Well…I promised not to write about this but I’m feeling like Al Pacino in Godfather VIII, “I try to get out, but they keep pulling me back in!” To get caught up…check out my tweets at http://twitter.com/CouncilorCotto.
So…we have a new Democratic Town Chair in Jean Holloway this evening after a drama filled evening at City Hall…or do we? The drama started with the voting of a temporary chair for the elections. This was between Ramon Arroyo and Hector Robles. Ramon won by a vote of 34 to 32 (out of 66 present)…pretty innocent right? Think again!
When the votes for Chair was taken between Sean Arena and Jean Holloway, the official count was 33-33 when Chair Ramon Arroyo announces “As chair I will cast a vote to break the tie. I cast my vote for Miss Holloway and declare her winner!” Pan – De (friggin) Monium!! Literally, half the crowd erupted into cheers and the other half screaming WTF!! Continue reading As the World Turns aka NASCAR night at City Hall
Dateline: October 27, 2009 – 11 Candidates for the Hartford Board of Education elections came together for, what all reports say was, one of the most successful of such forums held at the Library’s X Room. I had my Tuesday evening Civic Leadership course with CCNE and was kinda bumming as I wanted to hear some [...]
Long over due props need to goto the folks over at the Hartford Independent Media Collective. For a number of months now they have moved over to their new online presence…and it is snaaaaaazyyyyy.
My experience working in DC opened my eyes to the world of more progressive / radical thought in the states. I DJ’d for a wonderful low power radio station in Columbia Heights and learned about the Indy Media movement from the DC Indymedia peeps. I was so enraptured by the experience that I came back ready to start my own…but there was one already here! Continue reading New presence to old friends
Thanks to Hulu.com, one can come to ionhartford.com and watch the inauguration of the century.
Let the [...]
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 to [...]
I went to a pretty inspirational march on Saturday (September 29) in support of the Jena 6 and in protest to overriding injustices in our present court system. I was particularly struck by the passion of Kamora Harrington, mother of an African American male and community activist. Of all the speakers either before and [...]
