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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

SEGARRA NAMES ROVELLA HPD CHIEF, PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO

As predicted here a couple months ago,on November 28th to be exact, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra today named James Rovella as Hartford's acting Police Chief. You can read the November posting here predicting Rovella's appointment.

As an almost 20 year veteran of HPD before his retirement, Rovella is very familiar with the operations of the HPD. He has spent the last several months in his capacity as Chief Inspector for the State's Attorney's Office setting up and running the Hartford Shooting Task Force along side Hartford Police Lieutenant Lance Sigersmith.

The task force has produced very noticeable results in reducing violent crime after 2011 started out with the potential to end as a record year for gun violence. The task force became operational in July of 2011.

If Chief Rovella's actions in producing results with the Task Force are any indication, it may be a very promising period for HPD under his guidance.

Another posting on Rovella's appointment can be read here.Double click the video below to view it full screen

Saturday, February 11, 2012

THIS WEEK'S "WE THE PEOPLE" PROGRAM ON YOU TUBE

Our guests on this weeks "We the People" program, seen Monday's at 1:00PM on Hartford Public Access Television can also be seen on You tube. Our guest this week were former stae representative Ken Green and former Hartford democratic Town Chair Sean Arena as we discussed the upcoming Democratic town Committee races and what the Town Committees do, or should I say are suppoosed to do.

** for some reason the image cuts off the right side of the screen when playing below, when it starts playing, double click over the video to watch it full screen and get the full image

Friday, February 10, 2012

LOCAL ATTORNEY/POLITICIAN ARRESTED FOR DUI

According to arrest records from the Hartford Police Department, local attorney and politician John Kennelly was arrested last night on Asylum Avenue for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs (DUI).

Kennelly was stopped shortly before midnight in the area of 1380 Asylum Avenue by Hartford Police and subsequently charged with DUI. Kennelly was also charged with multiple counts of failure to drive in the proper lane. According to police sources, Kennelly's blood alcohol content was nearly double the legal limit.

Kennelly recently represented Mayor Pedro Segarra in legal issues raised during the Mayoral election. Kennelly is also currently the spokesperson for the 1st District Democratic Town Committee and is running for re-election.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

A MOVE THAT MAKES SENSE

The Hartford Redevelopment Agency will meet today, Thursday, February 9th at 6:15 PM, in the Function Room at Hartford City Hall.

The agency's meetings had been held in a conference room at Constitution Plaza which was difficult for many to find and attend the meetings. The new location for the meetings in the Function Room at City Hall should make the meetings much more accessible to the general public.

The Redevelopment Agency Chairperson Sean Arena had pushed for the change to make it easier for members of the community to be able to attend

THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY

I'm paraphrasing here, but what is that saying ... "insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result" ?

It is interesting to see Hartford's Chief Operating Officer David Panagore "tweeting" that he is at the Market at Hartford 21 today working to reopen the market. Panagore tweeted "Just reviewed a proposed new lay out for a market at the #Hartford 21 space; looks promising & good, much smarter & efficient"

Didn't Mr. Panagore also review the first proposal before handing them $400,000 of taxpayers dollars for a failed market? Has Mr. Panagore suddenly taken classes in "grocery store 101" ?

His "tweets" also stated that he "In over at the market working the effort to re-open with the folks from Northland, go #Hartford"

Is that the same Northland that forced the YMCA out of their building on Jewel Street with the promise of of a high rise "luxury" condo development? Is it the same Northland that shut down the Goodwin Hotel? Or is it the same Northland that is in the process of foreclosure on a few of their downtown office building for defaulting on the mortgages? Or maybe the Northland that forced many small businesses out of Pratt Street with drastic rent increases.

And while we are at it, Northland has been so successful with reestablishing retail in the XL Center mall, we should all quickly follow their plans. I know, I know, they are waiting for the "right" tenants.

Maybe we could get references from the previous Market at 21 operators and they can tell us how much fun it is to spend the taxpayers money.

I know I would love a trip to Hawaii this time of year, maybe pay off a home mortgage, even remodel a restaurant, all fun things to do with a loan from the City of Hartford, ....if the price is right.

WHAT DO THE HARTFORD SCHOOLS HAVE TO HIDE?


Apparently last night a meeting was held at Burns Elementary School in Hartford regarding the sudden removal of the principal there.

According to "tweets" from a Hartford Courant reporter, she stated that she was barred from the meeting. According to her "tweets" Vanessa de la Torre stated that Hartford Public Schools Director of No Information David Medina stated "press would be a "distraction" and Kishimoto wants private time with parents".

I can understand why the media is less than welcome though. They might just question the leadership of Superintendent Kishimoto who was responsible for the redesign of Burn's School. Under Dr. Kishimoto's leadership as the then "Assistant Superintendent of Redesign" in 2008 Kishimoto was responsible for the hiring of the Principal who she now just removed.

Maybe "transparency" has a differnt meaning in Medina's world. Hopefully the new Board Members can find a better use for that wasted salary and remove another Perez puppet. Does Medina really think barring the media will prevent information from getting out?

If you would like to check out how David Medina earns his six figure City of Hartford salary, check out his blog here. In the true spirit of transparency though, I think it would be a safe bet the link won't work shortly