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Last night (July 14, 2010) the Hartford Public Library hosted a candidates debate for the upcoming state representative and senate primaries on August 10th. So far, two outlets have coverage. Check out The Hartford Courant article here… and Real Hartford has their detailed [...] 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 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 [...] As stated in a previous post, Jeff Cohen, formerly of the Hartford Courant, has found a new home as a Capital Region Reporter for NPR. He just started another web presence with his new blog that will speak to “the happenings of the state’s capitol, politics, and looming budget crisis have our attention. You’ll [...] Well…the 2009 Board of Elections are almost in the books and the city is a spinning with love. Well, not quite love, but there’s alot of emotion running around. It was, unfortunately, a typical Board of Education turnout from the voters…LOW. People who don’t know the system want to go ahead and blame the turnout on the parents and infer that they must not care about their kids. The reality is that these people had no idea that there was even an election. And why would they, the self fulfilling prophesy of “How to get elected 101″ insures low voter turn out in our inner city as well as helping to create the vicious cycle we call voter apathy. How? I’ll tell ya… Continue reading Recipe for apathy Stardate: Wednesday, October 21 – The Hartford Courant endorses two of the three members of the Working Families slate for the November 3rd Board of Education elections. In total, along with two “also consider” candidates, there were five candidate endorsed by the Courant out of the 13 running. The third candidate endorsed by the Courant was [...] |
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