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Thursday, January 11, 2018

WHO IS BUYING LUKE

The first round of campaign filings for the Governor's race are in. It is an interesting list of donors for Hartford's mayor Luke Bronin.

Apparently Bronin will attempt to buy the Governor's Office the same as he did in purchasing the Mayor's Office in Hartford in 2016.

Not surprisingly, very little of Bronin's monetary support is coming from his Hartford constituents, but rather seems to be based in Fairfield County and out of State. Much of his donations are coming from New York City and as far west as San Francisco.

And on the Democratic side, if donations are any indication of viability, things look good for West Hartford's Jonathan Harris who has reportedly raised almost double Bronin's amount. Harris's campaign  reported  raising$232,745 to Bronin's $113,710. Even Susan Bysiewicz's low key exploratory run has out raised Bronin. "Friends of Susan" reported raising  at $140,745.

Middletown's Mayor Dan Drew is a distant third at $91,111.

It makes me wonder where the checkbooks of those "hundred's of people" Luke claimed calling him urging him to get into the race are.

To view the list, click the link below
https://seec.ct.gov/eCrisReporting/Data/Attachment/Unassigned/SEEC30_January_10_Filing_53535.PDF

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

PUBLIC COMPSTAT TOMORROW AT HPD

FROM HPD
Our next public Comstat is on Thursday January 11, 2018 at 5:30pm,at the Hartford Police
Department
Our meeting will take place in the Hartford Police Department Comstat room at 5:30 pm. We feel strongly about sharing our information with our community. We are opening our doors
for you to see what current crime trends our city is experiencing, along with our predictive
and preventative efforts. Our Comstat program is a dynamic and informative presentation
and discussion. Your ideas, questions and energy are welcomed. Community conversations are encouraged.
We are always seeking public input. Please take this opportunity to assist us in our
efforts to better serve and protect our city. Please consider attending.
WHAT: HPD Comstat open to the public WHEN: Thursday January 11, 2018 at 5:30pm
There is plenty of parking in the vicinity. Officers will be on sight to assist and escort you inside HPD.
WHERE: Hartford Police Department, 253 High St. Hartford CT.

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

LIAR, LIAR PANTS ON FIRE


Sean Fitzpatrick's Simsbury Home, Great Pond Road



Sorry for that title, I just had to use it

Hartford's lying Economic Development Director Sean Fitzpatrick has resigned today, with January 31, 2018 effectively being his last day..http://wethepeoplehartford.blogspot.com/2017/12/hartfords-economic-development-and.html

The heat was apparently getting too much for Fitzpatrick as he, Mayor Bronin and Corporation Counsel Howard Rifkin all tried to cover for Fitzpatrick's phony residence at the Town and County Club at 22 Woodland Street.

Fitzpatrick , as a City Department head, was required to comply with the City's residency ordinance. Instead, Fitzpatrick decided , allegedly, to set up a fraudulent residence listed as the woman's social club.

This was first discovered and reported here on "We the People". This is most likely not the end of this story as I look into other issues with the phony address, such as voter registration fraud and civil penalties for falsely registering a motor vehicle with DMV.

And there are other Department heads perpetrating similar frauds on the taxpayers of Hartford.

I guess now I don't need to keep looking for the Fitzpatrick cars on Woodland Street at night, I haven't been able to find them at all yet anyway


Sunday, January 7, 2018

TIME FOR SOME CHANGES

Ever since this blog became somewhat popular, I have realized that many of the visitors here don't necessarily come hear to red my writings, the comments also draw many people in.

The comments also have been the source of a lot of valuable information and tips. Many of my readers send in comments  anonymously because they fear retaliation in their employment with the City, but they have valuable information they want to divulge/

I get that, and I appreciate it. Many times I get comments sent in saying "Please don't post this, but here is some information for you" and then I go to work trying to verify the info.

This weekend it seemed to reach the boiling point.

