Find, Fix, And Destroy
To the Editor:
I trust we would agree the foundation of our democracy is a well informed and engaged populace. As November 2 approaches o...
Vote Your Conscience
To the Editor:
As a practicing Catholic I strongly object to my church urging me to cast my vote for president on the one issue of abortion...
Wine Tasting And Football
The Newtown Democratic Town Committee will hold a combination wine tasting and afternoon of NFL football on Sunday, November 7, from 3...
Voting Officials: Have ID Ready And Keep The Lines Moving
By John Voket
Voters may disagree passionately about which candidates will better serve our country, s...
Theater Of The Absurd
To the Editor:
The closer we get to election day, the more I feel like a character stuck in a bad movie — like David and Jenni...
Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The ...
Johnson Opponnet, Gerratana, Rallies Local Democrats
Terry Gerratana, Democratic candidate for Connecticut’s Fifth Congressional District, visited t...
The Newtown Vintage Base Ball Club will hold a meeting on Tuesday, November 9, at 7 pm in the meeting room of the Cyrenius Booth Library.
The Club –...
Hands-On Holistic Health
DANBURY — The Institute for Holistic Health Studies at Western CT State University and the Danbury branch of Connecticut Ho...
Consider The Federal Judiciary
To the Editor:
At stake in this election is a concern more serious even than the threat of terrorism. It is a threat to the found...
I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!
Who have you asked that didn't know where to cut? Its easy. Ideally, you would start with section 100 of the budget but the union prevents that. So I say you turn to page 18, put it on your dart board, and start reducing the head count. It's all you can do when the union controls the budget.
The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).