the car and found another bag of marijuana. The girl was released on a $500 cash bond and is due in court Dec. 5.

ASSAULT
A 31-year-old Norwalk man was arrested Nov. 29 and charged with first degree burglary and third degree assault. According to police, the man had received a call from his girlfriend at 5 a.m., and believed he heard a man’s voice in the background. The man then arrived at the scene to speak with his girlfriend, entered via an unlocked door and found another man sleeping in bed with his girlfriend. The man allegedly grabbed the other man and hit him. The man was released on a $2,000 surety bond and is due in court Dec. 8.

DISORDERLY
Police had been sent to the scene of an argument and ended up arresting a 19-year-old Greenwich girl and a 22-year-old Port Chester, N.Y. man on Nov. 30. They both were charged with disorderly conduct. Police had responded to the report of a man threatening a woman and found the couple arguing. They were both released on promises to appear and were due in court Dec. 8.

FORGERY
Christopher Metter, 20, of 1 Tinker Lane and Brittany Phillips, 18, of 7 Carpenters Brook Road were arrested Nov. 30 and charged with second degree forgery and liquor possession by a minor. A police officer on patrol reportedly saw a man and woman standing next to a car in the Horseneck Lane commuter lot holding large beer cans. Metter and Phillips reportedly tried to hide the cans in front of the car when police arrived. Metter allegedly had two counterfeit driver’s licenses, one with his and one with Phillips’ photo on it. Police said more alcohol was visible inside the car. They were released on $250 cash bonds and were due in court Dec. 8.

POSSESSION
James Melaugh, 20, of 884 North St. was arrested Nov. 30 and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of less than four ounces of marijuana and second degree forgery. Police reportedly saw a man and woman sitting in a car at the end of Ferris Drive, which is a dead end street. Police reportedly detected what smelled like burnt marijuana emanating from within the car and the report said the police searched the vehicle and found a grinder. Police also allegedly found a fraudulent California driver’s license and a clear bag containing marijuana. Melaugh, the driver, was charged and released on a $1,000 cash bond. He is due in court Dec. 8.

12/01/08 Greenwich, Stamford And Other Out Of Town News Links From The Greenwich Time

Volunteers Gerri Lovallo, and Lisa Kralik, check the dates on cans of food to make sure they are not expired at Neighbor to Neighbors.

(Helen Neafsey/Greenwich Time photo)

Neighbor to Neighbor strives to keep its shelves stocked

To feed a burgeoning number of clients, volunteers at the nonprofit Neighbor to Neighbor worked overtime last week to fill shelves with deliveries.

"It's a been incredibly busy here," said Jane Dewinter, spokesman for the organization, which provides food and clothing to the needy. "But we've really needed it."

The number of clients seeking food from the agency, at the Christ Church Annex at 248 E. Putnam Ave., is up more than 20 percent from last year, Dewinter said.

The organization, which caters to individuals referred by the town Department of Social Services, is providing food for more than 1,000 residents this season, she said.

"And we're expecting it to continue to go up as we head into the winter months," she said.

Full Story

Stocks fall sharply on consumer spending worries

NEW YORK - The reality that the nation is indeed in recession and that the downturn may well be prolonged sent Wall Street plunging Monday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 700 points and wiping out more than half of last week's big gains.

Greenwich police join finance crime task force

Police will appoint a detective to a newly formed state task force that will investigate financial crimes, officials said.

The Connecticut Financial Crimes Task Force is a joint partnership between the Secret Service and the Connecticut Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service. It will comprise federal, state and local investigators, according to police.

Brian Murphy, the resident agent for the Secret Service in Connecticut, said the task force is just coming together and his agency is hoping to open an office in New Haven by year's end. The goal is to pool the resources of federal, state and local authorities to solve more crimes relating to identity theft, bank theft, or institutional fraud. .......

......Greenwich Police have not said which detective will be assigned to this post, however they did say it will be full-time. Police said its participation will give it access to a multitude of resources that will be useful in investigating financial crimes.

"We are thrilled to have Greenwich on board and we look forward to working with them," said Murphy.

The task force will be funded by the Secret Service.

Full Story

Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet

CHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama named former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of statae on Monday, and announced Robert Gates would remain as defense secretary, making President Bush's Pentagon chief his own in the drive to wind down the U.S. role in Iraq.

At a news conference, Obama also introduced retired Marine Gen. James Jones as White House national security adviser, former Justice Department official Eric Holder as attorney general and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as secretary of homeland security.

