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Monday, March 23, 2009

03/23/09 What is going on???

To the Editor,

On Saturday night, one of the Darien High School nurse's was arrested for serving alcohol to minors. Her daughter, a junior at the DHS,invited what appears to be most of the junior class. The police showed up and did their job. Most likely the 50+ cars tipped someone off. Or was it someone puking in the bushes?

A few years ago, the Darien girl's varsity lacrosse coach got a "slap on the wrist" for drinking with some of her players at a party. The police were not involved and the story was put to rest very quickly. Who would want to peg THE COACH OF THE YEAR as anything but a talented coach?

Recently, in Darien, the Greenwich boy's lacrosse coach was arrested for his 3rd or 4th DWI. The Greenwich Superintendent removed the guy from his coaching position. That was the right thing to do.

I have no tolerance for parents who allow kids to drink at their homes supervised or not. These KIDS end up on the road with me, my family and friends. They may not have had a serious car accident, but it's inevitable. It's only a matter of time before some innocent victim ends up DEAD on the hood of their car.

Like Joey.

I bring this to the attention of the surrounding towns (Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, and Stamford)because it is a STATE WIDE PROBLEM reaching epidemic proportions. Most kids in high school drink, many drive shit faced, and some have the nerve to bring water bottles filled with vodka to class. Drink before, during, and after school? Are you kidding?

Looking at their parents, teachers, and role models, is there any doubt why this is going on? Are the adults involved reliving their adolescence? Were they complete losers then, trying to make up for it now? What is it? Do these parents and teachers think this is appropriate and acceptable behavior? 40 year olds drinking with 15 year olds?? What the hell is wrong with you people?????

Try this on... Anyone who looks the other way, is just as guilty as the people who drink and drive. When you are at the scene of a FATAL DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT, you look at someone whose life was cut short. Body parts strewn, twisted metal, broken glass,blood splattered on the road, and blood pools inside the vehicles. If that isn't enough, imagine the family arriving at the hospital morgue to ID their loved one. Do you get it yet???

And finally, if the Mayor's son, or a Senator, or a doctor, teacher, or coach DRINK WITH KIDS OR ALLOW THEM TO DRINK AND DRIVE, they deserve a little jail time where they can mull over the reality of their stupidity. Then go find another job. There are sharper people waiting to fill your shoes.

signed,
Tired of the Same Story

03/23/9 The Raw Greewich News Feed: This Just In......

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

BET approves budget; fire station among cuts
Greenwich Post
"It's incumbent on all of us to work together to try and find a solution to this for the department, for backcountry Greenwich and for all the citizens of ...
Treasurys decline as Geithner plan comes to light
MarketWatch
... "as some uncertainty gives way to hope that financials gain confidence and risk appetites glacially improve," said strategists at RBS Greenwich Capital. ...
Athletes fair well at NCAA Indoor Track Championships
Stamford Advocate
Erin Morrison (Greenwich) was a member of Amherst's third place 400 free, fifth place 200 free and 16th place 400 medley relays. Jen Heberton (Darien) of ...
Greenwich grows green
Stamford Advocate
GREENWICH -- Toddlers Sean, Byrn and Caitlin McConnel sat lined up in their strollers wearing beads and waving flags as the lively procession of the 35th ...
Greenwich high school jazz players to host festival
Greenwich Post
The 24th annual Greenwich High School Regional Jazz Festival will be held on Saturday, March 28 in the school's Student Center on Hillside Road. ...
Stamford author, Greenwich publisher team to bring 'Chicken Soup ...
Stamford Advocate
"We thought it was more than overdue," says Amy Newmark of Greenwich, a former work-from-home mom who is now publisher of the ever-expanding "Chicken Soup ...
Skakel's Appeal Heads To State Supreme Court
Hartford Courant
Skakel was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison after he was convicted in 2002 of killing 15-year-old Martha Moxley in their Greenwich neighborhood. ...

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Greenwich's Hard Core / Die Hard Bush Republicans Can't Figure Out What The Heck Has Happened To The Grand Ole Party .........

