board of Eaducation leadership to meet with the COPA membership Thursday

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CPOA Meeting Features Board Of Education Leaders
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Submitted by Michael Wanik, CPOA, on 2010-09-18.







The Citizens Property Owners Association, Inc. (CPOA) will hold its quarterly general meeting on Thursday, September 23rd, at 7 p.m. in Room 201 of New Britain City Hall. In excess of 85 years old, the CPOA is Connecticut's oldest taxpayer organization. Members and those interested in cost effective government are invited to attend. The September meeting will be one of two "back to back" meetings featuring speakers of interest to taxpayers.

September's meeting features New Britain Board of Education President Sharon Beloin-Saavedra, and BoE Member Paul Carver, the chairman of the Finance and Facilities Committee.

"We are excited that President Saavedra and Board of Education Member Carver have agreed to speak to taxpayers in friendly dialogue about various issues surrounding the financing of education in New Britain. We hope that the issues of the last budget cycle can be examined and discussed to clarify many questions which taxpayers may still have. We also look forward to their thoughts on the next fiscal year and beyond as the issue of funding is one which will be ever present."

CPOA will follow up the September session with an October 28th meeting featuring City Finance Director Robert Curry.

Current members are welcome, as are new members.

ABOUT CPOA: The objective of the association shall be "to foster, encourage and promote interest in all activities of local, state and regional agencies by local taxpayer groups as those activities affect taxpayers of New Britain and the State of Connecticut; also to develop and establish an agenda in support of certain legislative initiatives which would affect greater economy, efficiency and effectiveness in our state and municipal governments and disseminate information regarding such state and regional agency activities and legislative initiatives to the state's and New Britain's taxpayers." (CPOA By-Laws 3.0)