Politics & Government

How the RTM Voted: Gary Dell'Abate Parks Appointment

In a memorable RTM moment, Howard Stern Show producer Gary Dell'Abate of Old Greenwich on Monday was appointed to the parks board by a 119-64 a margin. Here's a district-by-district breakdown.

The on Monday night to the Greenwich Board of Parks and Recreation capped several weeks of heated discussion and bizzarre happenings within the town's elected governing body.

At stake, some delegates to the Representative Town Meeting said during comments that preceded the 119-64 vote in favor of the Howard Stern radio show producer, were the RTM's transparency as a public body, the town's reputation, intimidation of its members, balance on the advisory panel and a precedent to base decisions of merit on extrapolations about individuals' characters.

One point debated at the meeting was just how open the open meetings of RTM committees should be, as some delegates criticized the very public airing of meeting goings-on, while some defended that transparency as part of the elected group's responsibility.

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Below is a district-by-district breakdown of how RTM delegates voted, or did not cast a vote, on the Dell'Abate appointment. RTMers not casting votes either were absent or abstained. Information is provided by the town of Greenwich website. Where delegates actively abstained, that vote is noted below.

District 1/South Center Vote

Carl G. Carlson, Jr.

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No George F Chelwick (did not cast vote) Norman R. Collins Yes Edward D. Dadakis Yes John A. Duge, Jr. (did not cast vote) Margaret W. Frey Yes Gregory S. Frumin Yes Mary R. George No Dean L. Goss Yes Timothy R. Graham Yes Richard P. Holleran No Kieran E. Ingold No Frederick Lee, Jr.
Yes Joan C. Pankosky Yes Ennala Ramcharandas Yes Christine Rossi Yes Marla A. Weston No Carol A. Zarrili No

 