» Former GOP boss Gary Skoien was caught with two prostitutes in ...
By Claudette Rothman
Greenwich Diva - http://theoriginalgreenwichdiva.com/

Maybe we should just start blaming Chris Fountain for everything...... Yeah, that's the ticket ....... We need a scapgoat ...... We are in a never ending war ..... Obama got elected ....... Greenwich Time Reporter Colin Gustafson Refuses To Talk To Parents ..... You lost your job ...... Your wife left you for some jerk at AIG who just got a big bonus ...... Your Greenwich Real Estate Agent Can't Sell Your House For More Than You Paid For It ...... It's All The Fault Of Citizen Journalist Chris Fountain And that Godforsaken blog "For What Its Worth ......
The depressive power of this blog reaches North Carolina ...
By christopherfountain
Reached for comment, Miss Shelton 04, an Old Greenwich housewife, was bitter. "I blame Chris Fountain," she insisted. "The friggin' guy is the only real estate agent in the world who is bad mouthing the market so it's obvious, isn't it? ...
For What It's Worth - http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/
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03/23/09 PRESS RELEASE: You are Invited to a Student Podcasting Event!

You are invited to a Unique Cos Cob School And Greenwich High School
Podcasting "Coolaborative" Event!

Who & What:
Students from Greenwich High School's Electronic Music Honors class will work with Cos Cob School fifth graders on creating a podcast or "Cobcast". Cos Cob fifth graders will recite essays they have written and the high
school students will help them to record, edit, and set their essays to
music, mixing it all into a podcast that will ultimately be posted to the
GHS eMusic podcast site.

Where:
Cos Cob School Media Lab, please sign in at the main office

When:
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 from 11:00AM - 2:00PM

Why:
This joint venture is a "coolaborative" opportunity to meet instructional
and curriculum objectives for elementary and high school students alike!

Please let me know if you will be able to attend.


Thanks and enjoy!,

Kim Eves
Director of Communications
Greenwich Board of Education
290 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830

www.greenwichschools.org

Phone: 203-625-7415
e mail:
kim_eves@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Fax: 203-869-8003

UPDATE:

Cos Cob students create podcats
Greenwich Time

... meant to weave technology instruction with the school's music and language arts curriculums through a collaboration with Greenwich High School students. ...

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03/23/09 News Release: Rob Mathes Benefit Concert for DART April 17

Dana's Angels Researach Trust
Prepared By: Dana's Angels Research Trust
www.danasangels.org

Contact: Jenifer Howard
203-273-4246
jhoward1@optonline.net



For Immediate Release
ROB MATHES TO PERFORM DANA'S ANGELS
BENEFIT CONCERT

April 17 Concert in Greenwich to Raise Funds and Awareness for
Niemann-Pick Type C Disease (NPC)

(GREENWICH, Conn., March 22, 2009) -Greenwich's own multi-talented performer and music director ROB MATHES, fresh from the recent excitement of musically directing President Obama's inaugural We Are One concert at the Lincoln Memorial, will perform a one-night only concert in Greenwich as a benefit for DANA'S ANGELS RESEARCH TRUST (DART), a charity dedicated to funding medical research, education, and care for the treatment or cure of Niemann-Pick Type C disease (NPC) and other similar genetic diseases. The Rob Mathes Benefit Concert for Dana's Angels Research Trust will be held Friday, April 17, 2009, at the auditorium at Greenwich High School, 10 Hillside Drive in Greenwich, Conn. Tickets are $75 per person and are available online at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102517495603&e=001oa4EqP93xJqb4zL5NpdXglAml6S538LMx6kyXOUqF4hjlHJkxGno1uc0jmQbIi2LpEdwhG3TRIFBF-WZgntZiIlyLX7rjEtDd7nriFvhSWyFcNq80yIYDQ== or for group sales, by calling 203-861-2063. The concert begins at 8:00 p.m. and it is general seating.

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NPC is often called children's Alzheimer's. DART's efforts may also help millions of people (adults and children) suffering from NPC, Alzheimer's, heart disease, strokes, and other disorders that appear to be related to the metabolism of cholesterol. Although children and some adults worldwide are afflicted, research has been extremely limited primarily because of insufficient funding, the smaller population of those affected, and a lack of public awareness. Currently, children with NPC rarely live past their early teens, and there is no cure for NPC. Today, there are limited treatment options, with experimental therapies and medications being tried with hope that there will be progress.

