As a now 30 year resident of “The Next Station to Heaven,” it has been very enjoyable to count Republican Politics as one of “my hobbies.”
I believe “hobby” is the accurate way to describe it, even though I served two terms as the New Canaan Republican Town Committee Chairman from 2010-14.
FLASHBACK to that warm, Tuesday evening in August of 2021, when political newcomer Ryan Fazio won a special election to fill a vacant Senate seat representing the residents of the 36th District; including Greenwich, Stamford and part of New Canaan.
Senator Fazio quickly dispelled any thoughts that he had a large “learning curve”, and in my view he became a serious, well-respected legislator fairly quickly.
He made a wise decision to run for Governor this year and thankfully he did; as the “frontrunner,” a city Mayor of her hometown where her Father also served, suffered a stunning collapse last May, on the eve of the Republican State Convention.
Now this important Senate Seat, that was previously filled by two Greenwich luminaries-William H. Nickerson and L. Scott Frantz is open again to a new candidate.
Now-Here comes Joe Kelly! A thirty-year active Greenwich resident, Joe is a big, gregarious I...