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Our buddy Ken Krayeske from the 40 Year Plan has the lowdown on local Latino Leader Kelvin Roldán and a fundraiser held for him and aspiring local Latino Leader Hector Robles.  Both of these local Latino Leaders chose to support a local Latino hangout in their neighborhoods for this event….NOT!  The fund raiser was held at The Wood N Tap, deep in the Hart of Minnie Neighborhood.

The best part of the piece is Ken finding it hard to believe that someone at the capitol does not know him :-)  What’s a brother gotta do to get some recognition up in this piece!!??  Well…they know him now.

Here’s the link to the piece…

Que es “Critical Mass”?  Pues, no es una misa que necesitas pasar de una urgencia.  Es un evento organico que le da a cabo el ultimo viernes de cada mes.  Este ultimo viernes como veinti-pico gente se reuinieron y se tiraron a coger las calles con sus bicicletas.  Nuestros amigos en Beat Bike Blog nos das mas informacion sobre esta noche en el norte de Hartford.

El proxim se dara a cabo en mi cumpleano, viernes dia 25 de julio…voy a ir por primera vez.  Unence conmigo!

For two and a half years I lived on the corner of Capitol and Hudson. A beautiful one bedroom basement apartment in one of the many incredible brownstones on the block. I was working at the time at The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts and had a relatively short commute of about 5 minutes by foot. I was a hop, skip and a jump from Bushnell Park (Monday Night Jazz) and Downtown. I was right off the highway and a 10 minute walk to Park Street for cheap beer and good food. My problem…I owned a car. [Read more →]

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 the states Freedom of Information Commission and a conclusion was just offered.

This sets an important precedent in that it helps pave the way for other cities (hint, hint, Hartford) to look into the feasibility of such a card.

Here’s the complete story from the New Haven Independent.

Well it’s official, Carmen Sierra has accumulated enough signatures to force a primary between herself and Hector Robles for the city’s 6th district seat in the house of representatives. The seat had previously been held by outgoing representative Art Feltman. Carmen is a seasoned political junkie who is well respected within both the general Latino community as well as the city’s politico’s. Currently Carmen is Executive Director of CAUSA, Inc., (Connecticut Association for United Spanish Action), geez what people would do for a good acronym.

Let’s take a look at summarized bio’s of the two candidates: [Read more →]

So there we are….tied up at 34-34 when Ms. Holloway (Prenzina that is) yells out “I wanna change my vote.” The place explodes in a cacophony of colloquial catcalls aimed at the presiding chair who staring out in a kinda “WTF am I doing here kinda way.” Welcome to Hartford politics Senor Arena.

“She can’t do that!”

“Let her do what she wants!” [Read more →]