Opinion

Letter: Local Leaders Are Failing in This ‘After-Corona World’

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However well New Canaan is doing in terms of health and welfare responses to COVID-19, we have a dire failure of leadership in preparing and planning for the future economically. First Selectman Kevin Moynihan and his appointee, Board of Finance Chairman Todd Lavieri steadfastly refuse to face the grim reality that confronts not just New Canaan, but Connecticut and the entire tri-state area. We are now in an After-Corona world. What has happened before, even in major economic downturns such as 2008 are all BC: Before-Corona events. That world is gone.

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Op-Ed: Install Cameras at Waveny’s Entrances Now

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We have all recently learned that Waveny Park has more police incidents than Irwin, Mead and Kiwanis parks combined. This is clearly a disturbing situation that we need to act upon as soon as possible. Today’s college campuses are like miniature cities. My campus where I teach, has more than 17,000 students, faculty and staff who need to be safe and secure every hour of every day. Those of you whose children are attending our universities right now, are depending on us to take every measure possible to protect them from harm—without delay.