Bernanke: lower interest rates are "feasible"

AP

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday that further interest-rate cuts are "certainly feasible," but he warned there are limits to how much such action would revive an economy likely to stay weak well into next year.

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United Way's new chief exec takes office

As the economy lurches uncertainly into the holiday season, the United Way of Western Connecticut's incoming chief executive officer sees a unique opportunity.

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New York mother dies in crash on Merritt in Stamford

STAMFORD - A sport utility vehicle carrying a family of four veered off the Merritt Parkway at about 8:45 a......

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Falling gas prices harm Conn. tax revenue

HARTFORD, Conn.—A steep drop in gas prices has created an estimated $100 million revenue shortfall in Connecticut's state budget for this fiscal year, which already has a projected deficit. Full Story

Aging commission offers seniors help with Medicare

Over the past three years, 80-year-old Lucy Nevin's Medicare plan has gone from $9 a month to $39. And that doesn't even include the prescription medications she and her husband need each month that cost between $30 to $60......

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Municipalities feel the pinch of higher rock salt costs

Cities and towns statewide are facing higher costs for keeping roads safe this winter. The price of rock salt, used to melt ice on roads, has skyrocketed to 71.

The price of rock salt, used to melt ice on roads, has skyrocketed to 71.77 cents per ton, up from 54.24 cents per ton last year.

Stamford has spent nearly twice as much on rock salt as last year, according to city Director of Operations Benjamin Barnes.

This year, the city ordered $430,260 worth of salt from Morton International. In 2007, the order totaled $220,000, Barnes said.

The 2008 purchase nearly reached the $500,000 budgeted for salt this fiscal year, Barnes said.
"We pretty much blew our entire salt budget on that purchase," Barnes said. "We saved a little bit because we have to buy some other products."

Other municipalities are feeling the pinch as well. In Darien, town officials purchased 500 tons of salt from Morton at 71.77 cents per ton. Price increases for salt are common, but this year's spike was much higher than usual, Darien Assistant Director of Public Works Darren Oustafine said. From 2006 to 2007, the price rose only 1.49 cents per ton. In comparison, this year the town experienced a jump of 22.38 cents, a 32 percent increase.

Fortunately, Darien still has a salt reserve from last year, Oustafine said. The stockpile is likely to last through the winter, but Darien officials are willing to add to the salt budget if this winter brings more icy weather than expected, he said.

"If we need more money we get it because we can't leave ice on the roads," Oustafine said. "We have a budget that we work from every year, but we never know how much it's going to snow."

Gov. M. Jodi Rell has asked the state Department of Consumer Protection to investigate the price increase. Rich Harris, a spokesman for the governor's office, said the office does not suspect price fixing.

"Nobody is suggesting there's any kind of market manipulation here," Harris said.

In Stamford, city officials said they hope this year's stockpile will last through the winter. There is enough salt for about "six major storms," Barnes said. Last year, the city ran out of salt before the end of the season, and the price had risen from the previous fall, Barnes said.....

Full Story

Van hits group of students in Calif.; teen killed

SOUTH GATE, Calif.—A 14-year-old boy is dead after a van jumped a curb and crashed into several students at a bus stop in Southern California.

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Ordinance would ban sex offenders from Greenwich parks, playgrounds, beaches

Scheduled to be taken up by the Board of Selectmen in January, the ordinance would create child safety zones in many places where minors are present and would allow police to issue summons to registered sex offenders found loitering.

Each summons would carry a $100 fine per incident and give police authority to detain the person for questioning, which proponents of the ordinance said could help avert crimes against children.

"It's important to protect children, particularly in an area they should be free of any harm," First Selectman Peter Tesei said.

Convicted sex offenders must register with the state Department of Public Safety, which maintains a registry with their names on its Web site.

While there were only three convicted sex offenders listed as living in Greenwich on the registry, the ordinance's proponents said that there are nearly 5,000 statewide.

"We're hoping what it will do is prevent something really bad from happening in this town," said Keith Hirsch, a police neighborhood resource officer for the western part of town who helped craft the proposal with his former partner Robert McKiernan, a detective.

Hirsch said that the child safety zones, marked with signs, would likely be chosen by the selectmen with input from law enforcement and the school board.

Monk parakeets view bunkers as for the birds

STAMFORD - Almost three weeks after the light poles containing their basket-like nests came down, the monk parakeets at Cummings Park have shown no sign of moving to four nesting platforms constructed for them by the city.

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Citizenship hopefuls celebrate making the grade

Nelida Martinez, an immigrant from Argentina, spent three years learning English, studying American history and civics to pass her United States citizenship test this September.

