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B R E A K I N G N E W S B E S I D E S E X P L O S I O N S O F I . E . D . s
Click below for NYTimes article on CCJEF decision:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/nyregion/connecticut-public-schools-inequality-judge-orders.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
In Connecticut, a Wealth Gap Divides Neighboring Schools (second CCJEF article):
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/nyregion/in-connecticut-a-wealth-gap-divides-neighboring-schools.html?rref
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N E W S O N E L E C T I O N S
OPEN SEAT IN CT HOUSE:
Debate between candidates to represent Weston, Easton and Redding (135th District) C.G.A.
Invited are Republican, Independent, Democrat and Green Parties' endorsed candidates.
WHAT: LWV of Weston Debate for OPEN SEAT in 135th District, Connecticut House.
WHERE - PLEASE TAKE NOTE: Weston Town Hall Meeting Room
WHEN: Saturday morning October 8, 2016, 10:30am to 12 noon
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R E G I O N A L L E A G U E S. . .
Regional LWV's 4th Congressional District Debate
Wilton High School
Sunday Oct. 23, 2016, 5 to 6:30pm
John Shaban (l) and Jim Himes (r)
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From LWVCT:
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CT cleared - http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/DMV-agrees-to-follow-law-after-DOJ-voter-9125802.php
CT ethics is a matter of interest. Comptroller Lembo at 2014 Annual Meeting/Betty Hill Forum.
LWV OF WESTON ANNUAL MEETING JUNE 3, 2016, ASPETUCK VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB
"Picture Story" click above, Go direct to Betty Hill Forum address by John Seigenthaler below.
Pictured below (l), LWV of Weston Annual Meeting-goers at work - new and longer term members!!!
Annual Luncheon and Betty Hill Forum
LWV of Weston: Setting encouraged great and efficient business meeting; LWVCT Convention (r).
LEAGUE of WOMEN VOTERS of WESTON :
CONTACT OUR WEBSITE
LWVUS. LWVCT; LWV news. Town Hall; Voter Service 2016; 2015. Budget Process FY'17;
- CHECK OUT NEXT SELECTMEN'S MEETING AGENDA/REPORT.
- Election Calendar 2016: ongoing news.
- Campaign Finance Reform and Ethics.
- CT CONVENTION 2016 picture story.
- LWVCT ED FUND FALL CONFERENCE PICTURE STORY; WATCH VIDEO NOW!
- Link to Know Your Town Directory
- Conversation#1 - the POCD; Natural Resources #2" LWV program; #3 Farming.
- "Impact on Issues" from LWVUS; Campaign Finance Reform here; F.O.I.A. meeting.
- Not so New - always a concern:
http://openbudget.ct.gov/#!/year/default
- Click
here to join the LWV of Weston!
All over now...
WESTON BUDGET PROCESS f y ' 1 7 I N A S N A P - S H O T ! ! !
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Presidential Preference Primary results in Weston
April 28th Referendum on bottom line of Town, School and
Capital Budgets only
Well run ATBM and Thursday we find out there were even more voters - perhaps 200!!
CT GENERAL STATUTES - (WHO CAN VOTE AT TOWN MEETING)
Sec. 7-6. Eligibility to vote. At any town meeting other than a regular or special town election or
at any meeting of any fire, sewer or school district or any other municipal subdivision of any
town incorporated by any special act, any person who is an elector of such town may vote and
any citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more who, jointly or severally,
is liable to the town, district or subdivision for taxes assessed against him on an assessment of not
less than one thousand dollars on the last-completed grand list of such town, district or
subdivision, or who would be so liable if not entitled to an exemption under subdivision
(17), (19), (22), (23), (25) or (26) of section 12-81, may vote, unless restricted by the provisions
of any special act relating to such town, district or subdivision.
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S P E A K U P 2 0 1 6 " P I C T U R E S T O R Y " - C L I C K H E R E
Click on pictures immediately below for links to election news!
BREAKING NEWS: April 4th at 7:15pm in the Weston High School Cafeteria...
