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Thursday, May 14, 2015
THE FULL CAMPAIGN FILING FOR ALL CANDIDATES- APRIL 10 2015- SEGARRA 3 OF 3
Previous postings may not have included all pages, here is the complete filing by candidate as on file with the Hartford Clerk's Office
SEGARRA FILING APRIL 10 1 OF 3 by kevinhfd
SEGARRA FILING APRIL 10 1 OF 3 by kevinhfd
Monday, May 11, 2015
WHO PAYS THE DEBT? ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE SEGARRA RECKLESS MANAGEMENT
That title might be misleading , I don't think anything the Segarra Administration does can be called management.
I would ask if any of my readers know of a bank or lending institution would allow anyone to sell their home and not pay off the mortgage but instead pocket the money. That is essentially what the City of Hartford did today. The State Bond Commission today approved the ill conceived sale of the Church Street garage by the City of Hartford to the State of Connecticut.
The sale apparently is for $14 million dollars, but no mention of the $7 million dollars in remaining debt still outstanding on the bonds originally sold for the garage. Will the debt be paid off with the proceeds or will we continue to pay interest on the $7 million for years to come. The smart thing to do would be to pay off the debt, but when is Mayor Segarra known to do the smart thing as it comes to the finances of the City.
It is probably more important to be able to say that the budget is balanced for Segarra in an election year than it is to saddle the taxpayers with $7 million dollars in non producing debt.
I think Ronald Reagan used to call it voo-doo economics, it is all smoke and mirrors
I would ask if any of my readers know of a bank or lending institution would allow anyone to sell their home and not pay off the mortgage but instead pocket the money. That is essentially what the City of Hartford did today. The State Bond Commission today approved the ill conceived sale of the Church Street garage by the City of Hartford to the State of Connecticut.
The sale apparently is for $14 million dollars, but no mention of the $7 million dollars in remaining debt still outstanding on the bonds originally sold for the garage. Will the debt be paid off with the proceeds or will we continue to pay interest on the $7 million for years to come. The smart thing to do would be to pay off the debt, but when is Mayor Segarra known to do the smart thing as it comes to the finances of the City.
It is probably more important to be able to say that the budget is balanced for Segarra in an election year than it is to saddle the taxpayers with $7 million dollars in non producing debt.
I think Ronald Reagan used to call it voo-doo economics, it is all smoke and mirrors
Sunday, May 10, 2015
WHO IS BEHIND THE POLL?
Friday evening I received an e-mail from a resident who questioned a phone call they had received and the polling questions asked. The person was sharp enough to write down the questions word for word and then traced the callers number back to the polling company. Saturday I received more phones calls and spoke to more people who had received the call.
I think by the nature of the questions, it isn't too hard to figure out who commissioned the poll, but you never know, unless his campaign is willing to admit it, or when the next campaign financial filing is due and we see which campaign actually pays the bill.
Here are some of the poll questions:
If you knew John Gale had four kids and a wife and lived here for life would that be a positive or negative thing?
If you knew John’s family was from an immigrant background and his uncle was Johnny Duke, is that a positive. or negative thing?
According to the e-mail as well as the other callers, there were two or three more of these positive statements, before they ask who the e-mail author would be supporting for mayor.
There was a question about whether the e-mail author would rather support an attorney that worked for the public interest in Hartford or an attorney that worked for the federal government
They asked my opinion of Governor Malloy.
THEN, the BOMBSHELL, according to the e-mail
The pollster asked “Would this statement make you feel more negative about a candidate? If a candidate was an attorney who had his law license suspended due to failure to pay client fees " would that affect your decision
I did a reverse phone number look up and it appears they are using EMC Research. http://www.emcresearch.com/index.html
I am not sure what the motivation for the poll was, unless Gale's campaign is actually trying to gauge if there is support in the community for his campaign. I also wonder about that first question, was it to make people question a gay candidate who is married to a man and has no children without actually coming out and saying it? And who has even heard the name Johhny Duke or remembers who he was? And I am not sure which candidate had his law license suspended, I am pretty sure it is not Judge Killian or Luke Bronin, so the only other lawyer running is Pedro Segarra.
I think by the nature of the questions, it isn't too hard to figure out who commissioned the poll, but you never know, unless his campaign is willing to admit it, or when the next campaign financial filing is due and we see which campaign actually pays the bill.
Here are some of the poll questions:
If you knew John Gale had four kids and a wife and lived here for life would that be a positive or negative thing?
If you knew John’s family was from an immigrant background and his uncle was Johnny Duke, is that a positive. or negative thing?
According to the e-mail as well as the other callers, there were two or three more of these positive statements, before they ask who the e-mail author would be supporting for mayor.
There was a question about whether the e-mail author would rather support an attorney that worked for the public interest in Hartford or an attorney that worked for the federal government
They asked my opinion of Governor Malloy.
THEN, the BOMBSHELL, according to the e-mail
The pollster asked “Would this statement make you feel more negative about a candidate? If a candidate was an attorney who had his law license suspended due to failure to pay client fees " would that affect your decision
I did a reverse phone number look up and it appears they are using EMC Research. http://www.emcresearch.com/index.html
I am not sure what the motivation for the poll was, unless Gale's campaign is actually trying to gauge if there is support in the community for his campaign. I also wonder about that first question, was it to make people question a gay candidate who is married to a man and has no children without actually coming out and saying it? And who has even heard the name Johhny Duke or remembers who he was? And I am not sure which candidate had his law license suspended, I am pretty sure it is not Judge Killian or Luke Bronin, so the only other lawyer running is Pedro Segarra.
TOUCHING A NERVE
Councilman Ken Kennedy was at the Mayoral Forum Thursday night at the library. As soon as I entered the room, the esteemed Councilman approached me. Not even a hello, how you doing, nothing. Kennedy entered into his public tirade and stated " I have only been a Councilman for 14 years, not sixteen as you said on your blog." And then the kicker, he claimed" I have passed plenty of legislation on the Council, I am going to print it out and deliver it to your fat ass to show you"
That should be a very short print out. But even more surprising was Kennedy's promise to "deliver it to your fat ass". Councilman, does your home have any mirrors or even a scale? I don't think you have met a cheeseburger you didn't like in the last few years. It also exhibits why we need a change on the Council. There is a total lack of respect between the Council and their Constituents. Kennedy's addressing me exhibits that. We also saw the Council President lack of dignity when he addressed anti-stadium residents, particularly Joanne Bauer, after the Councils rubber stamp vote to pass the stadium.
It is time for a change to Council people that actually respect and serve the community that puts them there.
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