Giants: Pierce spoke to NFL security about Burress

AP

NEW YORK - Plaxico Burress arrived at a police station early Monday morning, where he was expected to be charged after accidentally shooting himself in the right thigh.

Full Story

Pet project

At this time of year, it is not uncommon for area animal shelters or organizations to hear from families looking to adopt a pet.

For some, a puppy or older dog represents the perfect holiday gift. But for those who work with animals, it is perhaps the worst time for a family to bring in a new pet, particularly if they haven't done their homework.

Dr. Steve Zeide, owner and veterinarian at Bull's Head Pet Hospital in Stamford, says

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Another Hard Hitting "Local" Greenwich Time Editorial: Needed help for the state budget

While you're standing in line at your local supermarket, waiting to crush your cans and bottles for money, it seems unimaginable that some consumers don't seek the return of their nickel deposits.

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12/30/08 Bill Clarke Updates His Blog And Finds Betty A Job.

"I just love that sweet little ole Bill Clarke"

Betty Sternberg For Editor!





Something has got to be done about the shameful state of the local rag, aka Yellowwich Time. Today's banner headline says that work on the bridge at Exit 4 in Cos Cob will "effect" the Town for some time to come.





What are we to make of this cryptic statement? Your scribe's dictionary says that "effect" (v.tr.) means "to bring about, accomplish, make happen." So this bridge work is going to "bring about" our Town? Will it "accomplish" Greenwich? Perhaps it will "make" Greenwich into a more "happening" place?





Clearly this kind of gibberish has no place in our community. We need to take our highest-paid and highest-ranking so-called "educator", and immediately put her to work as editor-in-chief of the local rag. Think of the beauty of this solution, my friends: we take a walking disaster out of our school system, and we put her in charge of the dying disaster known as Yellowwich Time. Talk about killing two birds with one stone! When the Hearst people finally put the local rag out of its misery, they can cart Betty off at the same time. It's a clear win-win situation for the Town of Greenwich.





So write your congressman, email the governor, call Town Hall, and help to organize another picket march at the Havemeyer Building, home to our ever-popular Board of Ed. Let's hear it, folks! Betty Sternberg for editor!

More From Bill Clarke:

Vermont Dodges a Bullet...
The Rafters Ring at Christ Church
And the Winner is...
First-class Music at First Presbyterian Church
She's Gone!!! (Except She's Not)
Musical Mastery at Christ Church
Betty Sternberg Gets a Raise?!
Revolving Door at the Local Rag
Betty Sternberg Gets an "F"

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1130/08 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: Questions About The Greenwich Post - The Dishonest Now DISTANT Dish

Reader Says Suzy "The Dish" Annoys Greenwich Post

Dear Editor,

Can anyone explain Susie Costaregi's column "The Dish 2" in The Greenwich Post????? What is its point? Does anyone care about these imaginary star sightings? And if the Greenwich Post is a community newspaper, although a poor one, why is Susie's SCENE SUDDENLY NEW YORK????

WHO IS INTERESTED IN this TEENBEAT-TYPE HYPE????

Why does the Town of Greenwich have to read Susie Costaregri's usless crap? Why do certain weekly newspapers (Hershan/Acorn) give Susie and her father figure-boy-toy, Joe Pisani, page space? Not only do the two of them bore me by sharing <gag> special moments complimenting each other, they share the same imaginary poor writing. I notice some towns, like Darien, got rid of them. Why can't we do that?

I can't tell you how impressed I was to read Diana Ross was seen leaving the Greenwich library. That means WHAT????? That Diana can read?????? That Diana is too cheap to a book?? That the Greenwich Library is a MOTOWN magnet???? That the Town of Greenwich is richly populated with (former arrested) drunk drivers? Is Michael Jackson on his way to Greenwich? Someone explain why this is news????

I guess Susie Costaregi is still following her high school English teacher, right into Manhattan where he claims he works now. So, THE SCENE, is no longer Greenwich, but New York. Gee, that's a big surprise,hehe. Maybe the New York Post would like to hire these two and give the people in Greenwich a BREAK!!!!!!!!!!

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11/30/08 Help Wanted At RTM District 5 ?????

Is Everyone Getting An Equal Chance To Serve On The Riverside RTM?

Very few Riverside residents know there is an opening in District 5 for a place on the Riverside delegation to the Representative Town Meeting. For some reason district 5 has done a poor job of making Riverside residents aware of the opening for a local legislative office.

Supposedly anyone who is interested in the position is can call Mary Ferry at 637-9385 or Lucy Krasnor at 637-2277.

