PRESS RELEASE — February 19, 2010
By a resounding majority vote, the Ridgefield Republican Town Committee has endorsed Robert Merkle’s bid to unseat incumbent freshman Democrat Jim Himes in November. “Rob Merkle represents the new age of politician that should occupy seats in Congress,” said RRTC Chairman Jim Carroll. “Rob’s style and honesty [...]

SAVE THE DATE
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Forum — Saturday, March 13, 2010
Location: Veterans Park Elementary School auditorium
8 Governor Street
Ridgefield, CT
Time: 2:00 to 4:00pm
Candidates will be available to greet public at 1:30pm and after event.
Format: [...]

Apocalyptic.  Most people are there right now. What are we hearing?
“Deficits are out of control everywhere — $12.5 billion and growing in Connecticut alone.”
“States will have to start declaring bankruptcy.”
“One out of every three dollars in the U.S. belongs to the Chinese government.”
I’m not apocalyptic – although things are not good. Americans have [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ridgefield Republican Town Committee Taps Third Generation Ridgefielder, Business Owner for Board of Finance Appointment
Ridgefield, CT – February 9, 2010
The Ridgefield Republican Town Committee voted on Tuesday to recommend that the Board of Finance (BOF) appoint Margaret Price-Sims to fill the vacancy created by Bob Cascella’s resignation. Margaret, a third generation Ridgefielder, is [...]

Massachusetts voters saw to it on Election Day that unresponsive, one-party rule in Washington is not acceptable. The election of Republican Senator Scott Brown was a vote against big-government and a repudiation of Democrats’ aggressive intent to take over the nation’s health care system. Voters have sent a message to Washington.
Judging by [...]

Common-Sense Commitment to Connecticut
The recent victory by the people of Massachusetts has become a shining example that Americans have had enough of the brazen arrogance of the Washington elite.  The silence of the majority has finally been broken and they have been heard.
With this lesson from our neighbors to [...]

Legal Notice
January 20, 2010
Public Legal Notice
The Republican Town Committee announces that it will be interviewing for the opening on the Ridgefield Board of Finance.  Pursuant to Section 4.7 in the Ridgefield Charter the Ridgefield Republican Town Committee  will hold interviews for all interested parties that are registered Republicans and residents of Ridgefield, CT.
All interested parties [...]

It is an interesting and exciting time to be a Connecticut Republican. As we look ahead to federal and statewide races later this year, GOP voters will have important choices to make. Now that Chris Dodd has seen the writing on the wall and bowed out of a re-election fight, whom shall [...]

CAUCUS NOTICE: Ridgefield Republican Town Committee Caucus Call for all Republican Electors – January 11th @ 7:30pm at the Ridgefield Town Hall Large Conference Room, all Republican electors are invited to come and cast their votes for candidates for the Ridgefield Republican Town Committee.
Every two years twenty one Republican candidates for the Ridgefield Republican Town [...]

Rarely has Connecticut’s legislature convened as many times as it has this year just to discuss the state budget. Here’s what happened at our eighth budget session: The legislators who control 70 percent of the vote, the budget process, and the legislative agenda walked into the State Capitol, opened the session, banged the gavel, [...]