The Planning and Zoning Commission will be conducting a Public Hearing, beginning on Monday,
April 4th at 7:15PM in Weston High School cafeteria:
http://www.westonct.gov/media/file/Procedure_Memo_from_Planning_Zoning_Commission.pdf
Application information supplied by applicant:
http://www.westonct.gov/media/file/AACD_Zoning_Amendment_Application_to_PZ_2116.pdf
RESEARCH:
Link to the current zoning regulations as they appear on the Town of Weston website:
http://www.westonct.gov/media/file/Weston_Zoning_Regulations_5142015.pdf
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NEWS FROM THE TOWN OF WESTON WEBSITE:
- Election Information: BUDGET PROCESS PLUS PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY
- Are you registered? In a Party? Find out here.
- Registrars' email: votereg@westonct.gov
Election 2015
Weston was again selected to participate in the state-wide post-Election audit. This audit went well,
with no discrepancies found!
FOR YOUR INFORMATION ON THIS GENERAL TOPIC:
2013 source for answer to questions about "post-election audit" - https://www.verifiedvoting.org/resources/post-election-audits/
The League of Women Voters of Weston is delighted to present videos of the three candidate debates
which it conducted on October 17, 2015, for candidates for election to Weston's Boards of Selectmen,
Finance, and Education. The "play" button appearing at the center of the three images directly
below will start playback of the corresponding debate.
"Picture Story" on the debates here.
DEBATES 2015 ALL OVER NOW!
Selectmen, Finance, Education, in this order.
POSTED AT END OF SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. LWV DEBATES ON TOWN TV AND YOUTUBE
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LWV of Weston "PICTURE STORY" of 2015 three debates in one Saturday morning plus lunch...
Read Weston FORUM print edition front page story Oct. 22 for reporter's wrap up and highlights!!!
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Weston's "DNA" series of discussion or "Community Conversations"
CONVERSATION #3: LWV of Weston explores farming heritage.
CONVERSATION#2: LWV of Weston program on Weston's Natural Resources over...
CONVERSATION #1: LWV of Weston plan of development update program over...
The League of Women Voters of Weston hosted an update of the Weston Town Plan of Conservation and
Development on Sunday, April 26, from 3:30 to 5 in the Weston Town Hall Commission Room.
Dr. Tom Failla, Chairman of P&Z presented and ably answered any and all questions in a broad-ranging
discussion...story in full: http://www.thewestonforum.com/47461/public-discusses-weston-town-plan/
"MISS REPRESENTATION"
How did it go? Excellent choice for 2015 - introduced by LWV of Weston with information and
background; nice crowd including probably 4 generations of Weston women plus three men! Middle
School to middle age to those of us even older! Moderated for Q&A and discussion by Youth Seervices
Director; hosted by Weston's Librarian and a few of her Boards and Friends...
From the Sundance Film Festival, the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College...
And now, right here at Weston Library on Sunday afternoon at 2pm on March 15th!!!
League Co-Sponsored Event! For Women's History Month 2015...
Our co-sponsors, the Library Trustees and the Friends of the Library as well as Weston Youth Services,
invite Westonites including individuals, parents and students grades 6 and up to see and discuss this film,
MISS Representation
From our ACTION position...drawn up originally at Program Planning...
ACTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
The Weston League of Women Voters is into Land Use. Link: http://www.lwvweston.org/lwvctkelda.htm
WATER SUPPLY: Time for another program? Previous event: http://www.lwvweston.org/program.html
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2015 SPEAK UP VIDEO HERE IN TWO FORMATS
Windows Media
Player format (best viewed on Windows computers via Internet
Explorer, which will open
Windows Media Player and begin playback without
waiting for the entire file to download; other
browsers may not
begin playback until the entire file has downloaded,
which may take several minutes or more.
Can be viewed on Apple computers if Windows Media
Player has been installed):
www.lwvweston.org/LWVSpeakup2-7-15.wmv
(1 hour 41 minutes
2 seconds; 256 megaBytes)
MP4 format (viewable on most Windows
and Apple computers, but playback may not start until
the entire file has
downloaded, which may take several minutes or more):
www.lwvweston.org/LWVSpeakup2-7-15.mp4
(1 hour 41 minutes 2 seconds; 437 megaBytes)
Standing room only LWV of Weston "SPEAK UP 2015" over...
League thanks all who attended, both our invited officials and the interested populace. We thought
we heard a restrained concern about being financially squeezed, but maybe not!
Picture story continues here.
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Nobody asked about this...the budget process.