However, Be Fore Warned That This Maybe A Done Deal

And The Fix May Already Be In Place.

Because If You Interested You Only Have A couple Of Days To Reach Mary Or Lucy And Be Considered.

The District 5 delegation to the RTM will hold a public meeting to select someone to fill the vacancy at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Riverside School media room.

So if you would like to serve Riverside as an RTM member, then get moving, because you have less than 96 hours before the public meeting is held to pick the next Riverside legislator.

It looks like the Riverside RTM needs a little more transparency. Where was the Greenwich Citizen, the Greenwich Post, the Greenwich Time, Greenwich Cable TV Channel 79 and WGCH?

Did anyone see or hear any news reports on why there was a legislative vacancy in Riverside?

Has any one read anything about the Riverside RTM vacancy before today?

It is supposed to be that a citizen of Riverside who is registered to vote is eligible to serve on the RTM district 5. New candidates must file a petition signed by at least 25 voters in their home district with the town clerk by Sept. 15 of an election year. Mid-term vacancies must be publicized by district chairs and will be filled in a special election. Any voter of that district interested in the seat should contact the district chair.

If a Riverside resident goes to the Town Of Greenwich Website looking for news about the vacancy there is nothing on the main web page. If a Riverside resident then desides to use the Town Of Greenwich search box for "RTM district 5" then he or she gets....

[PDF] RTM District Meeting Dates and Locations
... Districts 3 & 4 01 Nov 2007 @ Western Middle School Gym Districts 5, 6 & 12 08 Nov2007 @ Eastern Middle School Gym ... 1 Miles RTM District Meeting Dates ...

Town of Greenwich, CT - Minutes of the December 2006 RTM Meeting
... District 5 would like to thank Dr. James Innes for his many years of town service.Jim was elected to RTM in 1976 and served for 30 years until his recent ... - 65k - 2007-01-03

[PDF] RTM VOTES DECEMBER 11, 2006 District #1 Item # YN AB YN AB YN AB ...
... Page 5. RTM VOTES DECEMBER 11, 2006 DISTRICT #5 ITEM # Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB Y NAB Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB BAKER, Frederick L,III X X X ... [ More results from greenwichct.virtualtownhall.net/public_documents/GreenwichCT_Agendas/Archive2006 ]

[PDF] 18956_1_437186186250_2005 RTM Election results.xls
... Write-Ins BAMBINO, John M. SHANKMAN, Jonathan R. WAHBA, James T. DISTRICT #5 224185 217 196 204 196 184 192 224 211 209 21 12 48 Page 4. RTM ELECTION RESULTS ...

[PDF] 2003 RTM Election results.xls
... 304 199 167 248 223 209 Page 5. RTM ELECTION RESULTS NOVEMBER 4, 2003 DISTRICT#5 Vote for Nineteen or Less BAKER, Frederick L,III BLOOMER, H. Franklin, Jr. ... [ More results from greenwichct.virtualtownhall.net/Public_Documents/GreenwichCT_Selectmen/elections ]

[PDF] RTM VOTES OCTOBER 22, 2008 District #1 Item # YN AB YN AB YN AB YN ...
... Page 5. RTM VOTES OCTOBER 22, 2008 DISTRICT #5 ITEM # Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB Y N ABY N AB Y N AB Y N AB BAKER, Frederick L,III X X X BLOOMER, H. Franklin, Jr. ...

[PDF] RTM VOTES SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 District #1 Item # YN AB YN AB YN AB ...
... P&Z P&Z 14 APPT TO APPT TO Page 5. RTM VOTES SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 DISTRICT#5 ITEM # Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB Y N AB ... [ More results from greenwichct.virtualtownhall.net/public_documents/GreenwichCT_Agendas ]

Town of Greenwich, CT - Minutes of the April 2007 RTM Meeting
... of District 5 made a motion, which was seconded, to amend Mr. Detjen’s motion byadding that the Legislative & Rules Committee report back to the RTM at the ... - 45k - 2007-05-01

Town of Greenwich, CT - Minutes of the September 2007 RTM Meeting
... home in March just ahead of a storm and found that the RTM meeting has ... District 5asks that an appropriate copy of this remembrance be sent to her family and ... - 83k - 2007-10-04[ More results from greenwichct.virtualtownhall.net/Public_Documents/GreenwichCT_Agendas/Archive2007 ]

[PDF] RTM Town Services Committee
Page 1. RTM Town Services Committee ... Donald R Vitti District 4 195 Hobart AvenueGreenwich CT 06831 Mary S Ferry VCHR District 5 5 Chapel Lane Riverside CT 06878 ...

