The passing of Jackie Fuchs — longtime secretary for the Representative Town Meeting — drew a number of tributes on “06880.”
RTM members past and present remembered her dedication, skill, genuinely helpful nature, positive outlook and smile. She made a difficult task look easy — and made everyone’s life easier too.
A couple of weeks ago, “06880” honored Dennis Corsalini. A reader cited his help on an issue in the Tax Collectors office. As with Jackie’s story, readers chimed in with tales of their own about his great work on their behalf.
So today, our Unsung Heroes are all the men and women who work in Town Hall. No matter what they do — if they have a full-time gig in a department like Dennis, or work part-time like Jackie — their jobs are crucial to the smooth functioning of Westport.
We seldom see them. They’re not looking for praise (or shout-outs on “06880”). But when we need them, they’re there for us.
And without them in Town Hall, we don’t know where we’d be.
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(Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
I agree fully town hall parks and recreation and Dpw and police and fire they all work so hard as former employee of parks and recreation they are there all the time they deserve a lot thanks Dan for our this up from sal liccione rtm member district 9
Hear, hear! And Jackie is desperately missed, her contributions to this town were many, quiet, and meaningful.
Several years ago, I received a tax bill for two identical cars, though I owned but one. Somehow, a single digit in the “VIN” number had been altered in the DMV’s records, and they now thought I owned two cars. I called the tax assessor’s office at Town Hall in Westport, and a kindly staff member — I did not catch his name, but he sounded like a friendly grandfather — listened sympathetically, cancelled the duplicate tax liability on the spot, and instructed me how to go to the DMV office in Norwalk to have the VIN on my car directly verified and have the spurious record expunged. A more helpful person could not be imagined.
Patty Strauss ‼️💕🇺🇸