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"iS IT TIME FOR MORE MORE INCOMPETENCE HEARINGS?"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

It used to be, "Of the people, for the people, by the people." Now it is, Of the lawyers, for the lawyers, by the lawyers.

The our system of government has been irreparibly corrupted by lawyers and their cronies.

February 28, 2015 at 3:02 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well the mayor and council are familiar with incompetence as they exemplify it themselves so guess they can spot it in the registrars

February 28, 2015 at 3:30 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wooden is in so far over his head, the best we can hope for is that he just goes away

February 28, 2015 at 4:39 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sadly, despite any truths inherent in Mr. Murphy's letter, the majority of the city council as well as Mr. Taylor will be doing their "blind sheep" act once again. Despite the intelligence and quest for conducting council business legally and with integrity--as consistently demonstrated by council members Deutsch, MacDonald, and DeJesus--the other six members have already made up their minds to remove the registrars, and no amount of proof to the contrary will sway them from their positions.

February 28, 2015 at 7:43 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

As a taxpayer I say every elected official at City Hall has to be removed. This includes any appointed position. City government is a joke and so is the Democratic Town Committee. It is a crime to see, hear and watch what goes on in Hartford. And now a Baseball Stadium. Has anyone at City Hall walked every Hartford neighborhood lately? Needy, hungry and poor children, teens and adults are on every block, corner and intersection. Hartford POVERTY is ramped. What are Mayor Pedro Seggara and City Council President Shawn Wooden thinking about? Obviously themselves and their well groom suits, cars and homes.

February 28, 2015 at 8:17 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

At this point, prior to the intensive study the issue demands, I'd be inclined to favor the proposal of the Secretary of State to get rid of the elected registrars. My prejudice in that direction is especially strong when it comes to shifting authority from our less reliable Hartford Municipal guys to the slightly more reliable State guys.
The attempt to remove the current elected registrars through some sort of ad hoc procedure strikes me as setting a hazardous precedent, if it isn't actually illegal. What's the harm with incompetent registrars now that the election is done? And, in any case, how important are elections here? Let the almost-sleeping dog lie, and concentrate on improving management in important departments.

February 28, 2015 at 8:26 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Connecticut’s system of 339 locally elected, partisan registrars running elections would be replaced with a single, professional registrar in each community under a plan unveiled Wednesday by Secretary of the State Denise Merrill.
Her proposed legislation would require each city or town to have one registrar who meets the minimum qualifications of having a bachelor’s degree or four years of experience in election administration. The registrar would be certified and required to undergo yearly training.
- See more at: http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20150225/News/150229618#sthash.3dlPMexf.dpuf

February 28, 2015 at 8:27 PM

Anonymous John mendez said...

Why do we care about the incompetence of the ROV when 80 per cent of city hall is incompetent? Mayor Touch of Class is feckless and a cigar store dummy could do a better job then him.

March 1, 2015 at 12:49 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

If Hartford is so poor, why does Pedro and his cronies eat the most expensive thing if all, caviar, paid for with our tax $$$.
Pedro and Wooden are there for nothing, just to enrich themselves.
As a taxpayer I Denard that they both resign.

March 1, 2015 at 7:43 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think they should fired everyone who work in the registrar office because it was very embrass when you went to vote and your name was not on the ballot. Then they had wrong form for you to fill out let them go.

March 1, 2015 at 11:14 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Taylor is practically stealing the taxpayer's money with the Cush job he was handed and as you say Kevin he's to interpret that which he wrote.

Someone needs to wake up and soon because elections are just a little over 8 months away. Who's gonna run those or is it going to be a big quiets ion so that these officials end up getting re-elected because of further chaos they plan to create?

March 1, 2015 at 11:59 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

11:59am

The "someone" that needs to wake up is US, the voters of Hartford. We have all the power on election day to end this corrupt, incompetent behavior by actually voting in people that will represent us and protect our futures, not their own.

We elect these people in and we can vote them out also.

There are almost 50,000 registered voters in Hartford and probably less than 8,000 will vote in the next local elections, there is your answer there.

March 1, 2015 at 1:14 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

less than 8,000 will vote
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I tend to think we should be grateful that the voter participation is low. The object should be responsible government, not democracy for democracy's sake. Power to the people ends up being more corrupt and incompetent. Let's go back to the City Manager/Weak Mayor arrangement, and get behind a statute doing away with elected registrars.

March 1, 2015 at 4:08 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, you referenced "costly court battle" in your post. Who would stand to make out in this costly court battle? I'm sure it would not be "we the people!" Lawyers helping other lawyers fleece the taxpayers. Business as usual.

March 1, 2015 at 9:47 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Strong Mayor is not the problem, corrupt and incompetent mayor is. And that is exactly what we now have: A mayor who's as corrupt and incompetent as could be.

March 1, 2015 at 9:53 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

True, a strong mayor charter doesn't necessarily mean incompetence. Nor does an appointed city manager necessarily mean competence. But, the evidence is suggestive. In any case, the problem around here is not the size of the electorate, but its quality.
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That said, Mr. Perez, who was elected as a Democrat, deserves credit for not allowing warring factions within his party to render him ineffective. Early in his term, when four Democrats on the council tried to impose their handpicked choice for interim city manager, Mr. Perez, in an adroit maneuver, outflanked them. He put together a majority on the council that included two Democrats, two Republicans and a Green Party member.

The coalition has held. It selected the highly respected Albert Ilg as interim city manager over the Democrats' candidate. Upon Mr. Ilg's departure, the council appointed Wethersfield city manager Lee C. Erdmann as city manager. Together, the two managers have done a laudable job of responsibly reducing the city budget.http://articles.courant.com/2003-06-10/news/0306101895_1_interim-city-city-manager-mayor

March 2, 2015 at 10:29 AM

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