If a Riverside Resident were to give up on the Town Of Greenwich Website and do a Google search for "Riverside, CT RTM Vacancy" then he or she gets.....

Riverside Superior Court - Human Resources
Riverside County is a great place to live and work. With more than two million residents, Riverside is the fourth most populous county in California. ...www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/jobs/index.html - 13k - Cached - Similar pages
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11-21 PEEK
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLRiverside School. 90 Hendrie Avenue. Riverside, Connecticut 06878 ... RTM Vacancy. There is a vacancy in District 5's delegation to the ...www.greenwich.k12.ct.us/uploaded/riverside/PEEK/11-21_PEEK.pdf - Similar pages

Greenwich Town Departments - Representative Town Meeting
The RTM is the legislative body of the town, with its powers vested by the Town ... Town Hall - 101 Field Point Road - Greenwich, CT 06830 - (203) 622-7700 ...www.greenwichct.org/rtm/rtm.asp - 19k - Cached - Similar pages

Minutes of the September 19, 2001 RTM Meeting
Aug 30, 2001 ... RTM member Mark Dawson, a member of the FEMA Urban Search & Rescue ... He was a governor of the Riverside Yacht Club and an active member of ...www.greenwichct.org/RTM/archive/9-01/minutes.htm - 12k - Cached - Similar pagesMore results from www.greenwichct.org »

Greenwich's RTM Amherst College
It has been proposed that the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) of Greenwich, CT , be reduced from its present size of 230 members. ...https://www.amherst.edu/users/B/hfbloomer56/grnwchgovt/grnwchrtm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages

Superior Court of California, County of Riverside jobs in Inland ...
Aug 7, 2008 ... Superior Court of California, County of Riverside jobs in , Find jobs from Superior Court of California, County of Riverside in Inland ...inlandempire.jobing.com/jobfair_company.asp?i=77628 - 53k - Cached - Similar pages

Town of Greenwich, CT - Explanatory Comments June 2006 RTM Meeting
The availability of funds in DPW – Administration are due to the vacancy of .... 10 Tory Road, Riverside. New nomination as a regular member of the Board of ...greenwichct.virtualtownhall.net/Public_Documents/GreenwichCT_Agendas/Archive2006/rtmExplanos0606 - 263k - Cached - Similar pages

WestportNow.com - Westport, Connecticut's 24-hours News and ...
Feb 26, 2004 ... RTM Committee Questions Assessment Backlog, Approves $150000 Fix ... force has increased in number to 69 with one vacancy yet to be filled. ...www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/2004/02/ - 80k - Cached - Similar pages
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VOTERS GUIDE 2007 FOR DENNIS .indd
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLRiverside, CT 06878. Biography: Greenwich resident for 33 ...... *Indicates an incumbent RTM member who. was appointed to fill a vacancy. No petition was ...www.wicknet.org/history/jbooth/APGovt/07-08/Greenwich%20Voter%20guide%202007.pdf - Similar pages

Town Government
May 25, 2007 ... RTM members are listed on the town Web site greenwichct.org. ... Mid-term vacancies must be publicized by district chairs and will be filled ...www.acorn-online.com/news/publish/Greenwich_Answer_Book_270/18406.shtml - 33k - Cached - Similar pages

Why Didn't The Riverside RTM District 5 Chairman, Mary Ferry, Ask The Town To Post The Legislative Vacancy On The Front Page Of The Town Website Under "NEWS". As Soon As The Vacancy Became Available?

CURRENTLY UNDER "NEWS" THE TOWN HAS THESE OLD POSTS:

2008 Leaf Collection
Leaf Collection is be provided to all properties on PUBLIC STREETS ONLY in building zones R-20 (half-acre) and below. Residents in the collection areas are to rake LEAVES ONLY into piles at the should ... More

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Results of the 2008 elections are here.

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11/29/08 Greenwich Time News Links - Top Story: Town Officials React To Exit 4 Overpass Construction

Construction on the Indian Field Road overpass at exit 4 is underway.

(Keelin Daly/Greenwich Time photo)

Bridge work may effect town

By Neil Vigdor

Town officials are cringing at the potential scenarios that could result from a major bridge replacement project on Indian Field Road in Cos Cob, which some fear could cut one side of town off from another and snarl traffic on Interstate 95 beneath the aging span.

The nearly $7 million project got under way this month and isn't scheduled to be completed until May 2011, according to the state Department of Transportation, which is in charge of the job.

