A Mayor and City Council majority are facing a big divide over budgets, policies and ethics.The verbal disputes get heated with name calling and over the top rhetoric that pit one branch of government against another. All of this is occurring weeks ahead of what will be a very difficult municipal budget process. The situation … Continue reading Should New Britain Follow Tulsa And Consider Mediation at City Hall?
Playing Favorites: Stewart Administration Sends Lots of No-Bid Work To Two GOP Aldermen
A review of city purchasing records show that two Republican city council members have received a substantial amount of no-bid business through the Stewart administration. The transactions appear to have avoided an open bid process by either skirting a $3,000 minimum for bidding or bypassing the competitive and ethics process altogether.Alderman at Large Mark Bernacki’s … Continue reading Playing Favorites: Stewart Administration Sends Lots of No-Bid Work To Two GOP Aldermen
Public Transit: Towns On A Slow Train That May Never Get Here
A concerted and well-funded effort by the Bristol Chamber to scuttle the New Britain-Hartford busway has gained considerable ground in recent months. Last week suburban Newington's Town Council was the latest to favor ending the project in favor of developing rail from Waterbury into Bristol and through New Britain. A January 31 New Britain Herald … Continue reading Public Transit: Towns On A Slow Train That May Never Get Here
Tim Stewart As Mayor and Senator? City Charter Says Not So Fast
In declaring his candidacy for the vacant 6th District State Senate seat on January 7th, Mayor Tim Stewart said at his announcement he "would not rule out the possibility of keeping both jobs" if elected to the Senate.While Stewart may want to hold both elective offices and the salaries that go with them, the New Britain City … Continue reading Tim Stewart As Mayor and Senator? City Charter Says Not So Fast
Off Year For State Pols Is All of A Sudden On in New Britain
The odd number years are off years for state politicians as new legislative terms begin and - in 2011- a new Governor takes office. That will not be the case in New Britain in the early weeks of 2011 as the new Governor has summoned the state senator for a commissionership and the Legislature has … Continue reading Off Year For State Pols Is All of A Sudden On in New Britain
DeFronzo’s Assignment: An Agency Where "There Is Something For Everybody"
State Senator Don DeFronzo, an early supporter of Dan Malloy in the 2010 gubernatorial race, is heading for the state Department of Administrative Services (DAS). The agency DeFronzo will lead is generally not in the headlines but has evolved into an omnibus branch of the executive that is a key to how state government runs … Continue reading DeFronzo’s Assignment: An Agency Where "There Is Something For Everybody"
Take That Bristol: The Case For Buses Over Rail
Buses Are the Answer: Developing a vibrant bus network would cost peanuts, compared with high-speed rail options.By William A. CollinsTrains will neverLeave the gate;Buses seemA wiser fate.With all due respect to President Barack Obama and the $8 billion he's dishing out to the states for high-speed rail, it's too late.Fast trains have been overtaken by gradual events. … Continue reading Take That Bristol: The Case For Buses Over Rail
Mayor’s Blame Game Makes Getting To Yes On Downtown Development Difficult
The Stewart Administration remains intent on branding City Council Democrats as naysayers over bonding and construction of a new police station at the corner of Main and Chestnut streets.The Mayor's latest pronouncement reported in this Herald story over the timing of bonds for a police station portrays the Council as getting in the way of … Continue reading Mayor’s Blame Game Makes Getting To Yes On Downtown Development Difficult
Rep. O’Brien Opponent’s Negative Campaign Is Repudiated By Voters
The voters of Assembly District 24 covering parts of New Britain and Newington not only re-elected State Rep. Tim O’Brien last Tuesday by an overwhelming margin. They rejected a malicious campaign by Republican challenger Cris Carillo.Carillo, a pawn in a GOP attack strategy, relied on mailers developed by New Britain-based CT Republicans that stamped the … Continue reading Rep. O’Brien Opponent’s Negative Campaign Is Repudiated By Voters
Urban Oaks Farm Invites You To Harvest Moon Festival October 23
The 225 Oak Street farm -- recognized for heirloom herbs and organic crops -- invites you to its first Harvest Moon Festival on Saturday, October 23rd from noon to 8 pm. The farm has turned the former Sandelli Florist property into a sustainable enterprise in the heart of the city, improving the neighborhood in the … Continue reading Urban Oaks Farm Invites You To Harvest Moon Festival October 23
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