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Friday, March 12, 2010

THE T-SHIRTS ARE IN


A limited quantity of the "Wanted" t-shirts are in, if you are interested in one, e-mail me or call me.

They are available in large and x-large, white with black lettering

Thursday, March 11, 2010

DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE RESULTS ; HOLLOWAY IS IN, ARENA IS OUT

In a major blow to Mayor Eddie Perez's power, the democratic Town Committee election results are in and Sean Arena is out.

Up until the last few days, most observers considered it a tight race between current Town Chairperson Sean Arena and challenger Bruce Rubenstein. In the final hours, 5th District Town Committee person Jean Holloway threw her name into the race for consideration.

It would be easy to rehash the pro's and con's of the candidates, but it is late and it has been a long day. Suffice it to say that there were a lot of opposing viewpoints and not everyone left the function room at City Hall happy.

It might be a long stretch to ask this of the Hartford political personalities, but if you really care about Hartford, please show it. As the tide of power continues to turn, it can no longer be Eddie's fault. Eddie's days are numbered and his power continues to erode more each day.

The blame will soon be directed towards those of us that have been handed a huge opportunity for change if we choose not to do with it what the people of Hartford expect. This was not a battle that was waged over the last couple days in preparation for tonight's vote.

This has been an effort that began years ago as people began to realize that the city we care about was veering off in the wrong direction. A direction that wasn't about what was best for Hartford and its residents, but rather a direction that favored a select few.

We were going down a path where corruption and cronyism and payoffs were the first order of business, and the needs of the residents came second.

Jean Holloway and her new Executive Committee have been chosen and have been handed a huge opportunity. What they choose to do with it will be determined by history and can go either way. As a city on the brink, we can choose more business as usual and continue down the Perez path.

Knowing Jean and her passion for Hartford and its people, I expect to see a move for unity. Unity by those on the Town Committee that truly want to be part of Hartford's solution without any self serving interests. Unity by those in the neighborhoods that will be hopefully called to action to become part of the process for change. Unity by those that are willing to be mentored and nurtured to become Hartford's leaders of the future.

The choice is ours and hopefully we will step forward, forget the ego's, forget the personalities and work together to accomplish the difficult tasks in front of us as a city and as a unified team.

I saw enough nastiness in that Function Room tonight to last a lifetime. It's time for change, will we step up to the challenge?

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

WHAT'S GOING ON AT CAPITOL PREP?



In the previous post I raised the issue as to the delays in the opening of the newly renovated Capitol Prep school.

As I'm sure most of the regular readers here are well aware, getting information out of the Adamowski Administration or the Perez Administration usually involves a fight.

If you have any information, please feel free to post it or e-mail me.

STUDENTS STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES


It seems that we have a generation of adults in Hartford that have a problem with doing the right thing. If the students at Hartford's Capitol Preparatory Magnet School are any indication though, there is hope for Hartford on the horizon.

Apparently students at the school are fed up with a lack of response to their questions asked regarding a move to their new school. Sources have confirmed that the school is essentially complete with the exception of landscaping and minor cosmetic details inside the building.

Many people, both adults and young people, were observed walking in and out of the newly renovated "Capitol Prep" (the former Barnard Brown School)on Main Street. No one was wearing hardhats, as would be the OSHA requirement,if the school was still a "construction zone".

There are still many questions as to the reason for the delay for the students to move into the school. I will dig into this and try to get the answers to some of the questions being raised by students and parents at Capitol Prep. In the meantime, students I spoke with feel deprived of high school memories from spending their senior year in a temporary home shared with Capitol Community College at 960 Main Street.

I'll post more on this as I get answers to questions, but in the meantime parents and students are suspicious of the reasons that the move has not taken place yet.

In the end though, it was very encouraging seeing Hartford's next generation of potential leaders standing up and speaking for themselves in an orderly and productive manner.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

ANOTHER HOMICIDE IN PEREZ'S "SAFE CITY"

The City of Hartford has just recorded its latest murder.

This less than 24 hours after Mayor Eddie Perez spouted his latest rhetoric that "violent crime is down" in his "State of the City" address last night.

The latest victim was shot in broad daylight at the beginning of rush hour on one of Hartford's busiest streets, at the intersection of Albany Avenue and Oakland Terrace.

The victim was pronounced dead at Saint Francis Hospital at 4:37PM.

I've lost track as to whether this is homicide number 9 or 10 and HPD's statistics haven't been updated since February 20th. I can understand why though, I'm sure Eddie Perez doesn't want the information getting out that homicides are now up almost 300% for the year.

Monday, March 8, 2010

GOOD NEWS... IT'S NOT ONLY HARTFORD THAT IS POLITICALLY DYSFUNCTIONAL


One of my regular readers e-mailed me today with a link to another blog similar to "We the People " that covers issues in another Connecticut city.

I now feel better that we aren't the only messed up Connecticut city, if that should make anyone feel better.

If you check out the link, I could probably cut and paste the entire article and only substitute the name Hartford when the other town is mentioned.

I think the only difference is their Mayor hasn't been arrested.Oh, and they broadcast their Town Committee elections for everyone to watch, that could be fun!

Take a look at the second posting (as of today) "Did the Democratic Town Committee primary really solve anything?"

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