The place, Norfield Parish Hall, Moderator, President Kathy Failla (Town Clerk Donna Anastasia provides the names) and Barbara Rowland is our "Speak Up Coordinator" - and the Onion Barn Sign...

The Town's Business is Your Business:  Direction From the People to Their Government...click above to get summary of...
Boards/Officials who spoke up at "Speak-Up 2004"
February 7th - 10:30am-12 noon, Norfield Parish Hall - began and ended right on time!

Moderator President Kathy Failla keeps the questions and answers flowing!  Here, First Selectman Woody Bliss has definitive information about a question, but no one was shy about chipping in on other "hot" questions...such as Army Corps easements Town Meeting, or the plight of rail commuters, or what can the school community do to avert a $270,000 cut in the proposed school budget FY2005 (from 5.83% increase to 5% increase).

For example, Selectman Glenn Major indicated that the Board of Education did not supply enough justification of need...to warrent more than 5% increase (Selectman Richard Millar's suggestion);  State Senator John McKinney discusses dire and crowded situation on Metro North with rail commuter;  Board of Finance Chair. Len Peterson says the Board of Education may be asking for more than we can afford this year;  Planning and Zoning Chair. Don Saltzman implores the assembled residents to attend public meetings..."We don't like playing to an empty room" he jested.  More questions HERE.

ROSTER OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS PRESENT SPEAK UP 2004 (only 30 of these on the stage):
Claudia Hahn or Cindy Williams   Beautification Committee
Karl  Nelson, Ch.    Board of Ethics Commission
Dr. Lynne Pierson    Superintendent of Schools
Richard Wolf   Ch.  Building Committee
Woody Bliss     First Selectman
Glenn Major     Selectman
Richard Miller     Selectman
Richard Bochinski    Board of Assessment Appeals
Norman HendersonCh.   Commission for Elderly
Walter Jonnson  Ch.    Zoning Bd. of Appeals
Michael O'Brien  Ch.    Insurance Advisory Commission
Patricia Cayanni  Ch.    Children and Youth Commission
David Juneau Ch.    Parks and Recreation Commission
Lynne Langlois  Ch.    Library Board
Tom Landry    Town Administrator
David Coprio, Ch.    Building Board of Appeals
Leslie Wolf, Ch.    Board of Education
Corey Attra, Ch.   Conservation Commission
William Brady     Police Commission
Diane Lofthus     Registrar of Voters
Eileen Buckley    Registrar of Voters
Leonard Peterson, Ch.    Board of Finance
Andrew Neilly, Ch.     Commission for the Arts
Rep. John Stripp   Ct.State Representative, 135th District
Senator John McKinney   Ct. State Senator, 28th District
Bob Osborn, Donald Saltzman,Ch. Planning and Zoning Commission and Tower Committee

TENTATIVE--but they all came PLUS Rack Gleason, Building Inspector:

Senator Judith Freedman   Ct. State Senator, 26th District
Judy Nelson     Weston-Westport Health District
Donna Anastasia   Town Clerk
John Conte     Town Engineer
Chief Anthony Land    Weston Chief of Police