ANOTHER NOLAN WIN

Dan Nolan pictured above, 2nd row far left, before his recent deployment to Afghanistan I think it is a fair question to ask when this nonse...

HALF A MILLION AND STILL GOING

The hit counter has officially rolled over 500,000. I never thought the blog would catch on, but apparently it has. I have been relatively q...

A GOOD WEEKEND FOR A GETAWAY

Word from Hartford City Hall sources is that our newly elected Council is enjoying a weekend away at the taxpayers expense. No comment was a...

IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG FOUR YEARS

If agenda item number 21 at last nights City Council meeting is any indication, it is going to be a long four years dealing with the Council...

ARREST IMMINENT

This could possibly also be an entry in Hartford's dumbest criminals. Copper thefts have become a huge problem for HPD as the price of s...

CASARES CALLING IT QUITS?

Several sources have confirmed that Hartford Fire Chief Ed Casares is calling it quits when his contract expires in 2012. Casares replaced F...

THE CLAIRVOYANT COUNCILMAN KENNEDY

Jeff Cohen at WNPR had an interesting story about the battle for Council President when the new Council begins. Click here to read Jeff'...

ANOTHER EPISODE OF HARTFORD'S DUMBEST CRIMINALS

I guess for some people it is true that crime doesn't pay. Actually eventually it doesn't pay for most people, but some are a lot le...

MARG HOLIDAY PARTY THURSDAY NIGHT

The maple Avenue Revitilazation Group (MARG) will hold it's annual Holiday "Meet and Greet" tomorrow night, December 8th at 6:...

CITY TO OCCUPY HARTFORD.....CEASE AND DESIST....TODAY

Apparently today will be eviction day at "Occupy Hartford". A "cease and desist order" has been served upon the "oc...

A LIGHTER MOMENT....UNLESS YOU ARE SANTA

I'll take a break from the serious side to share this you-tube video. No Santa's were injured in the making of this video

KIRKLEY-BEY FORCED OUT?

In the world of Hartford politics, I guess nothing really ever makes sense. It would seem that a long term State Representative would be abl...

MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TREASURER'S RAISE

The recent action trying to approve a raise for Hartford's Treasurer Adam Cloud just stinks, pure and simple. Did Cloud not understand t...

PEREZ FLEECES US AGAIN....NO GRANITE THIS TIME THOUGH

It's old news by now that an arbitrator awarded our disgraced and corrupt convicted felon former Mayor Eddie Perez almost $71,000 in vac...

THIS WEEK ON FACE THE STATE... BE SURE TO EAT BREAKFAST EARLY

photo from http://www.wfsb.com/story/14969552/the-hartfordite I know that usually I watch Dennis House's "Face the State" prog...

IS THE END NEAR?

The end for the Eddie A. Perez corruption case that is. Legal briefs are due to the Appellate Court by December 21, 2011 and a decision shou...

SEGARRA VETOES TREASURER'S RAISE

In an interesting move, Mayor Pedro Segarra has vetoed the raise for the City Treasurer that was approved by the Hartford City Council Monda...

SEGARRA ABOUT TO HIT A GRANDSLAM HOMERUN...INTERIM POLICE CHIEF TO BE NAMED

Several sources in the Hartford Police Department and at Hartford City Hall are confirming that Mayor Segarra has picked, and made a job off...

A GOOD TIME TO CUT THE POLICE BUDGET, HOMICIDE 25 IS ON THE BOOKS

Homicide number 25 for the year was recorded last night after a 19 year old man was shot and killed on the 2000 block of Main Street. That i...

HOMICIDE 24 IS ON THE BOOKS

After a quiet period, the second homicide of the week occurred last night at 1995 Park Street in Hartford. The shooting victim died this mo...

OCCUPY HARTFORD: DON'T THEY WATCH FLASH MOB VIDEOS?

Today's "Occupy Hartford" actions turned out to be more of a union media stunt than a protest to effect social change from wha...

A QUICK THOUGHT ON "OCCUPY HARTFORD"

Apparently the "occupiers" are planning a protest today to send a message to those nasty Corporate neighbors of ours. From what I ...

IS IT REALLY THAT HARD FOR CITY HALL TO TELL THE TRUTH?

