Letter: Lauretti budget a desperate plea to remain in power
April 5, 2021
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To the Editor:
For those of you who may have missed it, Mayor Mark Lauretti s annual budget presentation was particularly difficult to listen to this year. For the majority of the 12-minute presentation, it felt like an April fools joke gone awry with the audience and our city almost waiting for a punchline that never came.
On the surface it was disconcerting because the mayor mentioned both rape, a reference to an alleged assault by one of our own volunteer firefighters, and some kind of socialist agenda. What was notably missing was talk of how things are going to improve for our city as our world is poised to emerge from the global coronavirus pandemic.
Letter: Counters Simonetti Op-Ed, says city bus service not fulfilling obligations
March 12, 2021
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To the Editor:
Alderman Anthony Simonetti wrote a very interesting letter saying that the school bus problem is not city hall’s fault and parents are wrong for the outlandish demand of their children being provided transportation to school.
The crux of this problem is that the city laid off really good personnel in the middle of a bus driver shortage. Now Mr. Simonetti seems shocked that those good staff members, who in his own words are in obvious demand, went out and found good jobs elsewhere leaving our kids without the service they are mandated to receive.
Shelton Alderman joins call to give transportation savings to schools
Brian Gioiele
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An Inauguration Ceremony for Shelton Mayor Mark A. Lauretti and other elected officials is held at the Shelton Senior Center in Shelton, Conn., on Tuesday Nov. 19, 2019. Lauretti took the oath of office to start his 15th term.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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SHELTON Alderman David Gidwani has joined some Board of Education members in calling for savings in student transportation costs to be used for education needs.
Gidwani made his plea to Mayor Mark Lauretti Thursday at the aldermen meeting. Lauretti said the city had saved $847,000 in student transportation costs in the 2019-20 fiscal year, in part because school went remote in March. Savings are anticipated during the 2020-21 school year since in-person learning was suspended on Nov. 11.