For the Marella family, they knew their daughter Dana, from the age of five, who was a happy, caring and energetic child, had balance and learning difficulties. Over time, Dana's visual and cognitive abilities, and her balance became progressively worse. After years of searching for answers to her challenges, Dana was diagnosed in 2002 at the age of eight with NPC, a genetic disorder that prohibits the metabolism of cholesterol and other lipids. In 2004, at the age of 5, Dana's brother Andrew, the Marella's 4th child, was also diagnosed with NPC. Today, Dana is in a wheelchair, no longer walks or talks and requires total care. She currently has issues with breathing and swallowing and is undergoing aggressive treatment for the disease. Her brother Andrew, now age 9 and seemingly normal, is also being treated.

The benefit concert on April 17 will feature Grammy and Emmy nominated Rob Mathes, who is best known for musically directing the Obama inauguration concert, the Kennedy Center Honors, and performing his annual Christmas concert. Mathes will put on a benefit concert for Dana's Angels Research Trust, a charity close to Rob's heart.

"Phil and Andrea Marella are tireless in their pursuit of a cure for Niemann-Pick Type C disease," noted Rob Mathes. "It is my hope that this concert will bring some much needed awareness to this disease and support for Dana's Angels Research Trust. I told the Marellas that they didn't need stars, what they needed was 'COMMUNITY.' I want to get a group of people together, play great music for them, talk about Dana and Andrew, have a little get together before and after the concert and get the Marellas and their struggle on people's radar locally. Greenwich is the kind of community that could and would help build up and comfort a family like the Marellas and make a difference in funding DART's research. That is my hope."

Performing with Rob Mathes will be a 14-piece band, including some of the finest musicians in the New York area, with Will Lee on bass guitar, from the Late Show with David Letterman; Shawn Pelton on Drums from Saturday Night Live; Billy Masters on Guitar who has played with Suzanne Vega and Cry, Cry, Cry; a terrific horn section; and vocals by Vaneese Thomas, the daughter of R&B legend Rufus Thomas, and local Greenwich resident Ian Cron.

Rob Mathes' bio is extremely diverse and his work spans musically directing the Obama inaugural concert, the Kennedy Center Honors, which he has been nominated twice for an Emmy (2008 was his sixth year as music director for the awards show); producing the top five Panic At The Disco album "Pretty. Odd," and other projects with artists such as Carly Simon and Rod Stewart; writing classical commissions for The Nashville Symphony and The Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Slatkin who recently won the Grammy for Best Classical Recording; working on string arrangements for a bunch of young artists, including Secondhand Serenadel, Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne, and Dashboard Confessional; working on a track for RnB singer Bettye Lavette who stole the show at the Kennedy Center this year; writing orchestral music for Eliane Elias, based on the music of Jobim; producing a CD by Michael Cavanaugh, who was discovered by Billy Joel and asked to star in the Twyla Tharp musical Movin' Out, based around Billy's songs; producing and arranging the critically acclaimed Lullabies & Wildflowers CD for Broadway Star Melissa Errico; and securing a new publishing deal with EMI Music Publishing, the largest music publisher in the world. Rob is currently working on new music for the upcoming Billy Bob Thornton film "Manure," which will be in theaters in 2009; and he is producing several tracks of Latin music for the next Vanessa Williams record to be released this spring on Concord Records. Rob has also worked with other top music icons like Elton John, Eric Clapton, Lou Reed, Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Luciano Pavarotti, Jay Z, Phil Ramone, Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynne, Butch Walker, Hall and Oates, Yo Yo Ma, Renee Fleming and many more. To learn more about Rob Mathes, visit http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102517495603&e=001oa4EqP93xJpYkfUAA6wXOaNS6WxafDsKNOINuYfdGvsEem4DA59ak8XKmkEhmAXJ-MDp1jZWxmxECvfkxJqXC7_RFDgCtAvCogbRv0jWD4lIk0Ll-s3DYA== or http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102517495603&e=001oa4EqP93xJqYwsR4ln2xFv2kpmZnjAoidcfG6ZwS9p8PXxujI0L26hg-fIN3MY_DjWNhYY5SVgBsLsAIB6io1tdgvdFLBeotsQE2ahk6eFkK2WXKnaJegA==. To learn more about NPC and DART, go to http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102517495603&e=001oa4EqP93xJqb4zL5NpdXglAml6S538LMx6kyXOUqF4hjlHJkxGno1uc0jmQbIi2LpEdwhG3TRIFBF-WZgntZiIlyLX7rjEtDd7nriFvhSWyFcNq80yIYDQ==.

