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Parting Shot: Current Republican Town Committee Blasts 2 GOP Selectmen

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A month after two Republican members of the Board of Selectmen campaigned against five sitting members of the Darien Republican Town Committee, the RTC sent a letter to the selectmen criticizing them for it. Selectmen Kip Koons and Susan Marks had sent messages to various people indicating that five candidates for re-election to the RTC should not be re-elected, and at the town GOP Caucus, where many Republicans came to cast their ballots, those five received the fewest votes, resulting in their removal from the committee as of March, when the newly elected committee’s term starts. “The circulation of material specifically and negatively targeting individuals by name is inappropriate for our town,” the letter reads in part. “Its precedent contradicts the chief purpose of the RTC to encourage and elect or appoint volunteers. We should be guided by basic and necessary civility in process and procedures lest we compromise volunteerism as an essential feature of our town.”

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Stevenson, Marks, Koons Launch of Joint Board of Selectmen Campaign on Sunday

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An announcement from “Darien First 2015,” the joint re-election campaign for First Selectman Jayme Stevenson, Selectman Susan Marks and selectman candidate Kip Koons:

Darien First 2015 announces the launch of their campaign for November’s municipal election. The team includes incumbent Jayme Stevenson for First Selectman, incumbent Susan Marks for Selectman, and newcomer for Selectman, Kip Koons. Kip Koons brings his broad financial and strategic planning experience and proven leadership to the team. On Sunday, Sept. 27 from 4 to 5 p.m. at Grove Street Plaza, Jayme, Susan and Kip invite everyone for a meet-and-greet and official campaign kick-off.

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Selectman Susan Marks Says She’s a Team Player on a Successful Board

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A large part of the job of any selectman working with a first selectman in her own party is working cooperatively on the board together, and while other candidates may indicate they want to do that, Selectman Susan Marks has already been doing it for more than 18 months. A 26-year resident of the town, Marks says her strengths include being able to listen well and work cooperatively with others. “I think this current Board of Selectmen has worked extremely well together,” Marks said in a recent interview. “I think Jayme has done an excellent job as far as bringing the board together to get consensus.” Last winter, the board’s first budget vote was 3 to 2, with Democrats on one side, the GOP members on the other, she said.