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Monday, July 29, 2013

CALLING HOURS TONIGHT FOR TRUDE MERO

FROM THE HARTFORD COURANT:

Gertrude H. Johnson Mero, 85, of Hartford, was welcomed into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior on Tuesday (July 23, 2013) while surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Denmark, SC on Sept. 6, 1927, daughter of the late Martin William Hayes and Arie Mae (Anderson) Hayes, and spent her early years in Trenton, NJ. Gertrude came to Hartford in the 1940s and married Wilfred Xavier Johnson, Sr. in 1947. Along with her late husband, the Honorable Wilfred X. Johnson Sr., Gertrude was also active in city politics. She fervently believed in promoting equality and empowerment in the City of Hartford and worked diligently toward that end. A long time employee of the State of Connecticut Department of Human Resources, Gertrude served as an Executive Administrative Liaison to three Democrat administrations. Her memory is forever cherished and alive in her children, Dawn Hayes Oduor of East Haven, Winifred Jean Johnson of Tortola B.V.I., Wilfred Xavier Johnson, Jr. of Hartford, Jeffrey Paul Johnson of Hartford, and Sara Lynn Johnson-Davis and her husband Charles of West Hartford; four grandchildren, Reeve Johnson, Evan McDuffie, Amasai Oduor, and Trude Davis; one great-grandson, Reeve Carter Johnson; and three sisters-in-law, Willie Jane Furlow, Lottie Johnson, and Phyllis Johnson. She also leaves a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, church family, and dear friends. In addition to her late husband Wilfred, Gertrude was predeceased by her husband, Robert V. Mero; and five siblings, Rose Brown, Calvin Brown, Sr., Sarah B. Kelley, Theodore Hayes, and John Martin Hayes. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30 at Faith Congregational Church, 2030 Main Street in Hartford with private burial held at the convenience of the family. Calling hours will be held on Monday, July 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Faith Congregational Church and Tuesday from 10-11 a.m. prior to the funeral. In lieu of flowers, friends are encouraged to make memorial donations to the if (!aa) var aa = { iframes : new Array(), random : function() { return Math.round(Math.random() * 10000000000); }, pageNum : Math.round(Math.random() * 10000000000), refresh : function(iframeId) { if (typeof(iframeId) != 'undefined') { var iframe = document.getElementById(iframeId); if (iframe) iframe.src = iframe.src.replace(/misc=[0-9]+/, 'misc=' + this.random()); } else { for (var i in this.iframes) this.refresh(this.iframes[i]); } } }; //no AJAX refresh for inline ads aa.adServer = 'http://media2.legacy.com/'; aa.target = '' + '/3.0' + '/5306.1' + '/1400071' + '/0' + '/-1/size=30x1' + '/adtech;' + 'alias=legacy.hartfordcourant.lifestory.30x1.1.1;' + 'target=_blank;' + 'key=' + escape('NKF') + ';' + 'kvopenextapp=' + escape('1') +';' + 'kvcobrand=' + escape('hartfordcourant') +';' + 'kvpersonid=' + escape('166047592') +';' + 'sub1=' + escape('National Kidney Foundation') + ';' + 'sub2=' + escape('https://www.kidney.org/support/makegift_clio/index.cfm?promo=lg08&fn=Gertrude&ln=MERO') + ';' ; if (typeof aa !== 'undefined' && typeof aa.kvscreenwidth !== 'undefined') aa.target += 'kvscreenwidth=' + escape(aa.kvscreenwidth()) + ';'; if (typeof aa !== 'undefined' && typeof aa.criteo !== 'undefined') aa.target += aa.criteo; aa.src = aa.adServer + 'addyn' + aa.target + 'grp=' + aa.pageNum +';misc=' + aa.random(); document.write(""); document.write(""); National Kidney Foundation / Connecticut Chapter, 1463 Highland Avenue, Cheshire, CT 06410-1216. To send notes of condolence to her family, please visit www.carmonfuneralhome.com.

THE $24,000 LEGAL NOTICE

Several City Hall sources have confirmed  that actions by Hartford's Deputy Corporation Counsel L. John Van Norden caused the City and it taxpayers to be forced to spend over $24,000 for a Charter Revision legal notice.

Apparently there is a strict timeline that governs Charter Revision actions by municipalities. Hartford came upon one of those deadlines last week. A requirement for the publication of a legal notice advising voters of the change apparently had to be published last week. The requirement allows for a "plain English" synopsis of the proposed changes to be voted on to be published.

According to the sources, that synopsis was never completed by Van Norden or anyone in the Corporation Counsel's Office. That forced the City into publishing three full pages of the entire City Charter in the Hartford Courant last week. Total taxpayer cost....$24,000

How much gas would that buy for a Tahoe Councilman? Lets see what inquiries are made into this, I bet none.

WHERE'S THE WARRANT?

According to sources, the warrant application for the arrest of Mayor Segarra's former Chief of Staff Jared Kupiec was completed over a week and a half ago and submitted to the Hartford Court.
Sources stated that the application has been in the hands of Hartford County State's Attorney Gail Hardy since then.

There is no indication as to what the delay is at this point.

More to come on this.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

MORE ON "FACE THE STATE"



I will post the link to the p[program on WFSB.com tomorrow when I get it, in the mean time here is a link to Dennis House's blog about the program.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

TUNE IN

Check out "Face the State" tomorrow, Sunday at 11:00am.

I was invited to be a guest on Dennis House's program on WFSB, Channel 3. We discuss the blog, issues facing Hartford and "leadership" in Hartford. The leadership part was probably a short conversation since there doesn't seem to be much of that going on.

Also check out the clip below of an interview I did this week with Channel 8's Mark Davis over the controversy with the Dispatcher using the "N" word
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/hartford_cty/mayor-suspends-dispatcher-for-racial-slur?ref=scroller&categoryId=10001&status=true&CMP=201307_emailshare

HOMICIDE #12

FROM THE HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENTLocation: 717 Albany Ave. Time: 7/27/13 @ 0155 Hrs. Victim: male, 30 years of age, resident of Hartford Patrol Officers responded to the area of Albany Ave. at Vine Street on the report of shots fired. Dispatch notified responding units that Shot Spotter had recorded multiple shots fired in the same general area. A 911 citizen caller reported a male party shot lying on the ground in the area of Albany Ave. at Vine Street. Upon arrival a male victim was located in the front of 717 Albany Ave. suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the upper chest area. Officers initiated emergency medical treatment. Ambulance transported the victim to St Francis Hospital. The victim was initially listed as stabilized in critical condition, but ultimately did not survive the shooting. He was pronounced at 0545 hours. This is the 12th homicide of 2013. Major Crimes Division Homicide Detectives and Crimes Scene Detectives were immediately called to investigate. The victim’s ID is being withheld pending positive ID. HPD is looking for the community’s help. Anyone with information is asked to call LT. Brian Foley at 860-757-4463 or tips can be reported anonymously to Hartford Crime Stoppers at (860) 722-TIPS.