Despite assurances from the DOT that the bridge will remain open throughout the project and that most of the work will be confined to nighttime, town officials say drivers and first responders could be in a for a "headache" while the construction is in progress.

"That holds all types of promise for things to go awry," said Daniel Warzoha, the town's emergency management director and former fire chief. "Let's face it, there's going to come a time when something's going to happen that's going to affect it during peak travel." .....

.....First Selectman Peter Tesei said the town had limited options when it came to repairing the bridge.

"It's something that was in dire need of replacement, so I'm pleased the state is stepping up to replace it," Tesei said. "What are the alternatives?" .......

......"I would avoid the area if I could," said Sgt. Timothy Berry, head of the police department's traffic section. .......

.....On the south side of the bridge is the town's primary fueling and fleet maintenance site for municipal vehicles, as well as the main staging area for snow plows and road work trucks.

"I was not aware of the severity of (the project)," said Elizabeth Linck, the town's fleet director.

Told that state transportation planners were anticipating minimal disruptions to the area, Linck said she has some trepidation about the project's impact.

"I guess they haven't been here at rush hour," Linck said. .....

......Town Traffic Engineer Garo Garabedian, whom DOT officials briefed on the project, said he is highly confident that the state would pull the job off without any problems and keep the bridge open.

"They've done bridges before. They should know what they're doing. These guys are pretty good," Garabedian said. .....

Town briefs

Second Congregational Church to screen Christmas movie

"The Christmas Cottage," a PG-rated family film inspired by the early life and art of painter Thomas Kinkade, will be shown on a theater-size screen at 7:30 p. m. Friday at Second Congregational Church, 139 E. Putnam Ave.
The screening is free. Runtime is one hour, 43 minutes.

For more information or for reservations, contact Gloria LaDestro at 869-9311, ext. 120, or gloria@2cc.org.

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MESSIAH TO BE PRESENTED AT STANWICH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

The Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah will be presented at Greenwich's Stanwich Congregational Church, 202 Taconic Road, at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Randall Atcheson, the church's music director, will conduct the Stanwich Choir and Chamber Orchestra. The performance will feature soloists Denise LeVan, Wendy Gerbier, Peter Cody, and Wiley Maddox.

Following the performance, Stanwich will host a Christmas High Tea in its Emmaus Hall fellowship room.

The concert and tea are free and open to the public.

For more information, call the church office at 661-4420.

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Fully ADA Compliant YWCA seeks nominations for racial justice scholarships

The YWCA of Greenwich is seeking nominations for its sixth annual Racial Justice Scholarship.

Two $500 scholarships will be given to two high school seniors who live in and attend a Greenwich school, and who have demonstrated special effort to encourage people to respect differences, to promote equality and to eliminate all forms of bigotry, bias and racism in their school or community.

Candidates may be nominated by a member of the faculty of any Greenwich high school or by the general public. Nominations are due by Dec. 15.

The award will be presented at 6 p.m. Jan. 15 at the YWCA.

To request an application, call Peter DiLeo at 869-6501, ext.104, or go to http://www.ywcagreenwich.org/ . Click "Programs," "YWelcomes" and "Racial Justice Scholarships."

Hospital reports financial losses

By Meredith Blake

The problems that have plagued the financial markets and fueled the current economic crisis have hit close to home at Greenwich Hospital, which reported a loss for the first time in more than 20 years.

The collapse of auction-rate bonds and the crash in the domestic and international securities markets led the hospital to a $14.2 million loss on its investment portfolio, according to Chief Financial Officer Eugene Colucci.

Greenwich Hospital took another $2.5 million hit on refinancing high-interest-rate bonds and spent $1.1 million extinguishing bond debt, leading to a negative bottom line of $9.3 million for fiscal year 2008, which ended on Sept. 30.

That was despite a net operating gain of $6.4 million.

"It was a tough financial year," Colucci said, "Most of the issues we experienced were unforeseen."

Last year, the hospital reported a positive bottom line of $14.5 million, he said.

Greenwich Hospital President and Chief Financial Officer Frank Corvino announced the unaudited financial results this week at the hospital's annual board of directors meeting, held at the facility on Perryridge Road.

"It was a difficult year to navigate," Corvino said.

The hospital started the fiscal year strongly, with numbers up from previous years, but then things slowed down, he said.

There were large patient volume fluctuations, according to Corvino. The facility was busy in January and February, but the number of empty beds rose over the summer.......

FULLY ADA Compliant YWCA honors elite group: Aquatic Hall of Fame welcomes eight new members

Every athlete aspires to be great but few achieve legendary status. But for nine members of the Greenwich aquatic community, Saturday marked an induction into that elite status, as the YWCA of Greenwich held its fifth annual Aquatic Hall of Fame Luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich......

