Ridgefield DTC categorically condemns violence and all those who promote or exploit violence. All Americans of good conscience are shocked and traumatized by the shooting at the former president’s rally […]
Accomplishing for Ridgefield
If you’d asked me, when I was first elected to serve in 2020, how I planned to get anything done as a new, unknown representative in a chamber with 150 others, each trying to get their own priorities passed, I’d have optimistically told you I’d just need to be persistent. […]
Project 2025’s Bad Ideas Affect You
I have seen a lot of bad ideas. Sometimes they come along as stand-alones, other times in groups. “Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership – The Conservative Promise” exemplifies the latter.
The right-wing Heritage Foundation has jammed disastrous policy ideas into a 900-page document to set the agenda for what it hopes will be the incoming Trump administration. […]
Ridgefield Democrats Seek Candidates to Fill Planning & Zoning Commission Vacancy
As a result of the untimely passing of Planning & Zoning Commission member Susan Consentino, the Ridgefield Democratic Town Committee is seeking candidates to fill the vacant seat. […]
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Aimee Berger-Girvalo Unanimously Nominated for 3rd Term
Ridgefield, CT (May 28, 2024): Registered Democrats in Ridgefield’s 111th State House District, meeting in caucus at Town Hall, unanimously nominated State Representative Aimee Berger-Girvalo for reelection in November. Berger-Girvalo’s […]
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The 2024 – 2025 Town Budget – A Summary
The Board of Finance (BOF) recently approved a proposed town and school budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year of $168,255,917. The budget includes funding for town operations and road maintenance ($45,926,330), school district operations ($115,041,000), and debt service payments ($7,288,587).
The total represents a year-over-year increase of 3.85% in spending, compared with an increase in the prior year of 4.07%. After factoring in growth of the town’s tax base (Grand List) over the past year, the proposed budget will result in a mill rate increase of 2.09% if approved by the voters at the town budget referendum on May 14th. […]