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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

YOU WOULD THINK....

That after four years on the Hartford City Council, a certain City Councilman would be in touch enough with his constituents that they would recognize him. Apparently for at least one Councilperson, when you only hit the streets at re-election time and don't regularly venture into the neighborhoods, you need to wear a placard to identify yourself. It might also come in handy if he misses the Segarra re-election tour bus so they can make sure he gets home. The other two has beens posing with him look familiar. I think the middle one was cast in the  "Nutty Professor" movies as a college professor
 
 

Monday, August 3, 2015

NOLAN VS. HUERTAS LAWSUIT FILED

Here we go again. Another lawsuit against the City of Hartford rising out of mismanagement and vindictiveness. The suit is pretty self explanatory. Much more on this as it moves forward, including some interesting revelations about some of the named defendants.

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I AM NOT SURPRISED

As homicide number 20 was coding at Saint Francis Hospital and eventually being pronounced dead, Hartford's Mayor Pedro Segarra was posting on Twitter that he was dancing he night away at the Riverfront.

If only he spent as much time focusing on Hartford's violence problems as he does on cutting ribbons, kissing babies and dancing at the Riverfront .Or for that matter maybe if he spent more time on job creation, the violence would be reducing itself.

Sunday, August 2, 2015

I THINK IT IS OFFICIAL, PEDRO HAS LOST HIS MIND

 
 


Does Pedro Segarra really think that any reasonable person can believe the nonsense flowing out of his mouth?

I know the saying, desperate times call for desperate measures, but Pedro is taking it to the extreme, Pedro's attack on his challenger's time of residence is laughable It is now coming to light that Pedro's claims of  41 years in residence seem to b e less than truthful. Apparently after Segarra filed for bankruptcy in 1998, he left Hartford and moved to Florida for  several years before heading back North.  Bankruptcy case number- 98-25578..Pedro was represented by Attorney Alex Aponte.

Although I think this info should draw Segarra's claims of residency into question, it might also explain an awful lot. Is it any wonder how a man who had to fle for personal bankruptcy could be entrusted with Hartford's half a billion a year budget?

 The comment  above from Segarra's Twitter feed is also laughable "how dare someone who cannot relate think they can run this City"  Is that what you call your performance Pedro, "running the City"? Maybe more like running it off a cliff.

I also can't understand this residency issue when it comes to leadership. Segarra has pretty much proven he  is devoid of any leadership skills. His challenger has already shown he has a better leadership resume than Segarra could ever hope for. The military experience, the Obama Administration, the Malloy Administration compared to  Segarra's history as a failed , and bankrupt attorney..

And just a quick note, if residency is so important to qualify for leadership potentially did Segarra drag a Hartford newcomer onto his slate? James Woulfe, one of Segarra's Council slate members. Woulfe has just barely a year as a Hartford resident according to voter registration records, he also still has his vehicle apparently registered in Middletown, avoiding Hartford's outrageous mill rate for car taxes. Not a good way to start out, "taking it to the streets for the people"  avoiding the same taxes we are burdened with. I could probably overlook Woulfe's newness to Hartford when I look at others on Segarra's Council slate that have done nothing for Hartford except to claim residency here.

And what about the member of Segarra's slate that was institutionalized and committed to the Institute of Living after a cocaine binge when he threatened to kill a former  Mayor. I guess integrity and character only counts when it comes to your political opponents, and I would match Luke Bronin's character up against Pedro Segarra's or any member of his slate any day.

Pedro needs to start talking about truthfulness  and stop the rhetoric. Hartford's political system worked just fine for Pedro Segarra four years ago when he was Hartford's political son. He gladly accepted the nomination when I went in his favor. Now four years later when the majority of the Democratic Town Committee have come to realize his inefficiency and incompetence and went in a different direction, the system is suddenly corrupt  and rigged.

And while I am talking about rhetoric, lets be honest about the homicide numbers. Figures were apparently put out today comparing homicide numbers for the last ten years. It showed our high point in 2003 of 45 homicides for the year. Segarra should remember that was the year of the Greenwood's arson fire and fourteen of those deaths were ruled homicides as a result of the arson fire. It is still bad, but a lot different than shooting deaths.

Residency means nothing. Lets focus on ideas and what the candidates bring to the table, not how long they have lived here.

Saturday, August 1, 2015

SPEAKING OF COWARDS

I will not be intimidated.

Yesterday I received a "an unknown caller" message on my cell phone voice mail. The phone call, a little after 5:00PM was short and to the point. A male voice which sounded disguised left the message, "Leave the Mayor alone"

Listen to this coward, I clearly post my thoughts under my own name and stand by everything I write and I will not back off.

The truth is the truth, if your "Mayor" wasn't such a loser and so incompetent, I would have a lot  less to write about, get used to it, the best is yet to come

WHERE ARE OUR PRORITIES?



By this point in the week, most people know the name of Cecil the Lion.  I am an animal lover and I can't understand the cowardly thrill of killing such a majestic animal. All for the sake of mounting the lions head above the mantle or the lion pelt on the floor. Maybe if it was a little more fair, if you wrestled the lion and win, OK take him home.

I am somewhat confused by our priorities though. All the media attention and the uproar over a majestic lion from Zimbabwe is interesting . Many more young people and others are hunted down in our streets everyday with hardly any notice.

By now, just about everyone knows the name of Cecil the Lion.Can anyone name Hartford's last homicide victim?