According to HPD sources, Hartford Fire Department Lieutenant Michel Patterson has just turned himself in on charges related to his alleged assault of Captain Thomas Dalton Patterson is alleged to have assaulted Dalton at a fire scene in the Blue Hills area. You can read details here:http://wethepeoplehartford.blogspot.com/2015/08/more-hartford-fire-trouble-lieutenant.html
No further details are available at this point. I am awaiting a release from HPD PIO Deputy Chief Brian Foley
On August 26, 2015 at approximately 2pm, Mr. Michael Patterson a City of Hartford
Firefighter, turned himself in to the Hartford Police Department pursuant to an
arrest warrant issued for Breach of Peace in the Second Degree. The warrant issuance
resulted following a police investigation into an incident allegedly occurring at a
fire scene on August 14, 2015 at approx. 6pm near 122 West Morningside Street. During
that incident, the accused, employed as a Lieutenant with the Hartford Fire Department
and on duty at the time, is alleged to have engaged the complainant, an on duty Fire
Department Captain, in a physical and verbal altercation. The incident reportedly
occurred in the presence of citizens and Hartford Fire Department personnel.
Patterson was taken to HPD Booking, was processed and released on a written promise
to appear in Court, on September 9, 2015.
Arrested: Michael Patterson, 45, 253 High Street, Hartford, CT
Charge: Breach of Peace in the Second Degree
I know that there are many of you that read this blog regularly, take the time to comment, and even provide information to expose problems throughout Hartford City Government. I have tried to be a good steward of your trust and I am now calling on your efforts once again to make Hartford a better place.
We are facing a primary for Mayor on September 16th. This will most likely be the most important decision voters will be called upon to make regarding the direction of the City of Hartford that we have had to make in many years.
This decision will not, and should not be made based on any phony assumptions. It can't be made based on ethnicity, gay or straight, or even time of residence in Hartford. It must be based on who has the best chance of moving the City we love forward.
The decision can not be based on the endorsements rolled out to fanfare in front of the cameras, many of them questionable in nature. Endorsements that have left myself and others questioning what was offered to get the words uttered in public, when we know in reality the private thoughts are much different.
Endorsements that came with strings attached. Maybe a job for a niece or a spot in the Mayor's Office for a daughter.
Maybe we should be looking back in the archives for Pedro Segarra's Twitter feed to see when he really began "loving" the time he spent with Hartford's residents. When did he really begin attending the numerous community events and consoling violent crime victims.
I think you will find that much of his performance began very recently when his handlers told him to start acting and looking like a Mayor.
It wasn't happening five years ago, not even 3 years ago, and not even a year ago.
When did Segarra come to the realization that as a Gay Mayor, he should probably support the gay community. For the first time in years , Segarra has spearheaded not one, but two Gay Pride Festivals in Hartford. This after several years without any annual recognition. Was it because his handlers pointed out to him that roughly 10% of the population identifies as LGBT , and that equates to a substantial voting block. Where is the shelter for gay youth who become homeless when their families throw them out after they come out publicly. Many cities, without a gay Mayor, have shown the compassion and shelter these at risk youth. When was the last time the LGBT Commission met in Hartford on a regular basis? The Mayor appoints the Commission's members, is the Commission even up to full strength?
Did he decide to console the homicide victim's families before he made the decision to cut funding for the Hartford Police Department and decimate staffing levels for several years, or was it after he was called out for a skyrocketing homicide rate, the highest to this date of any New England City.
When did Pedro Segarra realize his love and his connections to Hartford's residents and neighborhoods? Was it while he was swilling champagne and eating caviar on the taxpayers dollar at Max Downtown with his staff and confidants?. When did Segarra gain his appreciation for the people of Hartford? Was it every night he pushes the remote to open the iron gates of his private residence on Prospect Ave? Is that when he appreciates Hartford and its residents when he realizes he is not going into a violent neighborhood riddled with gunfire and violence?
Does he appreciate Hartford's resident's more when he realizes he isn't going to bed hungry for a lack of food in the refrigerator, like so many of the resident's he says he cares so much about? Does he appreciate Hartford more when he realizes he can turn on the lights in the kitchen of his gated home and not see cockroaches or rats scurrying in the sudden bright light.
