This and other Stamford area blogs recently covered at the prestigious Stamford Times:

http://www.thestamfordtimes.com/story/76105

Stamford has enough criminals within its city limits than to have to worry about Greenwich’s hooligans…

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_9969840

“Four Greenwich teenagers were arrested last night after officers found flat-screen televisions in two different cars, both allegedly robbed from Sportsplex, a fitness club on Brownhouse Road, city police said.”

Can’t their teenagers stick to vandilising Greenwhich?

Extry! Extry! Read all about it! UBS selling its share of the Stamford Town Center!
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_8887253

I heard they were upset that STC didn’t have a Spencer’s store. Either that or they needed the cash after that little subprime mess.

Well since our fine city officials have been unable to properly budget and plan for capital expenditures, the town is going further into debt. See article from the Advocate here. One of the reasons a town like Greenwich can keep its taxes so low, half those of Stamford, is that they operate on a “pay as you go” basis and carry virtually no debt.

What exactly is so important that the city needs money today versus budgeting and saving to fix later? Improvements to the Police Department HQ? Give me a break.

It was nice to see this article today from the Advocate. Some developers have plans to build a hotel on Harbor Point. Finnaly there appears to be some progress in developing Stamford’s coastline. I found this one quote particularity interesting:

Customer demand for waterfront hotels is high because Connecticut has fewer than 10 such properties,” said Susan Henrique, vice president of sales and marketing for the Norwalk-based Coastal Fairfield Convention & Visitor Bureau.

How is it that the state has only 10 waterfront hotels?? New Jersey must have at least 100 (albeit a lot of crummy ones). I wonder what has kept developers from building properties on the Long Island Sound before…

It appears the developers have plans to make this more than just hotel, but literly transform the area to a dining and shopping destination.

“Our dreams of redeveloping Harbor Point into a destination for living, dining, working and shopping are starting to come alive,” said James Cabrera, co-founder and managing partner of Antares Investment Partners, which has offices in Stamford and Greenwich.

Stamford officials announced today that they would enforce on street parking meters until 10pm instead of 6pm. The city expects an extra $250,000 in revenue with these new changes. The city’s Director of Operations, Ben Barnes, had this to say, “City’s Incompetencies Lead to More Inconveniences for Residents “We have significant challenges with our budget this year and we need to look for revenue sources”.

Gee thanks Ben! So your JOB is to make sure the city stays on budget and since you FAILED at your job you decide to punish all residents? Smart move to also increase fines for an issue (parking), that is already a major struggle for all residents.   Is there any place to park in the city that is still free???

If you really need an extra 200k, why not just cut the job of one of your many police officers making well over 200k a year?