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As the World Turns aka NASCAR night at City Hall

Luis — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:39:41 +0000

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 [...]

BoE Candidates Forum

Luis — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:23:59 +0000

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 [...]

New presence to old friends

Luis — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:15:37 +0000

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 [...]

Watch the inauguration live!! Here!!

Luis — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:45:37 +0000

Thanks to Hulu.com, one can come to ionhartford.com and watch the inauguration of the century.

Let the [...]

Score one for pro-immigration forces

Luis — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:43:11 +0000

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 [...]

HIMC video page and Jena 6 Video

Luis — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:19:10 +0000

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 [...]

Perez’s campaign consultant defends Lieberman waffling on Imus

Luis — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:30:57 +0000

[Update (5:15pm • Thursday)]: Feel free to read the following but I wanted to bring in an update. Campaign manager Ken Curran assured me that while Dan Gerstein was a consultant earlier in the year. He currently is not a paid staff or consultant of the campaign and any future hirings will be [...]

Acquitted!!

Luis — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:41:56 +0000

It’s official. Hartford resident, journalist, and activist Ken Krayeske appeared in federal court today and was acquitted on any and all charges. For more information, check out our freind Christine at CTnewsjunkie.com and Ken’s [...]

The roots of a breakdown…

Luis — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:52:45 +0000

What is happening? How can a city call itself a rising star when it’s resident have to worry about their children going to school?

Unfortunately, as a city, state, and society we are pressed to replace a patients bedsheet that we fail to realize that the fever is in the patient…all the changed bedsheets in the [...]

The video that acquitted Rebelde por La Paz, Francisco Acevedo, Jr.

Luis — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:56:55 +0000

Everyone remembers the story of Francisco Acevedo, the Conard High Senior who led a mass exodus supporting immigration rights from the steps of the high school to West Hartford city hall. Well, the problem was, so did the administration of Conard High. Weeks from graduation, Acevedo was arrested at the high school following a [...]