The Legislative Council authorized a reduction of $1.4 million from the Board of Education budget's increase, and the new budget will go out to referendum on May 14.
At the midway point of today’s referendum, 998 of Newtown’s 19,148 registered voters had visited Newtown Middle School to cast their four-question ballot.
State Delegation To Host Legislative Update At Senior Center, SaturdayState Senator Tony Hwang and State Representative Mitch Bolinsky invite the public to a Legislative Community Update on Saturday, June 15.State Senator Tony Hwang and State Representative Mitch Bolinsky invite the public to a Legislative Community Update on Saturday, June 15.The event will begin at 1 pm. It will be conducted at Newtown Senior Center, 8 Simpson Street.This forum is an opportunity for taxpayers and residents to ask questions about the state legislature’s past session and discuss the looming special session, legislative priorities, achievements, and new laws with their elected representatives.The event is free and open to the public.
Rejecting or approving town budgets has nothing to do with 'smart' growth. These budgets are expected to grow appropriately as cost of services increases.
The status quo is clearly not appealing to voters who rejected the school budget at first and only narrowly approved the town's budget. Smart growth is the name of the game here. That would be growth that respects our past, retains and ensures our vibrancy, and simultaneously widens our tax base.
The Newtown Conservation Coalition is basically a NIMBY snake oil salesman. They jump from cause to cause with the sole goal of making sure nothing changes. It is only a matter of time before they lower their threshold, get to acres, and want an accessory building, not in "their" town. They will bust out a new poster of a bulldozer tramping over a "historic" stone wall and protest in front of any town meeting.