
THE MAYOR ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WORKING TOGETHER
One of my most memorable cases as a litigator working for the Borough of Naugatuck began in 1997 when the Naugatuck voters passed four separate charter amendments one of which made the Mayor a voting member of the Board of Education. This proposed charter amendment was not well received by the Naugatuck Board of Education. The Naugatuck Board of Education challenged the charter amendment in the Superior Court. The Board of Education maintained that no other town in Connect

THE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REAL PROPERTY VALUES AND A QUALITY EDUCATION SYSTEM
As special legal counsel to Regional School District No. 16 since the mid 1970’s, I personally witnessed the dramatic increase in real property values in both towns after construction of a new high school in Beacon Falls. Region 16 consists of the towns of Prospect and Beacon Falls which both border Naugatuck. For many years, there was a bitter dispute between both towns as to the location of a high school as well as with the taxpayers who opposed the construction of a new