I know Pedro's cronies appreciate him more when he cuts the dirty deals for them. I'm sure Saundra Kee-Borges appreciates him every time she looks at her checking account and sees the proceeds of the obnoxious retirement deal Segarra cut for her. A deal that delivered a hefty paycheck to her of probably 10 times the annual salary of many Hartford resident's.
The list could go on and on, but I hope you can realize why Pedro Segarra is the wrong choice to move Hartford forward. More of the mismanagement and incompetence is a future Hartford can not survive.
I would ask that you watch the television advertisement below. If after watching it, you feel the same sincerity of the message Luke Bronin delivers, don't be shy about it. Tell your friends, tell your co-workers, tell your relatives, tell the people in the grocery store. Tell anyone willing to listen why Luke Bronin is the right choice for Hartford. Tell 5 people why Luke is the correct, genuine choice. And then ask them to tell 5 people more.
It is time we do the right thing for the City we love.
So much is being said during this campaign that isn't being checked to see if the statements are factual. Pedro Segarra seemed to be making quite a lot during the recent Fox 61 debate about his challengers experience.
That made me wonder, what was Segarra's experience to qualify to become Mayor? If my recollection serves me, Pedro Segarra was a bankrupt lawyer who was also being investigated by the Lawyers Statewide Grievance Committee for a complaint of fleeceing his former lover and client, John Mendez of over $100,000, all documented. To see the documentation for the Segarra bankruptcy filing, click here http://wethepeoplehartford.blogspot.com/2015/08/who-is-peter-segarra.html
Is that really the experience we want from a Mayoral candidate? Does a bankruptcy, financial mismanagement and ethics violations qualify a candidate to be a good Mayor?
I personally think that Luke Bronin's work experience, including his militaryexperience, time in the Malloy Administration and time with the Obama Administration carries a lot more weight than Pedro Segarra's record of ripping people off. I am not sure how Segarra feels he has any credibility when he has to face some of the same people he saddled with debts that he walked away from his financial reponsibility and filed bankruptcy.
Yes, I guess experience does matter, and Pedro Segarra's experience is all bad, but then again it may explain an awful lot when we look at Hartford's budget deficits. Mayor Segarra is using the experience from his personal life to run Hartford the same way. Can bankruptcy be far off for our City?
Recently the website Ashley Madison was hacked. Ashley Madison is a website for cheaters to hook up and cheat on their spouses behind their backs.The hackers didn't apparently break into the website to steal financial information, they were apparently hacked to expose the cheaters identities.
It seems as though our tax dollars are at work in Hartford, as at least 5 hartford.gov email addresses have been used to hook up on th website. I will see what additional information can be uncovered as to the identity of the Hartford City Hall cheaters.
It looks like many people that should be using government resources to serve the taxpayers are instead using the website to hook up instead. Line 240 below indicates at least 5 users from hartford.gov. Maybe it is easier and safer for those at City Hall than using the escort services they have apparently used in the past
HARTFORD POLICE TO CONDUCT DUI ENFORCEMENT CHECKPOINT
(Hartford, CT.) – The Hartford Police Department Traffic Division will conduct a DUI Enforcement Checkpoint on Thursday, August 20, 2015, from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., in the area of 809 Asylum Avenue.
This checkpoint is part of the Hartford Police Department’s ongoing expanded DUI enforcement program supervised by the HPD’s Traffic Division and funded through a grant from the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation DUI Enforcement Program.
For the most up to date traffic information visit the State of Connecticut interactive traffic map including statewide traffic cameras.
The Hartford Police Department encourages you to protect your vehicle and belongings by “putting your junk in your trunk.” Click here to view car break prevention tips from the HPD.
THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS BLOG ARE STRICTLY THAT, MY OPINIONS.After getting fed up with the lack of openness in Hartford City Hall, I decided to begin a program on Hartford Public Access Television called "WE THE PEOPLE". Through tips received we have been able to expose numerous issues that the Perez Administration would prefer to keep quiet.
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