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03/23/09 Greenwich Roundup's International Coraspondent: Stop Injustice Now (SIN) Three News Articles

From The Stop Injustice Now Newsletter (SIN):

ARTICLE ONE:

Tot mauled to death by grandma's dogs



Tot mauled to death by grandma's dogs




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A three-month-old boy was mauled to death by his grandmother’s two pet dogs
yesterday while she was baby-sitting him.


Denise Wilson was left covered in blood as she desperately battled to save grandson
Jaden Mack after he was savaged by her Staffordshire bull terrier and Jack Russell.

Terrified Denise, 54, screamed out for help as the dogs bit at the baby's throat
while he lay in his moses basket at her home in Ystrad Mynach in South Wales.

A neighbour wrestled the dogs off Jaden and tried to give him the kiss of life.
But the baby was too badly injured and he died in Prince Charles Hospital in
Merthyr Tydfil shortly after the attack in the early hours of yesterday morning.

ARTICLE TWO:

Foster parent who has looked after 80 children struck off...because a Muslim girl in her care became a Christian



Foster parent who has looked after 80 children struck off...because a Muslim girl in her care became a Christian




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A foster mother has been struck off by a council after a teenage Muslim girl
in her care became a Christian.


The carer, who has ten years' experience and has looked after more than 80 children,
said she was "devastated" by the decision.


"This is my life," she revealed. "It is not just a job for me. It is a vocation.
I love what I do. It is also my entire income. I am a single carer, so that is all I have to live on."


The foster mother said she had recently bought a larger car and had been renting a farmhouse,
with a pony in a field, so that she could provide more disadvantaged children with a new life.

ARTICLE THREE:

Baby P chief speaks at last ... but there's no sign of an apology



Baby P chief speaks at last ... but there's no sign of an apology




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The disgraced council boss sacked over the Baby P scandal is under fire for
failing to apologise for the toddler's death during her first interview since her sacking.


Instead, Sharon Shoesmith, the former £100,000-a-year head of Haringey
council children's services, blamed everyone but herself.


Among others, she attacked Ministers for their handling of the affair,
accused the Press and public of a witch-hunt and claimed she was blatantly
discredited by an independent inquiry.


And she described in self-pitying detail the tragedy's toll on herself and her family,
causing dismay yesterday among those close to the case.


Ann Walker, the childminder who repeatedly warned social services about the toddler's
pitiful condition, told The Mail on Sunday that Mrs Shoesmith should have
'either apologised or said nothing at all'.


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03/23/09 Greenwich Roundup's International Corespondent:Stop Injustice Now (SIN) - The Latest News and The Latest on our Story

'Stop Injustice Now' News Letter



2 News Stories Plus The Latest On Our Story:


News Item One:


The Governor's eyebrow should trump the law
The Governor's eyebrow should trump the law


CLICK HERE For The Full Article:


Hordes of lawyers are infesting Britain. Wouldn't it be better for good
judgment to prevail over the loophole seekers? This is a story about a
mystery widely discussed in recent months: the Governor's eyebrow.

Let's approach the facial hair by way of a riddle. What do the Baby P affair,
the assisted suicide debate (rekindled yesterday by Patricia Hewitt),
Lord Turner of Ecchinswell's report this week on the future of financial
services regulation and a new scrap between The Guardian and Barclays
about the avoidance of taxes, have in common?

In every dispute the Governor's eyebrow stands twitching at the centre of arguments about methods of adjudication. Oliver Letwin, the Tories' policy chief, set this out in a
speech about Baby P this year: at issue (he said) was a choice between
rule-based and judgment-based regulation.

The rule-based approach aims to capture what a regulation means in careful, comprehensive, exhaustively assembled words: an authoritative text. At its best this offers certainty to citizens anxious to know if they are complying with the rules. At its
worst it leads to the letter trumping the spirit of regulation; to box-ticking
and the recruitment of hordes of lawyers to help people to look for ways round
the spirit of the rules while obeying their letter.


