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Many people remember Jeff Cohen who, although having a couple years under his belt with the Courant, made his mark as the main contributor to the Courant’s Cityline blog. Jeff went on to NPR to become their city reporter and, although his main duty is via audio files, he has established an online presence [...] Pope Park facing Northwest (John Groo photo) The Hartford Parks System has been the topic of much debate in the 2+ years I’ve been on Council. As Chair of Public Works, Parks and Environment, I’ve received more, uh…feedback than most others, and deservedly so. The sad condition of our parks has earned us a national distinction [...] 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
Just in case people were wondering what the suggestions were from the marathon One City One Plan meetings we were having, here are the top 20. 1. Reduce automobile reliance. (29 dots) Here are some more links to the upcoming Democratic Town Committee elections. First, Cityline highlights an interesting mailer sent out by the Census Bureau…or is it? (link here) and the Northend Agent highlights one slate on their front cover. (link here) enjoy this beautiful [...] Just when you sat back on the easy chair ready to light up your stogie, The POCD is back! {ominous music} Goto the One City One Plan page to see what the next phase of the process is. Links to the upcoming P&Z listening sessions available there. See you at [...] |
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