Once upon a time municipal government in New Britain had a Building Commission – a five-member body that oversaw code enforcement, permits and reviewed variance requests. Every month appointed citizens reviewed inspections, monitored activities and made requests of inspectors if they knew of any code problems.For safe housing advocates the building enforcement has been made … Continue reading Building Commission Update: A Phony Price Tag For Access To Code Violators
Month: July 2008
Remembering Sam Goldberger
With the sudden passing of social activist Sam Goldberger of West Hartford on June 9th advocates of peace and economic justice in Greater Hartford lost a local hero who traveled the world for the causes he believed in and gave generously of his time and resources for them.Goldberger, a graduate of Yale ’64 and Columbia … Continue reading Remembering Sam Goldberger