News Item Two:


Couple's distress at baby ruling
Couple's distress at baby ruling


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The parents of a seriously ill baby have said they are ''deeply distressed''
by a court ruling allowing him to die. They said they planned to ''enjoy
what little time'' they had left with their ''beautiful and beloved boy''.


He has a rare metabolic disorder and has suffered brain damage and major
respiratory failure. The parents failed to overturn an earlier ruling and
it is understood doctors will stop treating the nine-month-old within 24 hours.
''Belief in his humanity'' was the reason they had fought the medical advice
that he should be allowed to die, they said.


''Life is worthwhile'' Two appeal judges have upheld a High Court ruling which
gives doctors at an unnamed NHS trust powers to turn off the ventilator keeping
''baby OT'' alive. There is no further avenue of appeal for the parents.


The couple had sought to appeal against a judge's ruling on Thursday that it
was in the boy's best interests to withdraw his ''life sustaining treatment''.
In a statement, they said they knew of only one other child with their son's
condition and everyone was in ''unknown territory''.

Latest On Our Story:


Couple's agony in tot ruling
Couple's agony in tot ruling


CLICK HERE For The Full Article:


(The Story of Sarah, Ian Walton and their Daughter Crystal) (Our Story)
I Ian Walton Take Responsibility For Naming Our Selves In This Article
And Not The Sunday Mirror.


The Following Article Was Anonymised By The Sunday Mirror, The Real
Names In The Story Are As Follows;


Stephen = Ian; Tanya = Sarah; Emily = Crystal


A couple whose daughter was taken away by social workers at just four
days old have lost their last-ditch attempt to be reunited with her.


The Sunday Mirror revealed last month how Baby A, now aged four, was
removed because of an unproven claim that her dad harmed his son from
a previous marriage.


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Sunday, March 22, 2009

03/21/09 Once Again Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson Delivers A Biased One Sided Article That Only Quotes School Officials


NO PARENTS, NO TAXPAYERS OR GREENWICH SCHOOL CRITICS ALLOWED

Wet Behind The Ears Gustafson Violates Hearst Newspaper's Journalistic Standards Of Fairness

Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Fails To Insure That All Voices Of Greenwich Society Are Heard

There Are At Least Three Sides To Every Story And The Green Kitty Litter Liner Continues To Only Be A Mpoth Piece For The Incompetiant Greenwich Board Of Education - As Greenwich Taxpayers Are Forced To Foot The Bill

Hearst Newspaper President Steven "BS" Swartz Fails To Deliver The "100 Days Of Change" That He Promised Greenwich Time Employees And Readers

Is The Greenwich Board Of Education Trying To Use Hearst Newspapers To Soften The Blow Before The Poorest School Cjildren In Greenwich Are Cited For Not Making "Adequate Yearly Progress" Under The Federal No Child Left Behind Act

The state Department of Education last year gave Hamilton Avenue School a pass for its horrific scores because of the extenuating circumstances of the relocation - Is Principal Damaris Rau so foolish to think that the state Department of Education will give her a second pass for exceptionally poor preformance?

School fought to maintain academic standards

By Cub Reporter Colin "Wet Behind The Ears" Gustafson
Staff Writer

Posted: 03/21/2009 11:25:56 PM EDT

.....But last year, the school's test performance took a nosedive following students' relocation from the modular building to other schools.

In the writing section, proficiency levels plummeted to 77 percent ­-- close to the levels of 74 and 77 percent posted by students in the 2002-03 and 2003-04 school years, respectively. Among town schools, the Chickahominy school also showed the largest score declines and the lowest proficiency levels on the test......

...The impact was most severe on special-needs students.....


COMMENT:


Biased Cub Reporter Colin "Wet Behind The Ears" Gustafonson Ignors The Fact That Hamilton Avenue School Principal Damaris Rau Has Had A Long And Repeated History Of Allowing Mold To Grow Out Of Control On Her Watch, Because She Doesn't Want To Rock The Boat With Failed Greenwich School Administrator Susan Wallerstien.



For A Year Principal Damaris Rau Ignored Parents Complaints That Their Children Were Getting Sick, Because Of Water Leaks In The Building.



School records show that nearly a year before the moldulars were closed Principal Rau allowed wet and moldly classroom cieling tiles to be replaced, with remediating the source of the mold.



