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Fair Share, Adding 8-30g Units, Senior Tax Abatements: Up Late with the Housing Committee

— Cate Hewitt, 3.1.2023 The controversial Fair Share bill – affordable housing legislation that was killed in committee in 2021 – was back on the table at Tuesday’s Housing Committee…
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WestCOG Director Lends Vocal Opposition to Fair Share Housing Bill

— Cate Hewitt, 3.6.2023 In a Zoom panel discussion on zoning bills Sunday night, WestCOG Executive Director Francis Pickering strongly opposed the controversial Fair Share bill, HB 6633, which is…
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Desegregate CT – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Michael E. Hahn, Riverside I am  writing this letter as a concerned citizen, taxpayer and an individual who recently participated in Desegregate CT’s presentation to the Greenwich Planning & Zoning Commission.…
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Op-Ed: At the Crux of DesegregateCT’s Bill, A Zoning Czar

By Kimberly Fiorello Finally getting to the crux of the matter, at the core of DesegregateCT’s third try to pass a state law that would significantly impact how local voices…
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What’s at Stake, Affordable Housing, Zoning and 8-30g bills.

3/5/23 CT169Strong hosts – ZOOM DISCUSSION with Francis Pickering, Executive Director of WestCOG, Kathy Braun, Land Attorney and Fairfield TPZ Commission, Jeff Gordon, State Senator 35th District, Woodstock TPZ Chair,…
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The Lisa Wexler Show – Westport State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg

Hear why Westport’s State Rep Jonathan Steinberg is threatening to filibuster against CT’s new Fair Share bill if it makes it to the floor. The bill will mandate land use…
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Questions abound as state housing advocates seek local feedback

By John Schwing WESTPORT — Affordable housing was in the public crosshairs for a second day in a row at a Planning and Zoning Committee subcommittee meeting Tuesday, as time…
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New Zoning Rules a Tough Sell for Desegregate CT in Westport

Sophia Muce, 3.1.2023 WESTPORT – Advocates of relaxing local zoning rules to encourage development near mass transit found little support from local officials who said their ideas would undermine local…
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Greenwich residents pan ‘transit-oriented district’ housing concept as ‘top-down government approach’

Robert Marchant Feb. 23, 2023 GREENWICH — Members of the Planning & Zoning Commission asked a number of critical questions about a proposal to create a “transit oriented district” in…
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Progressive Democrats Take an Inch and a Mile

I have come to respect the operation Democrat leaders in Hartford have built that allows them to achieve their political goals year after year. It is remarkably effective. They roll…
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