For over a week now I have been trying to get an e-mail that was sent by Sarah Barr, Mayor Perez's Press Person , to WFSB Channel 3. Although the FOI request I submitted was pretty clear, Hartford Corporation Counsel John Rose late last week said he had received the wrong items from MHIS and was waiting for the correct e-mails. Well, an FOI complaint has been submitted to the State of Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission, because after a week, the e-mail has not been provided to me. A source in Hartford's MHIS Department advised me they could have the information in a matter of minutes if they were instructed to do so.
Since John Rose wouldn't provide the e-mail, someone else that understands transparency and public documents did. Apparently, on September 3, 2009 at a taping of WFSB's "Face the State" program the guests included Hartford Council President Calixto Torres, Councilwoman Rosezina "rJo" Winch, and the man who wants to change the direction of Hartford's Democratic Town Committee, Bruce Rubenstein. Sarah Barr, according to the e-mail,has a problem with Rubenstein appearing and not the current Democratic Town Chairperson, Sean Arena. That is not a problem for private citizen Sarah Barr, but it is a problem for City of Hartford employee Sarah Barr to use city resources, her position and her hartford.gov e-mail to advocate political positions. The e-mail is below but the text portion states "It has come to my attention that a candidate for dem town committee chair was the opposing viewpoint on face the state. I am certain that you'll give sean arena equal time".
This is just one more example of the arrogance of this administration. While they continue to be under a microscope it seems that laws just don't apply to them. Using her position for political gain is unethical at the least and illegal at the worst.Sarah, have you ever heard of gmail? Open an account ther and e-mail to your heart's delight, but there is a problem doing it in our name using city resources
With all the issues facing the city, is this the best Sarah can do?
A copy of the e-mail is below:
Sarah Barr Wfsb Email
The Perez administration makes most of its decisions based on self interest and not what's good for the city and its tax payers. They continually lose and get fined by the FOI commission, yet are pulling this stall tactic again. They are about to lose the city a half to one million dollars for Officer Murtha's ruling yet they recently fired Chief Nolan and Clarence Corbin on trumped up reasons and are looking at two future law suits they are most likely going to lose (or should I say the tax payer will lose). This is a large part of why the city is in debt now. Perez and his pals do what they want now and let the tax payer pay for it later. The worst part of all this is how the public is catching on to their ways yet they refuse to change. Eddie and his puppet Rose will never change and it's unfortunate the state has to remove corrupt Eddie when city council should be doing the clean up. It makes one believe the city council has also been corrupted. The polls show the people want Eddie out yet city council provides lip service to the public. If the elected city council will not represent it's constituent's wishes then we should not be voting them back into office.
ReplyDeleteEddie,John and many others have ruined the city...they should all rot in hell
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