Check out the First Selectman's Budget FY'16 here; LWV of Weston process graphic blow-up here;
Feb. 3 Tri-Board Meeting "streaming" a setting for a demographic preamble:
We watched the "streaming" Board of Ed Thurs. Jan 29th...Thanks for the "Speak Up" plug!!!
IT WAS 2001 WHEN THIS TOPIC CAME UP AT P.R.I. PUBLIC HEARING
Some other matters to ask about at Speak Up...is it time yet for this issue to surface again?
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Lights Committee 'walk', Dec. 3, 2014. New planning Region? Anything new on the Town Website?
With permission, enters private property, measure if "zero" light achieved; WCCOG? Anything new with h2o?
Legislature in Long Session: What's hot? News on school enrollment?
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What happened over the summer of 2014? Lots of work inside and out on School Road! This year?
- Nothing new to the public on
drainage study, involving Onion Barn,
perhaps.
- Lights up/on at the
football field see above, Board of Education's
Facilities Committee discussed the matter.
- Senior Center South House project underway, not
pictured.
- Weston Library internal changes in line for grant
after planning process, no picture.
- Nothing coming out of the "land swap" between Town and bank properties.
- PROPOSAL NOW WITHDRAWN BY
BANK after
July 23, 2014
ANNUAL MEETING (LWV OF WESTON) 2015
"Beyond 2016: Next Generation American Politics" - watch on YouTube here.
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ANNUAL MEETING (LWV of WESTON) 2014:
Annual Meeting approved new bylaws that formalize the "Steering Committee" as an alternative way to
conduct League business (approved in concept by LWVCT), among other items on the agenda.
The LWV of Weston “Betty Hill Forum” and
luncheon May 30, 2014 555began at noon at the Red Barn
featured CT Comptroller Kevin Lembo.
Our guest speaker will address the topic:
“The State of the State, Transparency, and the Future
of Connecticut’s Economy.”
"Picture story" here.
WATCH COMPTROLLER LEMBO'S TALK & Q&A ON THIS TOPIC...LINKS BELOW.
The
video is 52 minutes 20 seconds long, and is
presented in two formats:
Windows
Media Player format (best viewed on Windows
computers via Internet Explorer, which will open
Windows Media Player and begin playback without
waiting for the entire file to download; other
browsers may not
begin playback until the entire file has downloaded,
which may take several minutes or more. Can be
viewed on
Apple computers if Windows Media Player has been
installed):
www.lwvweston.org/LWVAnnualMtg5-30-14.wmv
(139 MegaBytes)
MP4 format (viewable on most Windows
and Apple computers, but playback may not start until
the entire file has
downloaded, which may take several minutes or more):
www.lwvweston.org/LWVAnnualMtg5-30-14.mp4
(232 MegaBytes)
SPEAKER: Hon. Kevin Lembo, CT Comptroller, 15th Betty Hill Forum Friday, May 30, 2014
Excellent turnout! Answer re: "future?" Moving slowly forward toward GAAP. Commented on 50-state
bidding wars for jobs. Questioned state commitment to infrastructure improvements and repairs (we think
we heard that, but we'll check the tape later).
Please join the League of Women Voters of Weston, CT - not just for lunch! Online membership info here.
BACKGROUND READING about topics covered.
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SPECIAL LWV of Weston meeting Friday Feb. 22nd the day before rescheduled Speak Up...
LWV of Greenwich held this meeting Tuesday...not Simpson-Bowles, but sequester question to the fore.
"HARD CHOICES AHEAD - SIMPSON-BOWLES (A Framework for Change)"
Picture story here.
Videotaped by LWV for online here:
without waiting for the download to complete.
1 hour 20 minutes 34 seconds
For cable and dsl users:
http://www.lwvweston.org/Himes2-22-13CableVersion.wmv
(208 Megabytes)
For dial-up modem users:
http://www.lwvweston.org/Himes2-22-13ModemVersion.wmv
(30 Megabytes)
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PUBLIC HEARING ON WESTON ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS COMING MARCH 21ST AT 7PM IN TOWN HALL
WESTON SELECTMEN SERVE UP GUN REG DISCUSSION!
Held November 10, 2012, before Sandy Hook School tragedy in Newtown.
LWV Town Affairs Update: Public discussion of space needs needed?
