Groton Conservatives

07/29/2011

Let Democrats know now that you will not vote for them in any election. This page used to be focused on CT only but now it is nationwide!

05/24/2011

Dubious and Disturbing, and CT residents will pay.

05/12/2011

Good Job RTM!!

Groton -- The school district is faced with making dramatic changes after the 38 Representative Town Meeting members present at Wednesday’s RTM meeting voted 27 to 9 with one abstention to provide the district with no budget increase.The school system, seeking $74.2 million for 2011-12 school year,

04/29/2011

Mystic River Press serving Mystic, Groton, Stonington, North Stonington, Noank and Old Mystic

04/05/2011

If Danbury residents can't afford a tax increase neither can Groton.

Mayor Mark Boughton said the budget he will unveil Tuesday includes spending cuts and other "creative solutions" to deal with an expected revenue shortfall in the next fiscal year. School officials have already been brainstorming, he said, about how to deal with a cut in the spending request, espec

04/02/2011

GROTON TOWN COUNCIL BEGINS STUDY OF $122 MILLION BUDGET PLAN FOR 2011/2012 THAT INCREASES TAXES AN ALARMING 10%

Groton - After hearing from about 25 taxpayers on the proposed $122 million town budget for 2011-12, the Town Council this week began its scrutiny of the plan.

03/26/2011

This could be a great first step to fiscal sustainability for our town and many others like it.

A bill to allow cities and towns to cut school budgets when enrollment declines--opposed by educators but backed by municipal leaders and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy--won key approval from the legislature's Education Committee Friday.

03/20/2011

Groton does not have to establish a permanent office for climate change to understand that if we do things like install new, top of the line windows to prevent energy loss or to utilize solar panels to produce electricity would reduce Groton's carbon foot print. Lets use common sense.

Groton - The Town Council isn't about to rush to act on something as significant as how the town should respond to the challenges of climate change.

03/15/2011

Has anyone heard of Safe Link Wireless? It is a government supported program that distributes free cell phones and airtime each month to customers. In other words your tax dollars are being distributed to a wireless phone provider to provide welfare recipients with free cell phones and airtime. Check it out for yourself. This is one reason why we are 14 trillion dollars in debt!

When you click continue below you will be redirected to TracFone’s website. Once there click “GO” under the “ADD AIRTIME ONLINE” option.

03/11/2011

Gov. Malloy facing questioning regarding his budget and tax increases.

http://www.norwichct.org/content/39/default.aspx http://www.ct.gov/malloy/site/default.asp http://www.theday.com/article/20110310/NWS01/303109382/1017 The historic Norwich City Hall hosted Governor Dannel Malloy's 5th in a series of 17 planned town hall meetings to discuss his proposed 2012-201

03/09/2011

I am concerned about our governor's proposed tax increases, which will be the largest in Connecticut's history and place most of the burden on the middle class.

03/09/2011

There is a sentence that the editor left out when publishing this article. The sentence is:

In response to Groton residents need voice in school project by Ellen Brown Chairperson of the Phase II PAC and former Groton Board of Education Member.

The Town of Groton operates under the town council/representative town meeting form of government. The council is the governing body, while RTM members are elected to represent taxpayers in their respective districts.