The lunacy continues.
There is still no Council President as the body as a whole can't come to a common decision. For anyone following the debate, it clearly shows, once again, what a dysfunctional body the Hartford Court of Common Council is.
In what should be the most pressing issue before the Council, no resolution to the matter was obtained at Monday's Council meeting. The Council was able to come together to resolve the second most pressing issue in Hartford though. Skateboarders nationwide can now come to Hartford and skate without fear of jail time.
I'm not sure when the last arrest was made for illegal skateboarding, but it is a huge relief to me to know that I can now skateboard without ending up in prison along side our former Mayor and newly convicted felon Eddie A. Perez.
Now for the serious side, you really can't make this stuff up. Forget the leadership of the City, no rush to fill the Council President's position, just continue on like a ship without a rudder.
First off, do the Council members understand the succession outlined in the City Charter? If there is not an actual "Council President" the Council majority leader is technically the "acting Council President". If Mayor Segarra were to become incapacitated, the current Majority Leader would become Mayor.
I have to say that scares the heck out of me. Mayor Winch? I urge everyone, whether you are religious or not, go to your nearest church and light a candle and say a prayer that Mayor Segarra be watched over and kept safe and in good health. And in all honesty, it is not just "Mayor Winch" that scares me but also "Mayor Boucher", "Mayor Torres", insert the name of any Council member and you can see what we are up against.
In the meantime, I think most actions conducted by this Council will be irrelevant. The direction of the City for the next 17 months will clearly be set by Mayor Segarra as he does the heavy lifting while the Council continues to bicker in their sandbox like children.
But at least on the bright side, we can all forget the problems of Hartford as we go out and legally skateboard around the City.
Maybe they should have a skateboard contest to see who the next council president will be.
ReplyDeleteKevin....Councilman Deutsch has convictions,principles and loads of integrity,please don't lump him in with the rest of them.
ReplyDeleteSomeone stop this spinning, I'm getting dizzy! Kevin, are you saying that Council suspend all meetings and all items on the agenda until a Council President has been chosen?
ReplyDeleteJohn Rose and Susan McMullen have resigned as well as Barbara Crocker. The right move to ensure their pension and embers plan is safe. Mayor Segarra is moving right along! Good for him.
ReplyDeleteMy husband was at that meeting on Monday and the Council voted to extend his retiree health benefits at the old rate through the end of July. I'm glad the meeting was not canceled because he already got billed the new astronomical rate. They could take the whole summer deciding on a "leaders" as far as I'm concerned.
ReplyDeleteAdd Julio Contraception to the mix and we will have a complete bag of nuts.
ReplyDeleteViva Zapata!
I hope Wench does not win city council president. She was too close to Eddie.
ReplyDeleteI also hope that majority leader Winch doesn't become council president.
ReplyDeleteI think Councilman Kennedy should drop his support for Boucher and put himself in the running for council president.
LOL to Mr. King. Hands down Cotto would probably win and that my friend is way scary...
ReplyDeleteTo Anonymous re Deutsch. Have you ever had a lenghthy conversation w/him???
ReplyDeleteNot intended to dis Segarra, but if you are going to ask for resignations then have the said parties resignation effective immediately, no need to have persons hanging around to poison the system any further.
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