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Monday, March 1, 2010

OLGA, PLEASE JUST TELL THE TRUTH, I KNOW IT IS HARD FOR YOU BUT PLEASE TRY

For anyone that watched Democratic Registrar of Voters Olga Vazquez on the stand last week, it was quite apparent that the truth is not one of her strong suits.

Then this afternoon I got a couple of phone calls from City Hall employees. One of them asked me right out how much money I make off this blog. After I finished chuckling, I told them not a penny. I further related that if I figured it out, it probably costs me quite a bit. Figure the cost for copies of documents alone, typically fifty cents a page for anything obtained from the city. Not to mention the amount of time that goes into researching a post before I will put them up here.

Then, after coming back to seriousness, I asked them why they asked.

Apparently Olga Vazquez has encouraged people not to go to my blog because she has told them I make a dollar for every time someone goes to the blog. And after hitting 50,000 hits this weekend that must equate to me making $50,000 ,at least, off "we the people".

If Olga is trying to get people to boycott the blog, can an rJo Winch boycott be far behind?

Not one penny has been made off the blog my City Hall friends, so feel comfortable to continue reading. The only pay-off I'm looking forward to is the day these corrupt individuals are swept out of city hall and the cleansing can begin

ROSE TO COURT-"REGISTRAR BLEW IT"


In a court case that may have most people confused, John Rose made it clear to everyone in the courtroom today what actually happened. In his testimony before Judge Peck, John Rose stated on the record that "the Registrar blew it".

PICTURED ABOVE-OLGA VAZQUEZ, THE REGISTRAR WHO "BLEW IT"

The legal wrangling continued in Hartford Superior Court this afternoon. The first order of business was Judge Peck issuing her decision. In her decision, Judge Peck agreed with the plaintiffs that the petitions were "improperly validated and certified by the Democratic Registrar of Voters, or the Deputy Registrar of Voters, acting on her behalf in violation of General Statutes 9-410(c) and should have been rejected. Judge Peck went on to further order that "these candidates be removed from the ballot".

That decision seems pretty clear as to the Judge's intent. Since the decision was over 32 pages, I only paid for the last page with the Judge's orders and signature, you can view that below.
Judge Pecks Decision-last Page

After the Judge's order was released, Rosie once again began his legal gamesmanship at the taxpayers expense.

Rose filed a motion for a stay, which means the Judges decision would be held off until Rose can appeal to a higher court. In typical John Rose fashion, his arguments before Judge Peck were more confusing than clarifying. He stood before the Judge and stated that essentially "the Registrar blew it".

Ok, Rosie, I think we all agree on that point,Olga blew it, so let's end this nonsense and go home.

Nope. Rose went on to state on the record that even though the Registrar "blew it", the City of Hartford wouldn't be harmed. But, his concern was that "if you deny this motion, they are dead, they are done" in referring to the Giles slate. Ok, Rosie who are you representing? The City of Hartford who will suffer no harm or the Giles slate?

Judge Peck then admonished Rosie that she was obligated to sit there and listen to his arguments but that any argument based on the merits of the case "is not your strongest suit".

Again even though the City won't be harmed because the Registrar "blew it" Rose showed his concern for the Giles slate. Rose stated on the record "the city won't be harmed these people will be murdered at the polls tomorrow" in referring to the Giles slate.

I'm still not sure about his concern for the Giles slate, and why the City of Hartford's attorney is apparently representing a political slate. I would think if the Giles slate felt aggrieved because the Registrar "blew it", they would hire their own attorney to fight for their rights, the same as the Kirkley-Bey slate did when they realized that Democratic Registrar Olga Vazquez "blew it".

As it stands now, since Rosie filed his appeal before 5:00PM, the election will go on as planned tomorrow. In the event the Kirkley-Bey slate wins, the whole matter will be a dead issue. If the Giles slate should by some chance prevail and Rosie's appeal fails, the Giles slate would then be removed in compliance with the Judge's order and the Kirkley-Bey slate would win.

Although questions are being answered slowly but surely about Olga Vazquez's apparent illegal activities, one big question still remains for me. Even after John Rose admitted in open court that the Registrar Vazquez was wrong and she "blew it", why are we spending one penny of taxpayer money to appeal.

Maybe it is time for the taxpayers to file a suit against Vazquez and Rose to recover our money spent to defend their incompetence

JUDGE PECK RULES; GILES SLATE OUT

More to come I'm entering this from my blackberry

Sunday, February 28, 2010

50,000 AND GOING STRONG

I didn't realize it until one of my regular readers e-mailed me yesterday, but the hit counter has rolled over 50,000 hits. That is 50,000 times that people have come to the blog.

Not a bad number from the first couple of months when I would get 15 or 20 hits a day. It seems like many people now come to "We the People Hartford" on a regular basis and the number of new hits keeps increasing everyday.

Surprisingly, it's not just Hartford people reading either. A lot of city retirees are e-mailing me letting me know that they regularly check here for the latest "going-on's" in Hartford. Every day more suburban readers are checking in also to see what is going on in Connecticut's capital city.

Keep your info and tips coming and I'll keep writing and exposing the truth.

As a sidenote, it is now easier to get to "we the people hartford". My plan over the next couple months is to also build a website that will provide information as a resource for people interested in Hartford. Meeting schedules, upcoming events, anything and everything that will help educate and foster public interest in Hartford's government.

You can now click on wethepeoplehartford.com and it will redirect you to the blogspot location until the new website is built.

Thanks again for your support.

A QUESTION FOR OUR MAYOR AND POLICE CHIEF

Although we keep hearing that crime is down, the crime stats for this year portray an alarming increase in the first two months of this year. Actually less than 2 months, the latest stats on the HPD website only reflect numbers through February 20th.

Homicides up 33%
Aggravated assaults up 4.3%
Burglary up 62.2%
Larceny up 22.0%


Those numbers also don't reflect the latest two executions on Garfield Street and Cornwall Street or this weekends homicide at Club Charisma on Walnut Street. The Club Charisma homicide happened in front of a police officer working at the club.

Typically this is the "slow" time of the year for violent crime and homicides which usually spike during the heat of the summer. If we keep track at this pace, Hartford's homicides for the year could potentially top 100 or come pretty close.

It might be hard to draw attention away from these numbers by claiming they are driven by Domestic Violence, especially the cold blooded executions with a bullet to the back of the head.

PLEASE TAKE THE POLL AT THE RIGHT

Judge Susan Peck's decision on the 5th District Town Committee lawsuit should be released anytime in the next 16 hours. Take the poll at the right and let me know what you think.

Will Corporation Counsel John Rose abide by the Judge's decision or do you think that in typical "Rosie Style" he will appeal, appeal, appeal, barring no expense to prop up a politically wounded Mayor Perez.