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"IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT....COME ON DOWN"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's hard to take a piece like this seriously when everyone knows you are working for one of the candidates. Of course you are going to bash everyone else running.

April 14, 2011 at 6:54 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Check your facts please. I'm not working for anyone running for Mayor, nor am I supporting any of the candidates at this time.

What part of the facts do you dispute?

April 14, 2011 at 8:05 AM

Anonymous goolia said...

Wow - thank you for the information on where the funders are coming from. Interesting information.

April 14, 2011 at 9:51 AM

Anonymous peter brush said...

We all will know how much money they can raise, but unfortunately little will most likely be revealed about what they stand for.
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Amen. What little reporting we get is of the horse race variety. And, it's hard to blame the media for that since the candidates themselves don't tell us much.
For my money, the main issue is City spending/taxing/budget.
But, beyond that, your reporting and the comments on your blog on the doings of the fire dept. and police dept. are alarming. Everyone agrees that they are the fundamental functions of the muni government, but they are being corrupted/perverted by politics both ideological and petty. Where is the curiousity of our elected and prospective-elected guys?
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Anonymous said...

It amazes me how Bridgeport,CT. has instituted the CPAT ( Candidate Physical Ability Test ) and now Hartford has eliminated it. This national accepted CPAT is endorsed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the International Association of Firefighters, but again the City of Hartford chose to eliminate it, and go with a much easier agility test. Obviously the agenda is to hire a certain group of people to fill vacancies without regard to firefighter safety. Will the rumor hold true that some politician wants to hire 12 women off this upcoming firefighter list? The Hartford Fire Department has become the dumping ground for a bunch of political flunkies. If you can't do the job, you should try another profession.

April 12, 2011 10:25 PM
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April 14, 2011 at 12:42 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I stand corrected. But you were McCauley's campaign manager four years ago, and gosh, one of the only candidates getting a kind word in this piece is McCauley.

April 14, 2011 at 6:34 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Once again, check your facts. I also had positive words for Ed Vargas. I never had anything to do with his campaign, but I did have breakfast with him once if you can find a way to make anything out of that.

If you are comfortable voting for the candidate who can raise the most and say the least, be my guest. Try talking to Stan or Ed, you might learn something and cast an educated vote.

April 14, 2011 at 11:43 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Since you are not supporting a candidate at this time, Kevin, what changed? You obviously believed in Stan four years ago enough to work for him. Why withhold your suppport this time?

April 15, 2011 at 11:14 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Even though I recall Kevin saying on an old One Hartford show that he was Stan's campaign manager, I believe Kevin was just joking about that...he had nothing to do withthe campaign like he said.

April 15, 2011 at 1:40 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Why all the interest in who I am supporting. My choice means nothing except that it amounts to one vote on election day. Educate yourself on the candidates and then hopefully make a good decision.

I was Stan McCauley's campaign manager in 2007 and I believe his wife Nyesha is doing it this time.

If you read the blog regularly, I tend to try to stay objective and put out facts. I didn't endorse anyone in the Governors's race and I don't think I will in the Mayor's race. I know who I think will make a good Mayor, but that is my choice, and I wouldn't presume to tell anyone how to vote.

Do you really think people change their mind on candidates because the Courant or the New York Times make endorsements? I hope not.

Look at who the Courant endorsed for Mayor in 2007, and we know how that worked out

April 15, 2011 at 4:06 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please ask Pedro to submit his report.

Thanks !!

April 16, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just got a glimpse of Hartford's future. Update #2.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/15/967374/-UPDATEDx2And-so-it-begins-Emergency-Financial-Mgr-fires-entire-government-of-Benton-Harbor,-MI

April 18, 2011 at 1:54 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pedro,

Kut the Krispy Kreme Dough HO BS and submit your report.

Be Transparent Chocholate.

April 20, 2011 at 7:55 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Come on, Kevin -- of course the Mayor'a office is for sale. All political offices are for sale. It takes money to run a campaign and it isn't coming in $1.50 donations from Grandma. It's coming in big money donations from interested parties (in Hartford, read: contractors, lobbyists, and out of town developers) who then expect their favors returned.

April 20, 2011 at 8:22 PM

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