You're telling me that we could not find a better use of five million dollars, with all the problems that Norwalk has, than on a park that is next to route 95. Who want to sit in a park on a landfill next to 95? Norwalk never stops amazing. View Comment

Is this any shock with the number of bullets flying around twon the last few years and shootings seemingly weekly now. DaDonna is in denial and the middle schools are just as bad as the high schools. View Comment

Is this any shock with the number of bullets flying around twon the last few years and shootings seemingly weekly now. DaDonna is in denial and the middle schools are just as bad as the high schools. View Comment

It is. This by no means makes me a perfect or even great person all the time. View Comment

More good less ego would be good no matter where it comes from. However, I am just of the feeling that it should come from within and not be based on a one way conversation. While Mr. Collarasi has never shown to be the type, I do think that to many people in political office make moves based on what a higher authority tells them too and that I find scary. Politics and religion are dicey bedfellows View Comment

You should have moral courage on your own and not need to ask for it from anyone else as if it mught not happen View Comment

Norwalk doesn't need anymore affordable housing. The property value has dropped enough. View Comment

Its a disgrace the the current housing projects are sucha mess and such a drain on the city in both money and crime. Fix the ones we have before we build anymore. Enough drain already on the police, the finance and the property value. Why does Norwalk have to fill this void alone? Lets take money that would go into it and fix the housing we already have and create a better enivorment not those that live there! View Comment

If the kids went to school after Labor Day then they would get out of school later in the year as a result. So the amount of time to lose information would be the same. I agree with your thought of the teaching model being ruined. I look at my kids syllabus for each class and they stop mid year to focus on state test. That is what everyone is graded on from kids to teacher to prinipals. The model is failed although I never really considered it until you pointed it out. Also, you can get copies of the state tests and request your child's results at the end of the year. If you have ever seen on of the CMT tests you would see that mayflower, plymouth, squanto massachusetts compact etc are not on the test sadly. View Comment

So let me understand this. We have a bad principal that is given a different job with a $160,000 salary in central office rather than get rid of her (and as pointed out above was the resposibility of Tony Daddonna). We also have a principal at Briggs making $160,000 and only has 40 kids. My child has no library and lost an assistant principal. $320,000 for what? HOW IS THIS OK? View Comment

How do the Red apples fringe keep getting press? Also, they keep saying she found the $4 million and forget that she helped lose it too. She was too passive and weak. She was very nice but never took a vocal stance. I'd rather have a jerk and a good school system and better home value. She took the money and ran. View Comment

Sadly still waiting for a response. Jack? Thoughts? View Comment

my point from above. You want to beat someone you need to be better than them. Let them look like the bad guy or the fool. don't lower yourself there then the perception is that there is no difference between Jack and Bruce. Its all white noise and static. View Comment

It all make me furious as does the fact that nobody has been held resposible for the shortfalls. see my response below View Comment

Your pathetic actions lay in the way you act and the way you speak. You're supposed to be a dignified leader and member of the community. Instead you act like and type like a raging fool. You lower yourself to Mellion's level and thus you look like just as much a fool. Sorry that you can't see that. I don't expect you to come up with more money, I expect you to either take responsibility for the shortfalls or hold those resposible for it accountable. Mellion is not responsible for that althought he has not helped the problem or the reputation of the educators in this town either. Somehow you miss the point. Nowhere did I blame you for a money issue. When leader act as those in Norwalk have then nothing gets done. everything has been adversarial. Also, Bruce is not "the reason there is less in our schools this year." He made things worse but he is not the reason. You want to yell at people at least have it straight. BTW, where do I claim to have all the answers? I didn't run for the BOE cause I don't have them but I also don't lay blame on everyone else accept myself. How would I save our system? I would make sure we get a very good superintedent and do a better job than was done with Marks. I would look at the people running the system and make sure they are doing a good job like in the HR dept. (there was a lot of questions about the Norwalk hire via the board) Dadonna (how is he not resposible for may of the problems rather than the new superintedent ) the financial department (millions of dollars lost) and people like Lynn Moore who also represent our city in a poor manner. I would also find out why we lose so many teachers and administrators each year? We have seen 4 assistant principals and I know Norwalk had at least two head principals leave this year. Raise taxes is an answer whether you like it or not. I can't afford it but I can't afford my house value dropping further more. But I also know that doesn't solve the problem which is long terms and nobpody has seen anyone's long term plan. Brazen enough? Bottom line is you need to act better than the other guy. Thats why we voted you in in the first place. Be that guy and people won't think your actions are pathetic. View Comment

I cannot believe these two jokes (I've got better words I should use) are in charge of so much. Jack and Bruce, you two are both part of the problem and neither one of you are part of a solution. The way I see it, you both need to get voted out. All you both did is help make my child's school system worse and lower the value of my house and make the city that 2 of 3 of us live in look worse. Pathetic View Comment

I'd say you've done enough (or not) View Comment

I'd say you've done enough (or not) View Comment

Your wrong (almost everytime you post) about teachers salaries vs the rest of the state and you think teachers are overpaid? Especially in this town with the problems they face related to the kids and families and violence in this town! I fell like I have to work overtime everyday just to keep the Norwalk influence away from my Bridgeport New Haven and Hartford are the only towns I can think of that face as many problems as Norwalk does. And before you say it, I would move if I thought I could sell my house. Problems is too many shootings and people in charge acting like children to get a buyer. View Comment

So Mellion and Chiaramonte support him. I think that says it all. This is not good. View Comment