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Friday, May 20, 2016
HARTFORD STADIUM AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEETING INTERVIEWS- RAW VIDEO
For your Friday evening viewing pleasure
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THE MIAMI TRIP, THE REAL NUMBERS
"They Went to Miami and left me here" my bags were packed and I was ready to go
"$61,275.45 and all we got was this plywood award?"
"These conferences are grueling, pass the sunblock"
And like I said, in the numbers that they are willing to share, it looks like travel, hotels and registration fees alone were in excess of $60,000. Yes $60,000 dollars for one trip for one award, actually $61,275.45 to be exact How many times a year are staff traveling and what is the additional costs they didn't reveal for staff time, food and who knows what else.
To those teachers that are about to lose your jobs due to budget lay offs, you have my sympathies. I only hope you can find some consolation that your fellow teachers and administrators really enjoyed their junket to Miami, it was a blast. #hatersgonnahate
SHAKING MY HEAD OVER BUDGET DECISIONS
We all know the City of Hartford is a budget mess. A 'Dire" mess as the Mayor repeatedly states, but some budget decisions make me wonder if the Hartford City Council realizes what the word "Dire" actually means.
The "giveth and the taketh" of the budget process is detailed in the Financial resolutions below. Lets try to put everything else the Council does throughout the year aside for a bit, the contract s and deals they give away regularly. The $1.00 property development sales that never happen once the parcel is given away for a buck and all the other ridiculous spending.
Look at the resolutions below and look at all the crazy requests for spending and look at where money is cut, less than $20,000 cut from the Council, but almost $2.5 million from the Police budget.. On "Financial Resolution Dems#2, at the bottom of the page you will see $22,000 for the Hartford Pro-Am. The Hartford Pro Am is the same group that City Auditors in March said owed the City in excess of $50,00 in unpaid fees for use of Hartford gym facilities.
That $50,000 they owe us plus the $22,000 we are going to give them is probably the cost of one of the Animal Control Officer's that had been laid off
Here is NBC Connecticut's story on the March audit investigation,http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/troubleshooters/Auditors-Report-Details-Hartford-Money-Management-Woes-373400881.html
I realize that giving away money we don't have for parades events and the pro-am means votes from those politically beholding to the check writers, but we need to have decisions made for the right reasons, not political reasons.
Closing libraries to garner votes, shameful.
The "giveth and the taketh" of the budget process is detailed in the Financial resolutions below. Lets try to put everything else the Council does throughout the year aside for a bit, the contract s and deals they give away regularly. The $1.00 property development sales that never happen once the parcel is given away for a buck and all the other ridiculous spending.
Look at the resolutions below and look at all the crazy requests for spending and look at where money is cut, less than $20,000 cut from the Council, but almost $2.5 million from the Police budget.. On "Financial Resolution Dems#2, at the bottom of the page you will see $22,000 for the Hartford Pro-Am. The Hartford Pro Am is the same group that City Auditors in March said owed the City in excess of $50,00 in unpaid fees for use of Hartford gym facilities.
That $50,000 they owe us plus the $22,000 we are going to give them is probably the cost of one of the Animal Control Officer's that had been laid off
Here is NBC Connecticut's story on the March audit investigation,http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/troubleshooters/Auditors-Report-Details-Hartford-Money-Management-Woes-373400881.html
I realize that giving away money we don't have for parades events and the pro-am means votes from those politically beholding to the check writers, but we need to have decisions made for the right reasons, not political reasons.
Closing libraries to garner votes, shameful.
SOME ANSWERS FOR THE HFD EMPLOYEES
One of the biggest issues I keep hearing from the potential 85-90 possible retirees from the Hartford Fire Department is the lack of information they are receiving.
Here is a memo I received today addressing some of the Frequently asked questions.
Here is a memo I received today addressing some of the Frequently asked questions.
TRY OUT THE NEW KENEY PARK GOLF COURSE AND SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE
This blog is all about transparency. One of the biggest things involving transparency is being able to obtain accurate documents.
When it comes to Hartford City Hall, many of those documents are filed and maintained in the Office of the Town and City Clerk, John Bazzano. John Bazzano also served on the Commission to resurrect Hartford' two golf courses.
The City Clerks Office has been hit by layoffs also, but they still seem to be doing their best with the workload. If you are a golfer, consider a day of golf at Keney with the Town Clerk's
When it comes to Hartford City Hall, many of those documents are filed and maintained in the Office of the Town and City Clerk, John Bazzano. John Bazzano also served on the Commission to resurrect Hartford' two golf courses.
The City Clerks Office has been hit by layoffs also, but they still seem to be doing their best with the workload. If you are a golfer, consider a day of golf at Keney with the Town Clerk's
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