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Entries from June 2008

Critical Mass takes the Ave!!

June 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Que es “Critical Mass”?  Pues, no es una misa que necesitas pasar de una urgencia.  Es un evento organico que le da a cabo el ultimo viernes de cada mes.  Este ultimo viernes como veinti-pico gente se reuinieron y se tiraron a coger las calles con sus bicicletas.  Nuestros amigos en Beat Bike Blog nos [...]

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Tags: Bicycles · Health · Marches · Neighborhoods · Northend

Downtown Parking…

June 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

For two and a half years I lived on the corner of Capitol and Hudson. A beautiful one bedroom basement apartment in one of the many incredible brownstones on the block. I was working at the time at The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts and had a relatively short commute of about 5 [...]

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Tags: Adriaen's Landing · Development · Hartford 2000+ · parking

Score one for pro-immigration forces

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Star date July 2007, New Haven enacts a resident ID card which is made available to all New Haven residents regardless of their immigration status. The database containnig all names are requested through an FOI request by the Journalist Chris Powell and He-who-shall-not-be-named aka Dustin Gold (pictured at left). The matter is taken [...]

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Tags: Civil Rights · Immigration

and the beat goes on, aka ATWT Part 3

June 25th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Well it’s official, Carmen Sierra has accumulated enough signatures to force a primary between herself and Hector Robles for the city’s 6th district seat in the house of representatives. The seat had previously been held by outgoing representative Art Feltman. Carmen is a seasoned political junkie who is well respected within [...]

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Tags: Politics