Design destination

The Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich is putting the finishing touches on its annual Antiquarius celebration.......

NANOTHER HARD HITTING GREENWICH TIME EDITORIAL:Needed help for the state budget

While you're standing in line at your local supermarket, waiting to crush your cans and bottles for money, it seems unimaginable that some consumers don't seek the return of their nickel deposits.

The politicians in Hartford know different. There's an estimated $25 million in bottle and can deposits that are not claimed each year - and many of them want that money.

Other people want that money, too. The people who now keep it - the beer wholesalers and soda companies.

Arguing about those unclaimed nickels has become a regular event in Hartford. Government officials are on one side. ......Blah ...... Blah ...... Blah ....... Blah ...... Blah ...... Blah ....... Blah ..... Blah .....

But Wait, There Is More To This Local Greenwich Time Editorial.....

.......State Sen. John McKinney, R-Fairfield, put it well when he voiced support for the state taking the unclaimed deposits.

"This is an easy one," he said ..... Blah ..... Blah ...... Blah ....... Blah ........

Deconstructing the housing trend in town

By Bernie Yudain bernardct6@aol.com .

I read in the press that the rage for routinely tearing down houses to make way for gigantic monsters has come to an end, as the reality of a crashing economy strikes home - or, in this case - homes.

Are parents going to endure another delay?

To the editor:

What a fool I am. In September, my son started his fourth year in a modular. He has never been in a "real" school, except for the few months he was at Parkway. For Hamilton Avenue School students, Parkway and all the other Greenwich elementary schools were just a cruel tease:

"Hey mom, at Parkway they have this big room where there is only art! And another room that only has music!" There is also a huge room where we can run around and play sports inside! I love it!"

"Honey, that's called a gymnasium." (At Ham Ave. during bad weather, they stay in their rooms and throw scarves or do jumping jacks in place.)

What a fool I am. Two years ago, when my daughter was at kindergarten orientation, I was told she would be the first class in the new building. That was 11/2 years ago.

Enough is enough, I thought. Time to move my kids; they deserve the same elementary experience every other child in Greenwich receives. But wait! Summer 2008 came and the news was "Ham Ave. to get a delayed opening" (What a fool I am). No, wait. "Columbus Day move-in" (What a fool I am). No, wait. "Ham Ave. to move in over Christmas break" (What a fool I am)!

Headline Nov. 27, Greenwich Time: "April for Ham Ave. move?" Yeah, right, What A fool I am!
Now we are told that if the school is ready by February break, the students cannot move in due to Connecticut Mastery Tests.

I don't know how a move done over a break is going to affect the testing, but what I do know is that I and every other parent at Ham Ave. is at the breaking point, and if you tell us our school is finished and we can't move in, get ready for a fight!

Kerry Munnelly
Greenwich

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11/27/08 Happy Thanksgiving - Greenwich Time News Stories For Today -- Top Story: Frank Mazza And His Bunch Of Turkeys Comtinues To Screw Up

We Must Not Let Turkeys Take Advantage Of Us.

It Is Time To Get Rid Of Frank Mazza And The Greenwich Board Of Education

April for Ham Ave. move? - Greenwich Time

Hamilton Avenue School students won't be allowed to move into their new building until April if the school's building committee can't secure the necessary approvals to make the facility safe for occupancy by the end of next week, the head of the school board said.

Board of Education Chairman Nancy Weissler said Wednesday that the facility must receive a temporary certificate of occupancy by Dec. 5 if students are to safely return to classes there after holiday breaks end Jan. 5......

COMMENTS:

A GREENWICH ROUNDUP EDITORIAL

SCHOOL OF FOOLS

Nancy Weissler And Her Negligent Board Of Education And Frank Mazza And His School Building Committee Must Resign Now.

Only Newly Elected School Board Member
Marianna Ponns Cohen Should Remain

The once great Greenwich Public School System has been brought to ruin by Nancy Weissler and her negligent fellow Board Of Education members. Ms. Weisller and her poorly managed board have cost thousands of tax dolars for every man woman and child in Greenwich.

Nancy Wiessler and the School Building Chairman she has supported through thick and thin will soon becoming to the taxpayers once again with their hands streched out.

If Nancy Wiessler, Frank Mazza and the other negligent board members had any decency they would resign.

