The Camillo-Rabin Ticket Serves Greenwich’s Interests At Home and in Hartford and Has Earned Your Vote

The Camillo-Rabin Ticket Serves Greenwich’s Interests At Home and in Hartford and Has Earned Your Vote

Fred Camillo, our First Selectman and Lauren Rabin, our Selectwoman are strong and important voices for Greenwich – both within our town borders and beyond them. Their leadership has a positive impact for Greenwich not just in town, but also in Hartford.

The Camillo-Rabin Selectman’s office has been a strong and consistent voice for local control of zoning, protecting Greenwich from overdevelopment. First Selectman Camillo led the many Greenwich voices who spoke out this year against HB 6831 (later part of the onerous housing bill HB 5002). These bills included Hartford-imposed housing mandates, creating significant overdevelopment without the input of our Greenwich Planning & Zoning Commission. Fred’s testimony in response to lengthy questioning was among the most important in the 12-hour hearing on this bill. (CT-N, 2/3/25). He spoke directly with Governor Lamont (who ultimately vetoed the bill) about its potential negative impact on our town. Fred and Lauren can be counted on to fight and defend Greenwich against statewide housing mandates.

Camillo and Rabin have deep expertise and knowledge about how state laws affect Greenwich. As a state legislator, I frequently contact our municipal officials to obtain their counsel about how state laws will affect us specifically. I have sought Fred and Lauren’s counsel on questions such as: “How will this state sewer assessment bill affect Greenwich?” How does this environmental bill impact our waterfront?” Their knowledgeable and immediate response on town issues has been critical to my ability to represent Greenwich’s interests fully.

Camillo and Rabin have statewide relationships and respect which benefit Greenwich tangibly. After 11 years of service in Hartford, Fred Camillo remains highly respected on both sides of the aisle. Lauren Rabin serves on WestCOG (a regional association of towns) and CIRMA (CT Interlocal Risk Management Agency), giving her insight into how other towns solve problems and providing her relationships to call on when needed. Our state legislature sometimes has false negative preconceptions about Greenwich (calling Greenwich NIMBY, uniformly wealthy, even racist!); Fred and Lauren’s statewide “ambassadorship” for Greenwich goes a long way to dispelling those preconceptions.

I look forward to working effectively with whomever the people of Greenwich elect to run our town. However, I believe that the Camillo-Rabin ticket is the one Greenwich needs both at home and as our strong municipal voice in the state political conversation.

State Representative Tina Courpas

149th District