When I first started this blog, my main goal was to bring about change in Hartford. To a large degree, I think I have accomplished some of that. As part of that goal, I think a change in leadership is needed to bring about more of that needed change. Some of you may agree with me, some of you unfortunately may not, but regardless I am going to try to educate as many people as possible why I have made the choices I have made.
If you agree, hopefully you will learn why I think Bob Killian is the right choice for Hartford, and maybe you will learn something that will help affirm that choice or persuade you to consider changing your support to Bob from someone else, If you don't want to be educated, there is a red "X" in the upper right corner, click on that. In the meantime for those that want to be educated voters, please tolerate me and see if you agree me that Bob is the best choice for Hartford.
This is an interesting interview and mostly questions you will never hear at any debate, but I think it gives a little more insight into who Bob Killian really is. I do have to do something about that Yankee's support though.
Media Lab interns at the Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network interviewed Hartford Mayoral Candidates as a part of our (I)NTERVIEW series. Watch as these political candidates reveal personal tidbits about their favorite hobbies, their biggest inspirations, and their reason for wanting to become mayor.
I found the link to this video on Bob's website, killianformayor.com
Thanks again for your indulgence
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That was an informative yet simple, interview. For the record, my family and his family have known each other for three generations from when his grandparents (if memory serves me right and it my not) and my parents and their parents, lived on York Street in the Frog Hollow part of town in the early part of the 20th century.
ReplyDeleteThat was an informative yet simple, interview. For the record, my family and his family have known each other for three generations from when his grandparents (if memory serves me right and it my not) and my parents and their parents, lived on York Street in the Frog Hollow part of town in the early part of the 20th century.
ReplyDeleteJillian has a hobby involving magic,.....he will make Mayor Touch of Class disappear on primary day.
ReplyDeleteDon't sell Pedro short. A lot of town committee folks support him and he's taken care of them as well as city employees and contractors. And Bronin has garnered north end power brokers. Killian has an uphill battle so don't be complacent. If you want true change donate to his campaign and vote!
ReplyDeleteWhat is striking to me is his very pleasant, laid-back, avuncular manner in contrast to the content of his message; i.e., Hartford is heading towards Detroit-type bankruptcy. I'm afraid his message may not be heard if he's not more flamboyant in his delivery. If he were to win election his no-nonsense honest mode of operating would be most welcome.
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Hey will smith , this malcolm x nonsense you are vomiting out is geting old. Fact is that you were given multiple chances . Four or five if my memory served me right and you continued to test the waters of the hpd disiplianary system. You are not a former cop, you are a cop that got canned because of ...
ReplyDeleteMailing a bullet to man that was messing in your business .
Leting a prisoner with a warrant go because you were too lazy to wait for another town to show up
Working a pj at stop n shop, while wearing no police uniform and falling asleep on the bench next to the exit door
Should i continue.... Your IAD file had its own file cabinet . Foi it kevin. Its as thick as john candy's waist line.
So do us a favor and shut your pie hole.
Stack screwed up badly, but will get a chance. Hopefully he wont go down will smith blvd and blame everyone except looking in the mirror.
Kevin, will smith is an example of what was wrong with hpd.
Having any support from the Democratic Town Committee is useless unless you pay big bucks and Pedro Seggara will. However, Pedro can still lose even with this faithful endorsement. The Dem Town Committee members who really care about Hartford will not support Pedro Seggara. These voters know better and will vote for someone other than Seggara and get a vote out. Time is ticking as Pedro digs his heals deeper and deeper into his Hartford muddy hole. Bob Killian is a great leader and historian. He knows his home town very well. So happy he is a Yankee fan. As kids growing up in Hartford the majority of us were Yankee fans and still are.
ReplyDeleteKevin, during inauguration cermony of a new mayor it is customary to thank the former mayor for his contributions to the city.
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly can be said about Segarra, his contributions are mostly negative to our socity.
Should Pedro be thanked for the Touch of Class, for eating caviar, for bankrupting the city, for his mismanagement, for what exactly?
Since tgere 's nothing good to say about Segarra, the future mayor must tell him GO, JUST GO.
