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...