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"IS THIS ANOTHER BLIGHTED PROPERTY FOR THE LIST?"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

What, you don't own a lawnmower? Since these "posts" you write appear to take a few minutes each, I'm sure that you have time to give back to your community.

May 19, 2016 at 1:22 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

I might say right back at you also. I don't get paid to mow the lawns, many other people do. Maybe I should have just gone and picked up the steel at the stadium, and maybe I can go maintain the fish tank at Noah Webster School. And since your idea makes so much sense, I will be working overnight tonight driving a fire truck and I will be driving car 13 for HPD tomorrow during the day

May 19, 2016 at 1:41 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bronin should mow it, or Sarah's friends the married couple who got big paying jobs one in DPW for 100,000, while the 35,000 a year DPW Hartford minority young men were laid off.

May 19, 2016 at 2:10 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Money is going to host the PR parade. 100k down the drain.

May 19, 2016 at 2:25 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

2:25PM

Pl;ease try to get your facts correct. Just Kidding. It is estimated $130,000 for the Puerto Rican Day Parade and approximately $80,000 for the West Indian Day Parade. here is my posting on that http://wethepeoplehartford.blogspot.com/2016/05/hartford-free-for-all-or-free-for-some.html

May 19, 2016 at 2:40 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...


1:22 I hope you're joking, otherwise you are an idiot!

May 19, 2016 at 4:26 PM

Blogger Bill Katz said...

As I have said before, everyone should pitch in. If you live close to a city-owned green, go out and mow it yourself. And weed it. Be civic- minded instead of complaining.

May 19, 2016 at 5:47 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Bill,

I have done my share of weeding flower beds and traffic islands. I was happy to help out for years, but the City continued to spend recklessly. I have tried to get the City to start an"Adopt A Spot" program for years but my requests have fallen on deaf ears

May 19, 2016 at 7:47 PM

Blogger Bill Katz said...

Kevin,

That is shameful. Probably because of union contracts. Or just intransigence of city government and the inability of those employed to really embrace doing business in a new and innovative way. Probably distracts from the security of their positions. I am not directing at you. Just suggesting. And BTW, screw the city. My comment is to take control of our local turf. Don't wait for Knox to fix in exchange for payment. We can and should take the moment and do it ourselves.

May 19, 2016 at 8:08 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Bill,

that is exactly what I did. I got tired of getting off the highway at Pulaski Circle several years ago and seeing 5'high weeds in the "welcome to Hartford" planter After weeks of trying to get permission, I finally went and did it one weekend, I left the pile of weeds there and DPW did pick them up, I started doing Barry Square and Goodwin Park traffic Island also. Former Councilwoman Marilyn Rossetti and her husband helped me on Barry Square. It got to the point where I was buying and planting day lillies and the City would deliver mulch when I needed it. It worked out well while it lasted and definitely made a difference in appearance.

May 19, 2016 at 8:25 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I remember when the original 330 used to cut the sub station lawn and trim the bushes himself and pay some struggling neighborhood folks to help. How people forget.

May 21, 2016 at 7:19 AM

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