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Hartford does Debates coverage

Luis — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:22:33 +0000

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 [...]

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 [...]

More DTC action…

Luis — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:22:26 +0000

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 [...]

Jeff Cohen lives…

Luis — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:21:40 +0000

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 [...]

Recipe for apathy

Luis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:56:28 +0000

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 [...]

Working Families takes the lead by a nose…

Luis — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:39:48 +0000

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 [...]

Colin gets NH-envy again…

Luis — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:55:52 +0000

***Update…I realize that sometimes I get very reactionary and just start jotting down stuff without checking my attitude at the door. I need to start adopting the whole “disagree without being disagreeable” motto Mercy is always preaching to me, and in that spirit I’m going to scratch out all the areas where I let the moment [...]

Board of Education campaign starts to gear up

Luis — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:08:02 +0000

The most important election for the most thankless job in the city is finally starting to take hold. 13 Candidates are on the ballot for the November 3rd elections and for the first time in Hartford history (me thinks) there is no guarantee that the Democrat slate will garner the maximum amount of seats available to [...]

Dems pick three BoE candidates…

Luis — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:31:07 +0000

In a convention style meeting that rivaled any hilarity that the current City Council could muster, the Democratic Town Committee settled on which three candidates they will put up for Novembers Board of Education members, officially the most thankless job in the municipality. Voters get to vote for three and the top four get appointed. Currently [...]

Ironic image of the week

Luis — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:16:52 +0000

As reported by the Hartford Courant, Pedro Segarra has joined two other Hartford Councilors in calling for the removal of Councilman Calixto Torres as President of Hartford’s Court of Common Council. The above image from dividedwefail.org offers an eerie, ironic look into the past when three Puerto Ricans symbolized how far a community had come. The [...]