With low voter turnout and voter apathy being a chronic problem in Connecticut's capitol city, I think we need to ask our political "leaders" if they really care.
As I drive around through towns much smaller than Hartford the political vibrancy and involvement is a stark contrast to that in Hartford. As I drive around Hartford you would hardly know that we are only a few weeks away from major elections. I haven't been able to locate Hartford's Republican or Democratic Headquarters.
Yet drive through Windsor or Bristol or many smaller towns and the Headquarters are hard not to find.
Do we really care about the apathy in Hartford or is it a way to perpetuate the slim wins by those in charge? Imagine the races we would see if 30 or 40 thousand of Hartford's registered voters actually got stirred up enough to get out and take the ten minutes necessary to vote. And then if those same voters held our elected officials accountable during their terms, I would think we might see some political change in our city.
The other part that is sad is that because of the dysfunctional state of Hartford's two town committees and Hartford politics in general, Hartford has pretty much become irrelevant in the eyes of most candidates. This past Thursday the Malloy campaign set up a meeting to motivate Hartford's Democratic Town Committee since the DTC apparently never contacted them. The reality is that the Working Families Party is doing more for Malloy than his own Democrats in Hartford.
As for the Republicans, that's another lost cause. Hartford would be lucky to deliver five or six hundred Republican votes to any candidate. More Republican votes will most likely be cast in Bolton than in Hartford.
In the meantime, if you can find the local Headquarters, feel free to leave me directions.
There is no Democratic Party in Hartford.Jean Holloway and her cronies...Page,DiBella,Kennelly,Carbone,Arroyo and Minnie have ruined the party to the point that there is nothing...no money,no headquarters and no energy except for party secretary Angel Morales who is in his late 40's prancing around in his navy blue boxers before teenage boys.These people have also elevated criminals,the corrupt( kickback Lou Watkins) and the incompetant to high places within the party to the extent that the foul odor has stenched the party.Where else but in Hartford could the Democratic party treasurer be a supporter of the Mike Federle republican campaign for governor? The entire state Democratic machine knows that the Hartford party is through.I suggest the party turn in its city party charter to state central and that state central convenes a convention in Hartford to form a new local democratic party.
ReplyDeleteKevin: You are correct. No such place has existed in this city for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI can also go into the suburbs and easily find the democrat/republican town committee headquarters. Only problem is that it doesn't do me any good because I live in Hartford meaning I can't go out and vote for them anyway.
Is there any way we can get also have a clean sweep of the town committee effectively getting rid of all the cronies?