Special Events
CTEG has no special events currently planned.
Previous Events:
CTEG's most recent special event was "Ending Waste and Corruption in your Public School", held Feb. 17th, 2009 at the Community Center. Featured speaker was Dr. Armand Fusco of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy.
Dr. Fusco advocates active citizen involvement in elimination of wasteful spending that detracts from schools’ educational objectives. The program focused on identifying areas of education spending where waste or abuse are most likely to occur, and described some of the tools available to taxpayers, such as citizen audit committees, to assist their elected school officials in reducing school budgets without impacting the quality of education.
Additional photographs from the program are below.
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| Dr. Armand Fusco answers questions at the Feb. 17th program |
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| Dr. Fusco at the Feb. 17th Program |
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| The beginning of Dr. Fusco's PowerPoint presentation |
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| Bob Sproat in a candid moment before he introduces Dr. Fusco |
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| CTEG Chair Ed Zawistowski and Yvon Lemieux before the presentation |
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| Vi Beaudreau checks out the free goodies |
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Concerned Taxpayers of East Granby (CTEG) invites guests from time to time to discuss matters of interest to East Granby taxpayers. These programs are open to the public and free of charge. Previous guests have included First Selectman Jim Hayden; Selectman Dan Velcovsky; Board of Finance Chair Rick Granger; Board of Education Chair and Vice-Chair Caryl Ryan and Jeff Clarke; State Representative Richard Ferrari (now retired, 62nd District), Both Candidates for the 61st District Seat, State House of Representatives Lauren Life and Matt Conway, 7th District State Senator John Kissel and 7th District Senate Candidate George Colli. We also recently hosted a well-attended program on ideas for education reform featuring Dr. Lewis Andrews of The Yankee Institute for Public Policy, and held an open discussion on the November ballot question concerning a state Constitutional Convention, with opposing views presented by Susan Kneip of the Constitutional Convention Campaign and the Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations (FCTO), and Peggy Shorey of Connecticut Vote No and Pride at Work - CT.
More photos from special events are below.
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| Faith Burns makes a point after the October 20th program |
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| Enjoying pizza and conversation at CTEG's recent Pizza Party |
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| The Pizza Party was held on March 15th in celebration of CTEG's first anniversary |
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| It was a well-attended and fun event |
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| Susan Kniep at the Oct. 20th Constitutional Convention Program |
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| Informal Discussions after the Constitutional Convention Presentations |
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| Peggy Shorey at the Oct. 20th Constitutional Convention Program |
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| Faith Burns makes a point |
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| Susan Kniep brought YES signs which were popular with many attendees |
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| CTEG Chair Ed Zawistowski opens the Sept. 29th program featuring Dr. Lewis Andrews of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy |
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| Dr. Lewis Andrews of the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, September 29th |
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| George Colli, Candate for 7th District CT State Senate, Oct. 6th |
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| Senator Kissel at August 25th Meeting |
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| Lauren Life (center) with CTEG Chair Ed Zawistowski and Patty O'Neill |
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| 61st District Candate Matt Conway with Bill O'Neill, Ed Zawistowski, Mike Malloy, Vi Beaudreau |
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The images shown below are from CTEG's First Annual Pot Luck Grill Party and Fundraiser
held on Sunday, September 21st: .
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