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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

IS ANYONE AT HARTFORD CITY HALL TELLING THE TRUTH?

I would imagine it is never a good thing for politicians to get caught up in a scandal, but does lying about it make it any easier to deal with.

After the Kupiec Joyride saga. the Mayor's Office was quick to respond that all of Kupiec's City property had been accounted for including his City Cellphone, I-pad and other equipment. I guess they had hoped that we would believe that the only thing they neglected to recover were the spare set of keys to the City vehicle he allegedly eventually stole back, or in the words of Mayor Segarra "took without permission".

Well it appears that  we were misled about the cellphone also because I know one individual that called Kupiec on his City cellphone the morning of the recovery of the stolen City vehicle, almost a week after we had been told he turned the phone in. The following day after a reporter attempted to reach Kupiec for comment, the reporter was met with a greeting that the number was not in service. If the phone was actually re-issued, why would the City then shut it off. Or might it have been that they were actually reacting to being caught in a lie?

We were also told by the Mayor's Office that Kupiec had no special severance package and had only received 1.5 weeks pay when he left. Now in documents I obtained through an FOI request, it appears that there also may be another lie being fed to us.

The document below shows that Kupiec will be paid through September 27, 2013, almost three months after he left his position June 21, 2013.

And don't forget the New's Years eve soiree. Even though Mayor Segarra had told Channel 3 on camera that he had paid back half the cost of the dinner, according to the documents , that was also a lie and the cost was actually paid back a week later when I insisted on seeing the documents.

The old saying that "the coverup is worse than the crime" seems to be very valid with this group.

UPDATE 3:34PM- this was just e-mailed to me regarding Kupiec's pay, I have a hard time believing he didn't take a sick day in 2 1/2 years, and who was responsible for tracking his time, probably something else worth FOI'ing and digging into."According to them, Jared didn't use any of his sick time during his 2 1/2 years with the city. Panagore had the same thing when he left city employ. Segarra recently introduced a proposal to city council to end the "runout" practice.

It might be bad news, but a little truth might be a good thing



HIS LUCKY DAY

A young man was shot in the area of 83 Bushnell Street early this afternoon. Shot spotter apparently worked and calls for multiple gunshots came in shortly after noon today. Police located the victim who had been shot in the chest. Normally that is not a good thing, but the bullet bounced off the victims sternum, and no serious injuries occurred.

The victim was not totally unscathed though as the Connecticut State Police had an outstanding warrant for his arrest and he was promptly taken into custody and turned over to CSP.

The victim had been shot previously in 2010 and survived that shooting also

Monday, July 15, 2013

HARTFORD ANNOUNCES COOLING CENTERS

From the Mayor's Office
 
CITY OF HARTFORD ANNOUNCES COOLING CENTER HOURS

 

--- NEWS AND COMMUNITY STATEMENT---

 

(July 15, 2013) With temperatures expected to be in the mid to high 90's this week, City officials have ordered the opening of four cooling centers in the City of Hartford. Members of the Hartford Fire Department’s Special Services Unit will distribute water bottles on site. An air quality alert is also in effect for the Hartford area. Residents are encouraged to take proper precautions and stay out of the heat if possible.

Hartford Cooling Centers:

                 North End Senior Center, 80 Coventry Street, 8:30am-5:00pm

                 South End Wellness Center, 830 Maple Avenue, 8:30am-4:30pm

                 Parkville Senior Center, 11 New Park Avenue, 8:30am-3:30pm

                 Hispanic Health Council, 175 Main Street, 8:30am-4:30pm

 

The Hartford Public Library is available for residents and visitors.  Below are hours of operation:

                 Hartford Downtown Public Library, 500 Main Street, 10:00AM to 8:00PM

                 Albany Library Branch, 1250 Albany Avenue, 12:30PM to 5:30PM

                 Barbour Branch, 281 Barbour Street,  12:30PM to 5:30PM

                 Camp Field Branch, 30 Campfield Avenue, 12:30PM to 5:30PM

                 Mark Twain Branch, 55 Forest Street,  12:30PM to 5:30PM

                 Park Branch, 744 Park Street, 12:30PM to 5:30PM

                 SANDS/Ropkins, 1750 Main Street, 12:30PM to 5:30PM

                 Goodwin, 460 New Britain Avenue, 12:30PM to 7:30PM

                 Blue Hills Branch, 649 Blue Hills Avenue,  12:30PM to 7:30PM

 

Sunday, July 14, 2013

LEARN CPR AT HARTFORD CITY HALL TOMORROW

Short notice on this, but I just got it tonight.


VERY FRUSTRATING

 
I was so upset this evening. We have some real beautiful parks in Hartford  and I'm not sure people appreciate them enough . I was driving near the arch in Bushnell Park tonight, and I saw a Ford explorer in the Park buried up to its axles in mud tearing up the lawn as it tried to get out pulled by a Friendly's wrecker . An HPD Officer , Car 65, sat in his car, also parked by the Arch, and to the best of my knowledge  doing nothing. Not even call it in for another car to come take care of it

Fortunately I had the cell number for Deputy Chief Rodriguez who  I contacted and he called it in and had an officer there within a couple minutes to document the damage and get the vehicle owners information and insurance information so we aren't on the hook for a large amount of damage to the park.

 Hopefully the vehicle owner had insurance to cover their ignorance driving into the water logged park.

Icing on the cake was the police officer who sat by and watched it all and did nothing, threatened to give me a ticket for parking on the sidewalk while I waited for a real cop to show up and do his job. Only in Hartford.  I was incredulous when I asked him if he was serious. He sat and watched a car tear up the park for probably close to a half hour and did nothing, but he was going to give me a ticket for pulling off onto the sidewalk,

Thank you Chief Rodriguez and Officer Murtha, Shame on you Officer Bustamante.

A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Facebook sometimes serves a purpose,other than wasting time. Today I found a posting that intrigued me. It was called "thoughts of an old farmer"

One of the old farmers thoughts was this:

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'

It immediately struck me as something that might benefit our Mayor and those at City Hall.

I'll be posting them daily as I can.