2012 CONNECTICUT
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
Friday, May 18, 2012
Hartford Convention Center
100 Columbus Boulevard
Hartford, CT
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State Sen. L. Scott Frantz, R-36th District, speaks after he was renominated by Greenwich Republicans Monday, May 14, 2012, at the Arch Street teen center in Greenwich. Photo: Helen Neafsey / Greenwich Time | Buy This Photo
Count Bea Crumbine and Dawn Federman as L. Scott Frantz fans.
"I think he is an inspiration, and I think he is exactly what every politician should be like, especially for the youth," said Federman, the chairman of the town's young Republican organization, the YGOP of Greenwich. "He is looking out for the future. He is not looking out for himself."
Greenwich Republicans chose Frantz Monday night as the candidate for the 36th state Senate District.
Crumbine was equally complimentary about the two-term incumbent.
"I think he is amazing, and he is representative of all of us. His skills are extraordinary," she said.
Frantz, 51, faced no opposition at the nominating meeting held at the Arch Street teen center, with about 40 Republicans in attendance. The fast-moving meeting was completed in 20 minutes.
In his comments, Frantz attacked Democratic rule in Hartford, where that party holds the governor's office, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
"Government rule by one party ... simply doesn't work. That's exactly what we have in the state of Connecticut," he said, pointing out that the state is facing a $300 million deficit, despite tax increases that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed last year.
"We're supposed to have, as a result of record tax increases over two years of just shy of $4 billion, at least a $100 million surplus," he said. "We are looking at a $300 million deficit. It is inexcusable."
Continue Reading at: GreenwichTime http://bit.ly/KQ56XY
Longtime incumbent state Rep. Lile Gibbons, R-150th District, announces that she will not seek re-electionduring the Republican Town Committee meeting at Greenwich Town Hall, Wednesday night, Feb. 22, 2012. Photo: Bob Luckey/Greenwich Time | Buy This Photo
A voice of dissent on fiscal policy and transportation issues in the Democratic-controlled General Assembly who has used her seniority to win funding for local institutions such as the Byram Shubert Library and the Bruce Museum, state Rep. Lile Gibbons, R-150th District, will forgo re-election this fall.
Gibbons, 69, who represents the shoreline from Old Greenwich to Byram and part of the downtown, tearfully informed the Republican Town Committee on Wednesday night that she will not seek a seventh two-year term in Hartford.
"I've learned that it isn't always the end result that counts, especially as a member of the minority party," said Gibbons, an assistant Republican Leader of the House GOP caucus.
Read more at the Greenwich Time website http://bit.ly/wwLUUV
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The Greenwich Tree Conservancy and the Greenwich League of Women Voters, along with nine other southern Fairfield County chapters of the League of Women Voters and tree-focused groups, will sponsor an educational forum:
“Power Struggle: Balancing the Needs of People, Power and Trees”
Tuesday, February 28 from 7:00-9:00 PM
Darien Town Hall, 2 Renshaw Road
(snow date March 7)
We will hear from five stakeholders' representatives including the following: CL&P, the Governor’s Two-Storm Panel, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the Connecticut Forest and Parks Association and a representative from the Concord, Mass. Municipal Light Plant, (Concord is a municipality that has buried their utility lines.)
We will listen to their separate perspectives on the reliability of our power supply, power outages - past and future, and most importantly what can be done to reduce the frequency and duration of power outages.
An opportunity to ask questions will follow the presentations.
Thank you to the Leagues of Women Voters of Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, and Stamford, and the Greenwich Tree Conservancy, Fairfield Forestry Committee, Stamford Tree Foundation and the Tree Conservancy of Darien for sponsoring this forum.
We want to encourage everyone to attend this free and informative event.
Fred Camillo, State Representative, 151st District