In Febuary 2008, Hamilton Avenue Parents who had been ignored by Ex-Greenwich Time Editor Joe Pisani contacted Greenwich Roundup about the nummerous and growing classroom leaks. Throughout February Greenwich Roundup exposed the leaks until the school was closed a few days into March due to extensive mold infestation.



For The Record:



Hamilton Avenue School Principal Damaris Rau Did Not Return Repeated Phone Calls From Greenwich Roundup About The Modular Water Leaks. At One Point At The End Of February A Hamilton Avenue School Staffer Threaten To Call The Greenwich Police Department On Greenwich Roundup When He Sought A Comment From Principal Rau Or One Of Her Staff Members Before Publishing Another Story About The Leaks.



Less Than A Week Later Greenwich Public School Superintendent Betty Sternberg Issued An Emergency Order Closing The Modular Classrooms And Disbursing Hundreds Of The Smallest And Weakest Members Of Greenwich Society All Over Town.



Also For The Record:



There Was Not One Article From Hearst Newspaper's Local Daily Rag About Water Leaks, MoldOr How Children Were Suffering In Principal Rau's Modular Classrooms.



"100 Days Of Change"



Where Is The "100 Days Of Change Hearst Newspaper President Steven "BS" Swartz Promised Greenwich Time Readers?



Just Look At This Bogus Time Line That Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Huter Put Out In The Greenwich Time






Greenwich Time Staff
Posted: 03/21/2009 03:37:56 PM EDT



December 2003: Board of Education approves funds for construction planning for the school. March 2004: Preliminary plans call for renovating or rebuilding at a cost of $22-$24 million, with a fall 2007 re-opening.....



.....Jan. 22, 2008: Project manager says the project won't be done by May, unless on-the-job manpower increases above the average of 50 workers.



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:








Feb. 29, 2008: Mold is discovered at the modular building during an investigation into a roof leak in a fifth-grade classroom......



.....Early March 2008: Short-term tests taken at the modular building shortly after the relocation reveal no air quality issues related to mold, but one longer-acting test shows a higher level of nontoxic mold spores, according to a consultant hired by the school board.



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed This News Story In His Inaccurate Time Line:






Mid-March 2008: A complaint filed by a parent with the U.S. Department of Education accuses district officials of racial discrimination against Hamilton Avenue students, 60 percent of whom are minorities. Federal officials say the complaint warrants investigation.



.....April 24, 2008: The school board votes to remediate the modular building so it can be used in the fall. The remediation project is expected to take four months and cost up to $1 million. The second option would have been to use Western Greenwich Civic Center......



.....April 24, 2008: The school board votes to remediate the modular building so it can be used in the fall. The remediation project is expected to take four months and cost up to $1 million. The second option would have been to use Western Greenwich Civic Center......



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:









......June 9, 2008: Despite grumbling about the project being over budget and behind schedule, the RTM approves a $200,000 interim appropriation, requested by the building committee in May, to complete work at the school.....



.....Early July 2008: Mold remediation under way at the modular building.



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed This News Story In His Inaccurate Time Line:






.....Late July 2008: School board developing contingency plans for relocating Hamilton Avenue and Glenville students in case the Chickahominy school isn't ready to accommodate students by the start of the 2008-09 school year.


Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed This News Story In His Inaccurate Time Line:





......Aug. 27, 2008: An environmental consultant hired by the school board assures parents at a meeting that the modular building has been remediated and the classrooms are safe to inhabit.



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed This News Story In His Inaccurate Time Line:






.....Late August 2008: School board members say they are considering relocating students to the new school in mid-October if the TCO arrives by mid-September.....



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:
















Sept. 15, 2008: RTM approves building committee's interim funding request, which has risen from $320,000 in July, to $500,000 in August, to $700,000 in September. Committee members cite a slew of new expenses needed to meet inspection standards......



....Sept. 18, 2008: Federal investigators dismiss allegations made by a parent in March that the district is racially discriminating against students. In the report, officials say while significant disparities are evident, there is "insufficient evidence" to show resources were being denied on the bases of race or national origin.



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:









Sept. 30, 2008: Parents submit a petition with more than 500 signatures to the school's building committee opposing an idea floated by several committee members to remove Worth from the project by revoking the bond that guarantees its contract, citing concerns about delaying the school's re-opening for months.......


Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:











.....Mid-October 2007: Fire inspectors uncover minor fire code-related issues at the modular building. Parents concerned about crowding, but school officials say occupancy is below class-size and safety guidelines......


Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:





....Nov. 27, 2007: Building committee says project will be mostly complete by May, instead of March, depending on when the building will be heated.....


Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:





.....Dec. 3, 2008: School officials say they are moving forward with plans to re-open Hamilton Avenue in early January, on the assumption that the building committee will have secured the TCO on Dec. 19.



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:



































Dec. 22, 2008: Sternberg calls off earlier plans to move staff and equipment into the new school over holiday break, citing the eleventh-hour impasse with the boiler manufacturer.....



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:















































.....Jan. 30, 2009: Town building officials grant a TCO for the school, after certifying that the installation of replacement ventilation pipes to the boiler system, as well as a patch job on an interior wall, complies with fire safety standards. Though the school is now safe to occupy, school officials say they will wait until spring to relocate......



Wait A Minute Failed Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Missed These News Stories In His Inaccurate Time Line:

















PLEASE ALSO SEE:








GREENWICH TIME TO HAMILTON AVENUE PARENTS: I Am Sorry We Can't Hear You Over The Sound Of How Incompetent We Are.


Greenwich Time Reporters And Editors Still Don't Want To Hear From The Primary Educators Of Hamilton Avenue School Children - The Parents



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03/22/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed : This Just In .....

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

Review: Greenwich Symphony features a prodigy who stands apart
Stamford Advocate
She joined the Greenwich Symphony as soloist in the "Symphonie espagnole" by Lalo on March 14. Huang unfolded a series of interpretive viewpoints in the ...
Greenwich's Massi part of Huskies' team
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport
The 5-foot-10 Massi, a former Greenwich High captain who spent the better part of two seasons defending against the best the FCIAC had to offer, ...

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Saturday, March 21, 2009

03/21/09 SUPRISE AIG LIED:Greenwich Resident Richard Blumenthal Says AIG Paid It's Fat Cat Pirates $218 Million In Bonuses !!!!!

Greenwich Resident Richard Blumenthal Has Discovered That The AIG Pirates Are Lying To America

THE FAILURES:

Hearst Newspaper President Steven Swartz Has Doomed His "100 Days Of Change" Initiative To Failure, Because He Continues To Employ An Incompetitant Editor At The Greenwich Time

Apparently, Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Has No Contacts In The CT AG's Office

Hearst Newspaper Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Is A Sleep At The Switch As Out Of Town News Organizations Are Covering The Story In The Greenwich Time's Backyard

Ex- Greenwich Time Managing Editor And Now Hearst Newspaper Reporter Jim "I Like Writting About Beer" Zebora Is Clueless That AIG Lied And Paid Out An Additional 53 Million In Tax Dollars To The Jackpot Jimmys At AIG

THE QUOTE:

'If the numbers are changing, we want to know what number is accurate.'Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut attorney general

THE STORY:

Conn. official says AIG underestimated bonus pool


MarketWatch

Wallace Witkowski - MarketWatch Bussiness News Editor In San Francisco

American International Group Inc. paid out millions more than previously reported in bonuses to employees of its troubled financial-products unit, according to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the state official's office said Saturday, citing documents subpoenaed from the insurer.

Employees of the company's financial-products unit were paid $218 million in retention bonuses rather than the $165 million reported last week, according to Blumenthal's office

The attorney general's office received subpoenaed documents from AIG (AIG) late Friday and has commanded AIG Chief Executive Edward Liddy and 11 other employees to appear at a March 26 hearing. Other AIG employees subpoenaed are Douglas Polling, James Haas, Jonathan Liebergall, Christopher Phole, Steven Pike, Robert Powell, Joseph Rooney, Gregory Ruffa, Leonid Shekhtnam, Christian Toft and Steven Wagar.

"We want to know there is a full accounting at this point," Blumenthal told CNN in a phone interview. "If the numbers are changing, we want to know what number is accurate, what time periods are covered, but most important how we recover that money because these bonuses should have never been paid."


