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"PEREZ TRIAL: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR MAYOR"

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Anonymous Joe Bucchierri said...

Eddie thought he was gonna be able to play with the big boys b/c he did the Learning Corridor project. LOL that he called the state on Citino and it backfired on him. Does anyone wonder why Palmieri up & quit??? Check out the affidavits on the bribery charge. He didn't feel like workin' for another Cianci, especially an amateur like Eddie. Kevin, I like your picture of the Butt ugly building; it has the highway sign showing "Waterbury". How appropos. However, I don't like your Sopranos comment. Not all Italians are gangsters. I'm sure you don't like any derogatory Irish references.

May 27, 2010 at 10:32 PM

Anonymous Kevin McDonald said...

Maybe Eddie can follow Citino's example of an ex-con who admits guilt, serves time, and then goes on to do good development projects. I guess that's what Rowland is try'in to do in Waterbury...

May 27, 2010 at 10:36 PM

Anonymous Brad Jordan said...

I would sooooooooooooo like to know who tipped Cohen off, but I guess that journalists must protect their sources. Can a journalist be compelled by a court to divulge the source??? My guess is that it was someone in Development Services, probably not the Mayor's office.

May 27, 2010 at 10:40 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin...question.

Does the fact that they're going into the Abe Giles charges mean that the Costa part of the trial is done?

May 27, 2010 at 11:27 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Costa part is largely done.

The 3 main witnesses to me are Costa,Sullivan and Citino..Costa and Sullivan were good for the prosecution and if Hubie cant lay a glove on Citino on Wedsday..it is lights out for Perez.

May 28, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was quite nervous yesterday when Helen U. was saying Citino was unravelling and mentioned Eddie telling him he didn't have to make the payment. She left out the context -- that Eddie backed off the payment request when the Courant broke the story about it. So the pattern continues -- Eddie does the right thing only when caught.

May 28, 2010 at 10:11 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Not following through on the deal after you get caught means nothing.

It's like robbing a bank and giving back the money you stole when you see the cops pulling in the driveway with an arrest warrant, it doesn't negate the original crime.

And to Joe, your point that not all Italians are gangsters is true, and I didn't make a negative comment about Italian's, but anyone who watched the Soprano's I think gets the point, just trying to say Citino was not what I expected. As far as negative Irish references, I hear them all the time, but they are hardly ever menat in a hurtful manner. How many people still call a police prisoner transport van a "Paddy Wagon", that was a negative term directed at the Irish or that beer and drunkenness represents Saint Patrick's Day.

I get your point, but I also think we have gone over the top with the "sensitivity" and political correctness. The thought of slandering Italians never entered my mind when I wrote that, and in all honesty I never thought of Tony Soprano as an italian, but more so as a mobster, which I don't think italian's have a monopoly on.

May 28, 2010 at 10:31 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Citino's testimony is so far the most incriminating. It's been alot of he said/she said, but thus far the e-mail is the closest thing to a smoking gun . Also Atty. Santos actually said that the 100K fee was justifiable because of the $2250 a month Abe made subleasing the lot to LAZ Parking. That was Hubey's first big mistake of the trial.

May 28, 2010 at 1:14 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

To bad Perez tried to put the attention elsewhere, the facts still remain that Perez takes care of everyone to benifit himself doesn't seem to be a leader for the City, seems more like what he can get for himself. Is the fact that he was an ex gang member ever going to play a part in how trustworthy Perez himself is. And whats up with Blumenthal and the Courant standing behind Perez, are they ashamed to admit they made a mistake endorsing Perez, seems like alot of people were convicted for much less than what Perez is on trial for.

May 29, 2010 at 10:31 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Courant has repeatedly called for Perez to step down, and was the paper that broke the Citino story to start with. Not sure that qualifies as "standing behind him." As for their endorsement of him ... do we seriously believe anyone voted for Perez based on that? Do the people of Hartford sit around going, "I just don't know who to vote for, if only the Courant's editors would make the decision for me." Please.

May 29, 2010 at 8:26 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Seems a pattern of bad drivers Perez's driver and Crash Jackson, Where does the City find these people?

June 3, 2010 at 5:02 PM

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