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MAYOR SEGARRA, GET OUT THE SCISSORS

    Plain and simple, Hartford City Government is out of control. I had requested City Credit card reports through a Freedom of Information ...

WHAT ABOUT HARTFORD?

Below is the link for the gun control bill being debated by the legislature. Post a comment if you think that there is anything in this bill...

WHAT DOES HE DO AND WHY DO WE PAY HIM?

  Last week when I posted about computers being removed from the Board of Education Offices, a report I still stand by, I attempted to conta...

WHO IS HARTFORD'S REAL MAYOR?

The common response  when you mention the name "Pedro Segarra" these days is one that I am really getting tired of. Most people wo...

SEGARRA VETOES OVERTIME RESOLUTION

Mayor's+Veto+Message+ +Item+#15+From+March+25,+2013+Court+of+Common+Council+Meeting   Mayor Segarra has just released his veto resolutio...

CITY GOLF COURSE AUDITOR'S REPORT

Yesterday I posted about management problems with MDM Golf and the possibility that Hartford's two golf courses may not open if MDM defa...

HARTFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICES RAIDED BY FEDS

High level sources in law enforcement and at both City Hall and the Hartford Board of Education have confirmed that federal investigators ar...

MORE ON HARTFORD'S FISCAL CLIFF

Much information is coming to light regarding Hartford's fiscal problems. Not all of the information is worthy of a full posting, but so...

CITY HALL PAYBACK?

Sometimes I think City hall is full of masochists who just enjoy getting slapped. All  indications are that another solid slap will be on th...

WILL HARTFORD'S GOLF COURSES OPEN THIS SUMMER?

Hartford's two municipal golf courses, Keney Park and Goodwin park may be in jeopardy of opening or remaining open for the entire season...

2ND SHOOTING VICTIM PRONOUNCED DEAD

photo courtesy of WFSB'S Len Besthoff   HPD PRESS RELEASE   Homicide #2 and #3 03/25/13, 1704 hours Barbour Street & Judson Street ...

SEGARRA EXPECTED TO VETO RESOLUTION

This post will be short , it is the first one I am writing using a new I-phone app. Word is that a veto message is being composed by Mayor S...

AWESOME JOB H.P.D,.

It usually isn't a good thing when my phone rings early in the morning and wakes me up. Friday was one of those days. My phone rand and ...

ENOUGH RHETORIC,LET'S SEE SOME GOVERNING

    If Mayor Segarra is comfortable with his decision to provide ESI bonuses, you sure wouldn't know it by the e-mails and press release...

MORE ON HARTFORD'S FISCAL CLIFF

I am not sure that anyone grasps the severity of Hartford's fiscal condition. I am also pretty sure that no one at city Hall with their ...

GONE

Hartford's embattled Director of Human Resources took, a "leave of absence " yesterday according to an e-mail sent to City Hal...

HARTFORD'S FISCAL CLIFF

As the City of Hartford tries to close a projected $70 million dollar budget deficit, some are starting to question if there is any financia...

CORRECTION OFFICER ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICER

  HPD  Arrest Photo of DOC Officer Jason Beaudry     A State of Connecticut Correction Officer assigned to the Osbourne Correctional Facilit...

HARTFORD DAYTRIPPING IDEAS

Cruz Residency0002 by   Recently, Councilman Joel Cruz requested a residency report on all of Hartford's Department Heads. Under Ha...

UH OH !!!

In what may be a worst case nightmare scenario for many, Hartford City Treasurer Adam Cloud    has just announced  his appointment to the C...

A CORRECTION

Yesterday I posted that Mayor Segarra had just announced the permanent Human Resources Director. I got that information from a news article ...

IM FLATTERED

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I used to get extremely aggravated in the beginning days of the blog when I would deve...

LET THE HEARINGS BEGIN

 Mayor Segarra today announced the appointment of Valda Washington as the permanent head of Hartford's Human Resources Department. This ...

TRINITY COLLEGE STEPS UP BIG

  pictured above, 130 New Britian Avenue, site of the new Hartford Police at Trinity College substation     When you look at Hartford's ...

THE GOOD WITH THE BAD

When State Rep. Doug McCrory called me yesterday to get out information about his forum tonight , he also said that he had an unusual reques...

URBAN GUN VIOLENCE FORUM TONIGHT

Hartford State Representatives Doug McCrory and Brandon McGhee will be holding a community forum on gun violence tonight. The  town hall-sty...

HOW DO YOU LOSE A FIRE TRUCK?

The Suthpen Telescopic Aerial Platform (ladder truck) sent to Morant Bay , Jamaica by the Hartford City Council. Hartford Police Sergeant An...