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The primary of the Republican Board of Estimate and Taxation ("BET") candidates for the town of Greenwich begins on Tuesday, September 2nd, and goes through September 7th, with the main day of voting on September 9th.
We have been watching the letters to the editors, the Op-Eds and the various smear campaigns by Democrats regarding the BET and its decisions to “cut the budget on education”.
Here are the facts - enrollment is down, so why should the budget increase?
“In total, 8,392 students were enrolled in the district for the 2025-26 school year as of Friday," Superintendent Toni Jones said. Last year, GPS had 8,513 enrolled students. This has been mis-characterized as a fear tactic to say that the Republicans of the town of Greenwich are cutting key education resources from school children.
What happened with the BET and the BOE was a reduction of the increase in the budget, not a cut to the existing budget.
Just because there’s inflation, does not mean the budget should automatically increase when enrollment is down.
As a fiscally responsible town, one should first look at where waste can be eliminated. There was also a surplus that effectively offset some of that proposed budget increase. This has to do with Connecticut statute and concerns of if you do not use the spending with a surplus, you lose it.
Here are the conservatives running for local Office on the BET:
Candidates with asterisks have been endorsed by the Greenwich Republican Town Committee ("RTC").
The bios as reported to the Greenwich League of Women Voters can be found here. Read them, and become informed voters.
While there are two “slates” running, some of each slate includes those endorsed by the Greenwich RTC.
What is impressive is how many Republican voters these petition candidates engaged to achieve over 1,500 signatures (in such a short time) and many of those petitions included grassroots campaigning, like the town dump campaigning that we like so much.
The willingness to sign a petition demonstrates that there are Greenwich voters who want to get active in the future of the town. While only Republicans could sign the petitions for these candidates, many unaffiliated, independent and democrats were questioned. The biggest challenge is informing the voter and these petitions may encourage those who cannot participate (due to party affiliation) to show up in November.
The hope is that whatever happens at the primary when it concludes on Tuesday, September 9th, the Republicans can see how they are able to mobilize, even against each other in a primary, and how they will all be needed to work hard for municipal elections in November.
A Cautionary Tale
Those who win on the 9th should help bring a united front on the 10th, working to keep Greenwich fiscally responsible and instilling parent choice back into their children’s education. Fighting against woke progressive changes, and focusing on an education program designed to make Greenwich the best school district in Connecticut is necessary to combat Toni Jones and her cohort.
So make your voices heard at the polls. Your vote counts, now and in November.
VOTING INFO - From the Town of Greenwich
PLUS: All polling places are open on September 9th at the below locations.
All primaries and elections in Greenwich are open for voting between 6am and 8pm.
Each voter is assigned a polling place. Find out where you vote using the Registration Lookup tool.
Voting takes place in the following locations. Click on a polling place for a google map:
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