Letter: Local officials stand up for your zoning rights
April 12, 2021
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To the Editors:
Last week, the Planning and Development Committee advanced two bills that would completely upend the ability of Shelton and other towns to manage their local zoning. Unsurprisingly, it was decided along party lines with all 17 Democrats on the committee voting in favor of removing public input and accountability from town land use and development decisions.
I applaud the Shelton Board of Aldermen and Shelton P&Z Chair Virginia Harger for speaking out against these bills. Allowing Hartford to mismanage local zoning the same way they have mismanaged the state s finances would only end in disaster. As a legislature, we should reject any proposals that would take these decisions away from voters and put them in the hands of unelected Hartford bureaucrats.
Area receives grant for food, shelter
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A $17,800 federal grant from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program will be distributed to organizations that provide emergency shelter and food, according to the United Way. The Champaign County Emergency Food and Shelter Board will determine how the funds are awarded. The board’s next meeting is on March 16 at 10 a.m. and will be held virtually via GoToMeeting. Email lrexrode@uwccmc.org to obtain meeting information.
The Emergency Food and Shelter guidelines specify that the grants may be awarded to government or private groups that have a nonprofit status, have an accounting system and checking account, provide a DUNS number, provide services and use other resources in the community, conduct an annual audit, do not discriminate, show the ability to deliver emergency food or shelter and, for private groups, have a volunteer board.
The Anson County Emergency Food and Shelter Program has been awarded funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter Board Program. The Anson County Emergency Food and Shelter Program has been chosen to receive $8,461, with a tentative amount of $169 that may also be allocated if no administrative expenses are incurred. These funds will be used to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Anson County.
The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of North America, The Salvation Army; and, United Way Worldwide.
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Letter: Shelton Democrat leaders support impeachment
Jan. 13, 2021
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To the Editors:
Like many of our fellow Americans, we watched with both shock and horror as acts of domestic terrorism were committed at our nation’s Capitol last week. We condemn, in the strongest terms possible, the violence and destruction committed by the radical right, which resulted in the death of five people, including the murder of a Capitol police officer who died defending the country that we love and the democracy that we cherish.
We further condemn the lies and vicious conspiracy theories, spewed by our President and amplified by some GOP Congressional and Senate representatives, seeking to overturn our election and the very processes that are fundamental to American democracy. Their complicity in promoting the President’s distorted, alternate reality directly contributed to the treasonous insurgence we saw last Wednesday. What’s more, their words and actions continue to in