Soon it will be Labor Day, and millions of Americans will experience the Democrats’ stimulus program as they hit the highways plastered with stimulus signs reading — “Expect Delays.”  From California to the New York Island thousands of good Democrat supporting, union dues paying, Americans have found meaningful work digging holes and filling them back [...]

By Peter Gomez (BOF Chair) and Jill Bornstein (BOF Vice Chair)
Recent headlines seemed to dismiss a 2% long range spending cap for town and school expenses as a potential myth, however, managing town budget increases to 2% or below remains a goal of many Board of Finance members given the local and regional fiscal landscape [...]

Criticism of political conventions in recent years is that they are coronations, or that they are completely run and dominated by the party political machine.  The Connecticut GOP State Convention held May 21 and 22 was anything but a coronation. The number of candidates for the major offices and the sheer breadth and depth of [...]

Voters are expressing considerable concern regarding the proposed budgets for the Town of Ridgefield as well as the Board of Education. In its continuing efforts to reach out to Ridgefielders to understand their needs and concerns, the Ridgefield Republican Town Committee has conducted a poll on these two budgets. When asked if they will vote [...]

Residents of Ridgefield are paying increasing attention to how their tax dollars are being spent. And this Monday, May 3 at the Annual Town Meeting to be held at the Ridgefield Playhouse at 7:30pm, we will have the opportunity to better inform ourselves, ask questions and make our voices heard regarding proposed capital items under [...]

Ridgefield RTC Golf Outing

GOP Viewpoint:
“Men are from Mars, women are from Venus”.  Viva la difference! Now if you have followed recent Gubernatorial Candidate Forums held for Republicans in Ridgefield and for Democrats in New Haven, you might shout out ”Republicans are from Earth” and Democrats are from, well pick any another planet. Viva la difference!
In the last GOP [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]