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ReplyDeleteSegarra's biggest accomplishment for the residents of Hartford will be the day he packs his office to move out.
I would even be willing to help him pack.
I would be happy to thank him for leaving
I would be willing to pay him to leave.
ReplyDeleteSegarra's even bigger 'accomplishment' for Hartford will be the day the FBI put handcuffs on him in his office. WFSB, NBC30 and FoxCT will be invited.
No, the handcuffs went on Little Eddie Perez. But the state screwed up the trial in a big way by putting to cases together. That trail was supposed to be the test case for state political trials. They bungled it. It's better to keep political trials in federal court.
ReplyDeleteState Court or Federal Court, as long as Mayor Pedro Caviar is removed from ofice for bankrupting and corrupting a wonderful city.
DeleteMayor Caviar ignored the HPD staffing report and created the atmosphere for the recent violence and murders.He has blood on his hands and is partly responsible for those recent murders.Too bad Mayor Caviar doesn't tell the victims families,as he comforts them,of his culpability.
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Oh, come on. Whatever Pedro is doing is not terribly offensive to anyone on Council. Our police management is not only by the Mayor, but Council has a say about overall policy, doesn't it?
In any case, the State floods the zone with bad guys. If we're looking for bloody hands I'd look first to our State Reps, Senators, and Governor.
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Aaron Johnson Taylor, 25, has more than a half-dozen convictions since 2008, including felony convictions for carrying a pistol without a permit, violation of a protective order and first-degree escape...
Taylor is also familiar to Hartford police, who, according to Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley, have arrested the Windsor man 21 times on a variety of misdemeanor and felony charges.
Mr. Brush, There are many to blame, including in the State level, all the way to the Governor (which, by the way, Pedro started talking dirty recently, in private, about Governor Malloy). However, the person in charge, the highest authority in the City of Hartford is the Mayor of Hartford, a man who is distracted terribly by that stupid stadium and its financing, as well as other nonsense, instead of answering Chief Rovella repeated calls for more police officers.
ReplyDeletethe highest authority in the City of Hartford is the Mayor of Hartford
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I guess that's my point; even a strong mayor with CEO powers is not in control. The State places (or re-places) its criminals (i.e., those who violate the trust we in society require of one another) in its cities, especially in Hartford. The Mayor can shape policing strategies, provide the funding, manage the personnel (at least to the extent not dictated by State labor law), but good policing won't make a city "live-able" if one out of six of its residents have criminal records.
If our crime problem in Hartford were a function of one Mayor or one Council you'd expect our situation to be radically different than those of New Haven or Bridgeport. I carry no brief for Pedro, but blood on his hands? I don't think so. If you want someone who is personally responsible for (hateful) violence I give you Democrat Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton Jr.
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On December 8, 1995 Roland J. Smith Jr., one of the protesters, entered Harari's store with a gun and flammable liquid, shot several customers and set the store on fire.
I totally disagree with Mr. Brush. We now have a strong mayor system, but it's on paper only. Be honest, look at Segarra, what "strong mayor" do you see? Nothing. This's a guy who failed in his own business (ask to see his tax returns for his time at 80 Cedar St. and elsewhere). His entire career relies on city connections, corporate counsel, city council, "accidental" mayor. What's in Segarra's background or knowledge in finance, how to balance budgets. This guy wakes up in the morning next to Charlie Ortiz with some idiotic ideas (I'm not sure if the ideas are his or Charlie's), one day is the downtown ballpark that he still doesn't know how it's going to be financed, another day he wakes up with the idea to build a new city hall. Why new city hall, because he wants a mayor's own quarters, but also the existing city hall is an unbelievable, total mess, so he's trying to forget the past and start something new.
ReplyDeleteYou call this a strong mayor? Quiet frankly I wouldn't let him wipe my behind.
Segarra is definitely a strong mayor, strong in being clueless, strong in corruption. Strong indeed.
ReplyDeleteMany of us love Hartford but we all don't and can't live there -I feel bad when any of the politicians speak of the "community" and do not have the insight to ask for help from those of us who consider ourselves part of the Hartford Community just not residents
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