WHY ISN'T ANYONE LISTENING
TO GREENWICH ROUNDUP



THIS WAS ONLY THE FIRST ROUND
OF BONUS PAYMENTS TO THE AIG FAT CATS



THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON A SECOND
TAXPAYER FUNDED MULTI MILLION DOLLAR

AIG BONUS PAYMENT



Here Is A News Flash For The Incompetent
Bruce Hunter And Jim Zebora:

The AIG Employee Retention Plan That Is Causing
Working Folks Sharpening Their Pitchforks.
Has Two Componets




There Are Two Sets Of Bonus Payments

This Is The First Bonus And Covers December 01, 2007 To November 30, 2008 That Was To Be Paid No Later Than March 15th of 2009.

Most People Including The Clueless Bruce Hunter Don't Realize That The Clock Is Already Ticking On A Second Round Of Bonus Payments.

The Is Second Bonus Payments Cover December 01, 2008 To November 30, 2009 That Was To Be Paid No Later Than March 15th of 2010.



Next Years Taxpayer Funded Bonus Payments Are A Done Deal

San Francisco Market Watch Business Editor

Wallace Witkowski Continues.....


AIG spokesman Mark Herr told CNN that the company believes Blumenthal's office is taking into account payments that were made in December that were separate from the $165 million that was paid in March and widely reported upon last week.


"We want to know exactly what these numbers cover, whether in fact they are specifically identifiable as 2009 payments as appears to be the case from the documents," Blumenthal told CNN.


Last week, AIG disclosed it had paid out the $165 million in retention bonuses, with 73 financial-products-unit employees receiving bonuses of $1 million or more and 11 of those employees having already left the company.
Maybe, Hearst Newspapers Managing Editor Is Just Ignoring The Fact That Greenwich Resident And Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Just Found 53 Million In Additional AIG Payments, Because He Is Posiing The Greenwich Time To Be The Hearst News Wanna Be Of Lower Fairfield County.
Just Look How Greenwich Time Editors Were Sticking Up
For Poor Little AIG In A Greenwich Time Editorial:
PLEASE SEE:


UPDATE:

03/22/o8

2AM

Virtually Every Newspaper In America Has Reported On The Fact That Greenwich Resident Richard Blumenthal Says AIG Gave Out An Additional $53 Million Bucks

Only One Hearst Newspaper Left It's Readers In The Dark......

The Greenwich Time

AIG bonuses $218 million, not $165 million, AG says
Los Angeles Times

AIG Financial Products handed out $218 million in bonuses, not $165 as had been previously reported, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said ...

Reports: AIG Gave Out $50 Million More in Bonuses
Voice of America

Published reports Saturday say documents submitted to the attorney general of Connecticut show AIG paid $218 million in bonuses. That is $53 million more ...

A Real Simple Solution to the AIG Bonus Mess
Huffington Post

... news broke over the weekend that instead of the previously reported $165-million AIG handed out in retention bonuses, the total is actually $218-million ...


State finds more in AIG bonuses
Chicago Tribune
The new total of $218 million comes from calculations made by Blumenthal's office after it received documents from the company Friday. ...


Bus Tour Swings By Homes Of Executives Who Received Bonuses
Hartford Courant

While more than 400 AIG employees received bonuses — now estimated by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal at $218 million in all

In Fact There Are 2,266 News Articles At Google News About The $218 Million In Bonuses

However, Hearst Newspaper Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Is Not Covering The Story In The Ultra Conservative Greenwich Time

Bruce Hunter Is Unfair And Unbalanced

Yes, The Fox News Wanna Be Of Lower Fairfield County Is Always Slow To Cover Greenwich Democrat Richard Blumenthal's Announcements

If You Search The Greenwich Time Web Site For "$218 million" In The Greenwich Time's Search Box You Get 0 Results

That's Why If You Want To Know What's Going On You Have To Read The Out Of Town Newspapers

All The Other Hearst Newspapers Covered The Story Hours Ago:

For Example, The CT Post Put The Story Up Yesterday

Blumenthal: $218M paid in AIG bonuses
Connecticut Post - ‎13 hours ago‎
Documents turned over late Friday show AIG paid $218 million in bonuses last weekend, higher than the $165 million that was previously disclosed, ...

Will Somebody Go Wake Up

Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter

From His Self Induced Coma

MAYBE BRUCE HUNTER AND HIS LAME GREENWICH TIME NEWS TEAM WILL COVER THE STORY SOMETIME SUNDAY

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