After the previous post and the "Press Release" from City Hall claiming that the dispatch Center was moved due to a "mock exe...

HARTFORD DISPATCH CENTER EVACUATED

I could say so many things about this and go in so many different directions. The Emergency Dispatch Center at Jennings Road has been evacua...

A MESSAGE FROM AFGHANISTAN

I don't usually post other's writings, but occasionally I make an exception. I posted the "Batman" piece a couple weeks ag...

ANOTHER ELECTION, ANOTHER ANGEL MORALES POLICE REPORT

Hartford Democratic Town Committee Secretary Angel Morales, 2nd from right It looks like we may have a new political tradition in the making...

A NEW ONE FOR THE "BLOGLIST"

It will be big shoes to fill, but I removed Helen Ubinas from the bloglist in the right column. Helen has left the Courant recently and alon...

THE ELECTION IS OVER, THE HELL WITH PUBLIC SAFETY

The big issue for anyone who attended candidates forums seemed to be public safety. Mayor Segarra constantly reiterated his commitment to Pu...

MAKING COUNCIL HISTORY

Now that the voters have spoken, Councilman Corey Brinson's rallying call at the polls "I never took my salary" seems to be so...

FUNDRAISER FOR ANDREW

If you are a regular reader you have probably read about my nephew Andrew and his adventures to gain a spot on the US Ski Team for the 2014 ...

SOME WORDS OF WISDOM FROM AN OLD-TIME POLITICIAN

I honestly thought that I could make a difference in returning Hartford to some of the prominence of earlier years, but I guess the voters o...

IN THE HOME STRETCH

Tomorrow is election day in Hartford. I have enjoyed the forums, the meetings, answering questions and generally trying to shed some light o...

"VARGAS VS. SEGARRA" HEADED TO COURT

On October 27, 2011, a hearing was held by the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee regarding a complaint filed by mayoral candida...

LAST WEEKENDS HOOKER DAY PARADE, 2011

Although this weekend we were preparing for a snow storm, the Saturday before brought thousands of people downtown to enjoy the Hooker Day P...

CHRISTMAS IN OCTOBER....SNOW AND EVERYTHING

It just keeps getting better and better this weekend. First, I love snow and winter, most of you may not agree with that but it is just one ...

HARTFORD'S BATMAN ?

It continues to amaze me the recognition I am getting as I am out meeting people during my campaign for Hartford City Council. One young per...

VARGAS HEARING HELD AT DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL

Thursday night was another example of Hartford's "Theater of the Bizarre". The complaint filed by Mayoral candidate Edwin Varg...

SNOW STORM HITTING HARTFORD HARD

Numerous trees and wires are down across the City and continue to fall as the snow does also. The City has officially opened its "Emerg...

HARTFORD COURANT ENDORSEMENT'S ARE OUT

The Hartford Courant has released their editorial endorsements for the November 8, 2011 City Council elections, and apparently they agree......

HEY DAVE...WHERE'S THE PRESS RELEASE?

On Monday, David Medina, the Minister of Propaganda for the Hartford Schools took the time to issue a press release of "high importanc...

WHERE IS IT? OR ....HOW GULLIBLE ARE HARTFORD'S VOTERS

Word around City Hall is that the position of Chief Operating Officer may not be the most stable path for career development these day's...

VARGAS COMPLAINT TO BE HEARD THURSDAY

The complaint filed by Mayoral candidate Edwin Vargas to Connecticut Democratic State Central is scheduled to be heard tomorrow night, Thurs...

NEW ELECTION COMPLAINTS FILED AGAINST SEGARRA, APONTE, DeJESUS AND OTHERS

A wide ranging complaint against individuals involved in the upcoming municipal election was filed today by Hartford resident Alyssa Peterso...

DEMOCRAT VARGAS FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST" REPUBLICAN " SEGARRA

Democratic petitioning candidate for Mayor, Edwin Vargas has made it official. On Friday, through his attorney Robert Ludgin, Vargas began t...

DAVID MEDINA....A WASTE OF A SALARY

For those not familiar with the name David Medina, he is the media mouthpiece for the Hartford Public Schools. He came from the Hartford Cou...