District 2/Harbor Vote Kevin J. Brogan Yes Duncan G. Burke (did not cast vote) Nancy B. Burke (did not cast vote) Carlo F. Cantavero Abstained Donald R. Conway Yes Suzanne Geiss-Robbins Yes Cecilia H. Morgan Yes Wilma Nacinovich Yes Jill K. Oberlander (did not cast vote) Meredith E. Relyea Yes Paul Settelmeyer Yes Douglas J. Wells Yes District 3/Chickahominy Vote Robert Allen (did not cast vote) Michael Aurelia Yes Louis T. Bavis Yes Mercedes Blackson Yes Daniel E. Brooks Yes Thomas P. Conelias Yes Murray Paroly (did not cast vote) Maude Polo Abstained Claudia Velez (did not cast vote) Michael M. Warner (did not cast vote) District 4/Byram Vote Jim Bonney Yes Russell Bowman Yes Steven J. Bozzuto Yes Wlliam J. Clark Yes Jeffrey L. Doty Yes Thomas J. Greco Yes John M. Hartwell III Yes Susan McCabe Yes Robert J. McKnight, Jr. No Brian J. O'Connor No Alexander J. Popp, Jr. (did not cast vote)
Maria M. Popp No J. Schaffner-Parnell No Samarpana Tamm Yes John J. Thompson Yes Robert J. Tuthill No Donald R. Vitti Yes District 5/Riverside Vote Joseph H. Benoit, Jr. Yes Franklin Bloomer, Jr. No Bob Brady No Edward T. Broadhurst III Yes Elizabeth C. Campbell No James H. Daine Yes Jennifer A. Dayton (did not cast vote) John W. Decspel Yes William J. Drake No Laura B. Erickson (did not cast vote) Daniel Faryniarz (did not cast vote) Mary S. Ferry No Lucy B. Krasnor No Ronald Lenihan Yes Karen S. Oztemel Yes Samuel T. Telerico Yes Nancy S. Weissler No Anne F. Wichman No District 6/Old Greenwich Vote Charlene M. Barnes No Neil J. Bulger (did not cast vote) Thomas J. Byrne (did not cast vote) Marilyn Cahn No Michael Carter No Carol C. Ducret No Jackie Hammock No John E. Harkins No Walter K. Howe (did not cast vote) Coline Jenkins No Joel H. Kagan (did not cast vote) Arline Lomazzo No George S. McBride No Stephen Meskers No John E. Norrgard No Julie M. Pisani No Erford E. Porter II Yes Barbara T. Ruud Nucci No Karen A. Sadik-Khan No Alexis Voulgaris No District 7/North Center Vote Amy H. Bibb (did not cast vote) Kimberly M. Blank Yes Rebecca S. Breed Yes Ellen Brennan-Galvin (did not cast vote) Linda Bruno Yes John H. Dolan Yes Alice B. Duff Yes Karen Fassuliotis No Kathleen B. Francis Yes Margaret B.G. Freiberg No William W. Galvin III (did not cast vote) Donald E. Hamilton Yes Timothy P. Harkness (did not cast vote) Angela M. Hyland No Mary A. Jacobson Abstained Lucia D. Jansen (did not cast vote) Roger H. Lourie Yes Ralph M. McDermid, Jr. No Peter Quigley Yes Valerie Stauffer No District 8/Cos Cob Vote John E. Beckwith (did not cast vote) Peter E. Berg Yes James G. Boutelle Yes James G. Boyle Yes Joshua H. Brown Yes Mary H. Bruce (did not cast vote) Richard D. Bruce Yes Francis J. Burgweger, Jr. Yes Andrew M. Chapin Yes Nancy P. Chapin Yes Jennifer Danzi Yes Irene M. Deitrich Yes Nick C. Edwards III Yes Christine L. Edwards Yes Gordon Ennis Yes Steven A. Gordon Yes Steven Gross Yes Richard Kral, Jr. Yes Genevieve J. Krob Yes Martin G. Mattler Yes Blair R. Murphy Yes Stephen Ng Yes Frank A. Posluszny (did not cast vote) Steven M. Rubin No John A. Shulman (did not cast vote) Chris von Keyserling Yes District 9/Pemberwick-Glenville Vote Jane W. Arnone Yes Robert L. Beerman (did not cast vote) Andrew Bernstein Yes Paul F. Curtis Yes Barbara T. Darula Yes Evan L. Delman Yes Vincent A. DiMarco Yes Betsy S. Frumin Yes Donna F. Gaudioso-Zeale Yes Craig W. Holz Yes Robert V. Litchenfeld (did not cast vote) Anna B. Napolitano Yes Adrian Pasternak Yes Frank P. Petise Yes John Rosenberg (did not cast vote) Jonathan Shankman Yes Juan Sosa Yes John F. Toner Yes Ralph Vizzari Yes Steven Warzoha Yes District 10/Northwest Vote Gerald L. Anderson No Gregory R. Bedrosian Yes John H. Blankley No Robert M. Byrnes (did not cast vote) Joan E. Caldwell No Carol M. Caroll No David W. Detjen No Swan M. Grant No Erica Hoffman-Purnell No Lloyd N. Hull Yes Hans Isbrandsen No Lawrence Larson No John M. Lucarelli Yes Nancy H. Marshall (did not cast vote) John Mastracchio No Beltram M. Metter No Mark Pruner No Alan A. Small Abstained Emerson Stone Yes Louisa Stone No Dora P. Williams No District 11/Northeast Vote Bruce A. Dixon Yes Susan Fahey No Joseph Fahys No Despina K. Fassuliotis No Rosa A. Fini Abstained James D. Hann Yes Mary Hope Lewis No Corinne A. Hughes Yes Marc V. Johnson (did not cast vote) Todd Kennedy No Ajit K. Laroia Yes Harry A. Lebien Yes Fern M. Lindsay (did not cast vote) Robert A. Maddux No Mark Jason Mindich Yes Daniel J. Natale Jr. (did not cast vote) Richard J. Neuman Yes Rosalind Nicastro Yes Katherine S. Prokop Yes Stuart E. Reider Yes William P. Richardson, Jr. No Adam Savitz, Jr. Yes Michael G. Wacek No Richard C. Wellington, Jr. Abstained District 12/Havemeyer Vote Shawn D. Asselin Yes Bill Bambrick (did not cast vote) Thomas E. Bancroft Yes Robert A. Bray Yes Karl W. Bylciw Yes Glen A. Canner Yes Anthony D'Ascoli Yes Janet DeLuca Yes David L. DeMilhau (did not cast vote) Nikhil Sharad Gupte Yes Barbara G. Hindman (did not cast vote) Robert C. Kavee Yes Robert C. Liflander (did not cast vote) Edward M. Manganiello Yes Robert T. May Yes Miriam Mennin Yes Robert D. Miklautsch Yes Carl R. Perelli-Minetti Yes Bernard G. Schneider Yes Gregory N. Schulte Yes Robert H. Stafford III Yes Donald T. Whyko Yes


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