Newtown Playwright & Teacher Puts
The World Premier Of ‘Masks’
On The Boards At Pomperaug
By John Voket
Sitting in during a recent reh...
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The Newtown Bee concludes its candidate profiles for the 2007 election this week with profiles of candidates for first selectman and for the Board of Select...
Group Home Residents Checked For Carbon Monoxide
By Andrew Gorosko
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Blood Pressure Screening At Ashlar
The Ashlar of Newtown nursing department will sponsor a free blood pressure screening on Tuesday, November 20, from 10 am to ...
Tchotchke Tattle-Tales
By Nancy K. Crevier
On top of my computer there is an altar. It started with a gigantic cut-emerald paperweight in a velvet case I receiv...
Lecture At WCSU On Lost Metropolis Of Ancient Mexico
DANBURY — Archaeologist Dr Kim Goldsmith will separate facts from myths in the scientific stud...
A Threat At The Curb
To the Editor:
This week my heart skipped a beat. I have three children, a husband, and a fairly hectic life, so this has happened before. ...
Budget should be cut by 20%, spending $2.65 million dollars per every week forever is absolutely unsustainable ! Do everything possible to Vote No on another nonsensical attempt to increase the cost of living ! Taxpayers are honestly just renting their houses from the town, it costs me $40 every night to sleep in my own bed ! Soon it will be cheaper living in a hotel than owning a property in Newtown !
I went and complaint to Rosenthall's father that the budget was too high at $80M several years ago, now we are at almost $140M . $2.65 million per week that is ! Fairfield hills should have long been developed by investors money and bring revenue to the town. WE ARE DRIVING OURSELVES OUT OF NEWTOWN by doing this and constantly raising the cost of living. It makes zero sense, any extra budget money gets burned on stupid stuff just so they can ask for more next year. Put an END TO THIS STUPIDITY and CUT THE BUDGET 20%. Everyone will be just fine ! Kids won't get any smarter anyway. That's an honest reality !
Any common sensical person can do this job at under 100k salary. Way overhyped and overpaid at over $200k annual salary. We as voters have to put an end to this. Not to mention an assistant comes along with this job paid at 190k! What is wrong with you voters?
The entire budget needs to be cut not raised. The proposed budget now would sit that we spend $2.65 million dollars every week. For population of less than 30k people it is absolutely absurd ! You cannot keep driving older folks out of town just to create a revolving door of parents who come here, educate their kids and run away ! There is no need to be paying 190K annual salary to an ASSISTANT to superintendent, not in the best interest of tax payers ! The voting turnout at 9% is ridiculous ! Lobby lawmakers to change the voting by mail, so everyone gets a ballot in the mail and at least 51% of residents vote to approve, otherwise the budget should not be approved if you don't have the majority ! Most folks don't even know when the vote is ! They have taxes bundled with mortgage and don't even know ! We are raising cost of living for everyone and it is absolutely not necessary.