It Is Time To Bounce These Bozo Board Members
And Their Failed High Paid Educrats

NANCY IS IN WAY OVER HER HEAD

Wielser's Poor Manaagement Skills And Lack Of Expierence
Has Orchestrated The Fall Of Our Once Great Public Schools.

Blame abounds, but most of it must accrue to Nancy Wiessler and the Greenwich Board Of Education for their undying support of Frank Mazza and his band of idiots on the Hamilton Avenue School Building Committee.

JUST WHO IS ON THIS COMMITTEE
THAT HAS REPEATEDLY FAILED THE TAXPAYERS, PARENTS
AND CHILDREN OF GREENWICH?

The Failed Hamilton School Committee Members Are:

Frank Mazza Mazza85indian@aol.com
Joseph L. Rossmailto:jross@tishman.com
Jay Schondorf jsamisinc@aol.com
Thomas J. Heagney heagney@conversent.net
Thomas L. Smario mailto:advtls@aol.comor tls4970@aol.com
Paul Toretta torpa@aol.com
Sylvester Pecora nansea@optonline.net
Michael C. Bodson MichaelBodson@yahoo.com
Stephen G. Walko swalko@ibolaw.com

But It Is Not Just Frank Mazza And His Band Od Idiots That Are To Blame For The Repeated Disasters And Cost Over Runs At The Failed Hamilton Avenue School Building Project.

There Are A Host Of Ex-Officio Members To The Failed Hamilton Avenue Building Committee Who Saw That Frank Mazza And His Band Of Idiots Were Mis-Leading Taxpayers And Parents, But They Said Nothing. They Had Inside Information, But Choose "To Go Along To Get Along" Instead Of Protecting The Children Of Greenwich.

Ex-Officio Members To The Failed Hamilton Avenue Building Committee Who Were So Worried About Frank Mazza And Forgot All About Their Nieghbors Who Are Now Stuck Paying The Bill Are:

Deal L. Goss (RTM) deangoss@optonline.net
Peter J. Crumbine (Selectman) pcrumbine@greenwichct.org
Dr. Betty Sternberg (Superintendent) betty_sternberg@greenwich.k12.ct.us
John Vallerie (Public Works) jvallerie@greenwichct.org
Raymond J. Heimbuch (P&Z) rheimbuch@cs.com

PTA

Dawn Nethercott Dbn3793@msn.com
Alica Budkins abudkins@optonline.net
Donna Curtis donna@terrapin.com
Betsey Frumin (RTM#9 )Betsey@nacca.com
Rose Furano furano11@verizon.net

Architects

Joseph J. Aliotta aliotta.j@shca.com
Roger L. Klein klein.r@shca.com
Risa Rottenberg mailto:Rottenbergrottenberg.r@shca.com

Project Manager

Richard L. Sitnik rsitnik@pinnacleone.com
Gerald J. Adam mailto:Adamgadam@pinnacleone.com

Anyone Of These Hamilton Avenue Building Committee Seat Warmers Could Of Spoken Up And Saved Greenwich Taxpayers Millions Of Dolars, But They Chose To Turn A Blind Eye To The Children Of Greenwich.

HOWEVER THESE VERY QUIET INDIVIDUALS
ARE NOT ULTIMATELY TO BLAME

The Greenwich Board Of Education are soley responsible for making decisions that have put taxpayers in a bind and caused many of their children to fail. Which leads reasonable Greenwich residents to ask one simple question......

What Were Nancy Weissler And The Other
Negligent School Board Members Thinking?????

One Of the failed school board members was replaced in the last school election. If those who remain had any decency they would simply quit.

Who's Still there?

Nancy Weissler - Email: nvoye@aol.com
Leslie Moriarty - Email: Lesliemoriarty@gmail.com
Steven B. Anderson - Email: andersonsb@optonline.net
Michael C. Bodson - Email: michaelbodson@yahoo.com
Jonathan Cohen - Email: jcohen@ticc.com
Susan S. Ellis - Email: sellis6@optimum.net
Natalie Queen - Email: nqueen124@aol.com

At best, this board of education was a sllep at the switch while two Greenwich Public Schools were closed and test scores rapidly droped.

Again, they need to go.

Aleady gone, but not soon enough is School Superintendent Betty Sternberg who will be leaving in June Of next year. Over and over Ms. Sternberg and her failed administrators in the public school system repeatedly gave Greenwich parents and taxpayers rosey assessments.

Never once did Nancy Weisller and her fellow negligent board members once question the preposterously rosy assesments from Sternberg or Mazza.

What were they thinking ?????

There should be no mistake where the responsibility resides.
That would be with the Greenwich School Board members
- and Nancy Weissler in particular.

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