This is not the first time this official has been accused of such behavior, and now New Canaan residents are wondering if the behavior violates Town Council's rules

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Elaina Colarusso, a mother of a high school student in New Canaan, CT, approached her Board of Education on October 21, 2024, to complain about an inappropriate book assigned to her daughter's English class.

The book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie, is one of the most frequently challenged books of all time, especially considering the racist, profane, sexually-charged and inflammatory language found in its pages.

Nonetheless, Colarusso mustered up the nerve to take the issue to the New Canaan BOE even though the BOE didn't address the issue at all during the meeting.

Since that time, New Canaan Town Councilperson Hilary Ritter Ormond has taken it upon herself to belittle and attack Colarusso on social media.

"I can't actually believe all of the praise you are getting, particularly as a presumably white woman saying the n word out loud at a public meeting," says Ormond who goes on to argue that it's important to "learn about that word, how it is used historically and in the present, the impact it has had on members of our community who are black, how it has been and is weaponized..."

One of the quotes from the book that Colarusso read was: "Did you know that Indians are living proof that n*ggers f*ck buffalo?" 

It's hard to see how that particular usage of the word fits Ormond's argument.

Or why this particular author should be propped up in the 9th grade English curriculum, especially after admitting to the "harm" he's caused others when rumors of sexual harassment surfaced.

In another post Ormond argued that high schoolers should be able to handle content like that and that "book banners" shouldn't be able to stop educators from teaching about "how pernicious racism has been and still is."

Nonetheless, Ormond adds to the above post, saying, "Am I crazy or should white people never, ever utter this word aloud?"

There's a lot to unpack in Ormond's comment.

Colarusso is not the only person Ormond has gone after on social media, either.

In 2022 the New Canaan Town Council was notified about Ormond's behavior in response to a social media post from a new mom in the community who shared a survey on behalf of her child who was unhappy about the proposed earlier start time for elementary schoolers.

As soon as the mom posted the survey to Facebook, Ormond and another mom wrote they were "pulling up chairs" and getting their "popcorn to watch the carnage."

The new mom reached out to Ormond to better understand her curious reaction, at which point Ormond allegedly attacked the mom and accused her of "exploiting" her own daughter, a special needs student who valued time before school in the morning for her hobby.

Ormond further accused the mom of "weaponizing" her child's disability and making an "ableist" argument. The mom characterized Ormond's posts as aggressive, disparaging, and cruel. Next, Ormond allegedly contacted the elementary school about the girl's survey to have it stopped (it was stopped) and she asked the moderator of the Facebook group to censor and remove Ormond's posts. The mother was shocked that Ormond would go to such great lengths and apparently use her position of power in the town to behave in this manner.

Then there was the time Ormond seemed to encourage violence when she posted, "I would like all of the women in my life to stop for a second, take a long, deep breath, and burn everything to the f*cking ground."

In another social media post from 2022, when forced masking was the rule in school, Ormond apparently mocked a mother whose child suffered a terrifying asthma attack from wearing a mask.

As the Vice Chair of the New Canaan Town Council, Ormond is expected to follow the Town Council's rules.

In light of the above behavior, though, she has been accused of violating the Council's ethical obligations requiring her to "represent the entire community at all times" and "conduct herself in a respectful, collegial manner."

"Hilary has a pattern of bad behavior on social media that is unfitting for someone in the role of Town Council Vice Chair," said a New Canaan father familiar with the situation. "I wish she would learn how to conduct herself in a more respectful manner online and stop implying people are racists. If she can't do that, perhaps she should consider stepping down from the Town Council."

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