Many of the comments were directed and high ranking officers of HPD. It is particularly bothersome to see allegations against someone like Chief Rovella, who has served this City and HPD with dignity and distinction as Police Chief. I probably shouldn't even call them allegations but more like someone airing their sour grapes publicly and anonymously.

I always wonder if the people who air their differences anonymously here have taken the time to approach the other side like adult men and women do, and voice their concerns or opinions, Probably not.

I know the comments are a popular part of this bog, but the time has come to start to try to reign them in. I am not at the point of requiring a valid e-mail or some sort of sign in to register, but comments going forward must be pertinent to the topic they are posted under. If it is a posting about a gun buy back at HPD, comments about the Superintendent of schools or an associated tirade can be e-mailed to me, but they won't be randomly posted as anonymous comments.

Any other suggestions on moderating comments would be appreciated.

Thank you and keep reading

Thursday, January 4, 2018

IS THERE ANY INTEGRITY LEFT IN POLITICS?

I don't typically venture much outside Hartford's City limits in my critique of dirty politics, but this one seems pretty clear to me.

A special Election is planned for next week in Bloomfield to elect a replacement State Representative  in the 15th District for the current Stet Rep who was elected locally as the Probate Judge.

The candidate endorsed by the Bloomfield Democratic Town Committee , by his own recent actions , has shown he may not be the right person for the job. and in my opinion  definitely not a proper role model to represent the District, and that says a lot for me coming from Hartford.

Bobby Gibson was supported as the endorsed candidate, beating out long time Bloomfield resident Joseph Suggs. According to sources familiar with the process, Suggs lost out, apparently, because he supported a challenge slate of new politicians that were breaking out of the political mold and promised to bring new ideas to the Bloomfield Town Council. The challenge slate eventually prevailed in the election and dethroned the long time Council.

Apparently Suggs support was not appreciated by the Democratic loyalists who were not thrilled over losing their stranglehold on local power. Suggs reportedly needed to be taught a lesson by his local Democratic Town Committee and was punished for supporting the challenge slate, thus the endorsement of Gibson.

Now typically, the local endorsement pretty much guarantees a win to the endorsed candidate. Unless of course that candidate goes out and gets himself arrested on a DUI charge in the same town he wishes to represent in the Legislature, while driving at almost twice the legal limit. Compound that with the fact that the allegedly intoxicated driver is also a schoolteacher dealing with children and his credibility would normally be called into question under those circumstances.

Add to the top of everything, the allegedly Drunk Driver giving a phony address of residence to Police at the time of his arrest. I can imagine too much alcohol does different things to people, but not remembering where you live, or was it more of an effort to avoid detection of your deeds with an election coming up.

Joe Suggs has served the people of Bloomfield and the State of Connecticut with honor and distinction for years. In 1989 Mr. Suggs was elected as the first African-American  Mayor of Bloomfield and eventually went on to become the Treasurer of the State of Connecticut. All without any questions of his character or allegations of any improprieties. Now that's a role model worthy of representing Bloomfield in the Legislature.

The document below is the information Gibson gave to Police at the time of his arrest, even though he actually lives in Bloomfield . The address he gave is a Hartford rental unit he apparently owns, but is not his residence. And he ran for office previously using his Bloomfield address.

Integrity needs to be restored to our political system. Positions of public trust can not be awarded based on dirty deals and underhanded backroom politics. Actions like this only undermine our Democracy more and do nothing to encourage voters confidence in the system.

IS THIS THE RECORD LUKE BRONIN PLANS TO CAMPAIGN ON?

Well , this didn't take long. Only 4 days into the New Year and Hartford has its first homicide. A 36 Year old man murdered while shoveling snow on Bushnell Street. Shot 4 times from a moving vehicle.

 I don't want to politicize a mans death, but facts are facts. Maybe Mayor Bronin should focus on HPD and crime, instead of cancelling all overtime and cancelling much needed promotions for Sergeants and Detectives at HPD while he is busy running around the State campaigning for Governor.

 Especially after he promised the people of Hartford he was running for Mayor and would serve a full term trying to get Hartford back on track