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Health & Fitness

A "DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH"; THE "GEM" OF GREENWICH

DREW MARZULLO IS WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT.

 FOUR YEARS AGO DREW, NO DOUBT A POLITICAL "DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH", FOUND HIMSELF AS OUR DEMOCRATIC SELECTMAN.  

 A QUIRKY ELECTION PROPELLED DREW INTO THE SPOTLIGHT.

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DREW ROUNDED OUT THE BOARD OF SELECTMAN WITH REPUBLICAN PETER TESEI COMING OUT ON TOP (AS OUR FIRST SELECTMAN) AND REPUBLICAN DAVE THEIS BECOMING SECOND SELECTMAN.

WHAT A GEM DREW HAS BECOME!

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NO PUN INTENDED AS DREW ALSO SERVES THE COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE GREENWICH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ("GEMs") TEAM.  

 DREW LITERALLY SAVES LIVES WITH GEMS WHILE WORKING AS A FIRST RESPONDER.  DURING HIS "TIME OFF" DREW HAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPROVED THE QUALITY OF ALL OUR LIVES IN GREENWICH.

ALLOW ME TO CITE A FEW EXAMPLES.

DREW IS CREATIVE.  HE ORGANIZED A SUCCESSFUL FUND RAISER FOR AN ALZHEIMER'S GARDEN AT THE TOWN OWNED NATHANIEL WITHERELL NURSING FACILITY.

 HE ORGANIZED A RAFFLE WITH CELEBRITY REGIS PHILBIN AS THE PRIZE!

DREW CHAMPIONED AND WORKED HARD ON THE BOARD OF SELECTMAN TO GAIN APPROVAL FOR THE LONG OVERDUE "PROJECT RENEW" TO REHABILITATE AND UPGRADE THE WITHERELL NURSING FACILITY.

 DREW IS A MAN OF PRINCIPLE CHAMPIONING APPOINTMENTS HE BELIEVED IN.

 DREW HAD RAISED MONEY FOR AIDS RESEARCH. 

NOT ONLY DOES DREW SERVE IN GREENWICH, HE WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR DANNEL P. MALLOY TO SERVE ON A STATEWIDE COMMITTEE/BOARD FOCUSED ON PROVIDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, BEING APPOINTED FOR HIS DEDICATION, EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE.

 AS A MEMBER OF THE COS COB FIRE POLICE PATROL MYSELF, I HAVE SEEN DREW "ON SCENE" WHERE HE COMPASSIONATELY AND EXPERTLY SERVES THE COMMUNITY DURING EMERGENCIES.

DREW IS WELL POSITIONED ON THE BOARD OF SELECTMAN FOR ANOTHER TERM AS HE BRINGS ALL OF HIS EXPERIENCE TO BEAR IN SERVING THE TOWN, PARTICULARLY WITH ALL OF THE EMERGENT SITUATIONS WE AS A TOWN HAVE FACED (STORMS, FLOODS, ETC.) OVER THE FOUR YEARS.

 WE SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK ONE MORE OF OUR "GEMS" CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS.

 DREW IS LIKED AND WORKS EXTREMELY WELL WITH HIS COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD OF SELECTMAN AND IN THE CONTEXT OF A TOWN WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE, AS A MATTER OF FACT,  IN THE MINORITY.  

 THIS QUALITY IS RARE; AND ENABLES THE VOICE OF THE LOYAL OPPOSITION (WHEN CONSCIENCE DICTATES) TO BE HEARD, COMPROMISE TO BE STRUCK AND ENABLES THINGS TO GET DONE SO THAT THE PROPLE OF GREENWICH ARE SERVED.

 YES, DREW MARZULLO, ONCE ARGUABLY A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH; HAS BEEN HONED BY TIME AND EXPERIENCE, INTO A SHINING EXAMPLE OF A LEADER...AND A "GEM" OF A PUBLIC SERVANT WE NEED TO ENDORSE FOR A THIRD TERM AS A SELECTMAN FOR OUR TOWN.

 ON A PERSONAL NOTE, THANK YOU DREW FOR ALL YOU DO!

 JOE KALIKO

CITIZEN K

 

 

 

 

 


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