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Anonymous Rich Wareing said...

Kevin - nice job with this post. You gave quite a bit of coverage to the 5th District town committee primary and Olga's escapades, but even you only got 1/2 the story. If the experience of my wife and the other members of the 5th District challenge slate is at all represenative of the "public service" you get from the registrar's office then it is by far the worst office in City government.

May 14, 2010 at 8:24 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Rich,

Normally I would say it was a toss-up between Corp. Counsel and Registrar of Voters, but I think ROV has pulled into the lead.

If we had a Secretary of the State that was interested in doing her job rather than scrambling for a higher office a full scale audit and investigation would normally be expected.

I understand there was a document shredding marathon in the ROV office this past weekend. How do you shred public documents?

Something is going on in that office and it is not good. Olga has already proven she is a fraud hy her "petition activity" and the court documents prove it.

May 14, 2010 at 8:38 AM

Anonymous Bob Hackett said...

Forget about the secty of state. Can't we file a complaint with the state's atty general???

May 14, 2010 at 11:11 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is obvious again that Mr. Brookman and his following have nothing better to do than to try to manipulate and create lies to stir something that it's only but a figment of their imagination. It is nothing but dirty politics along with he say she say gossip without real proof of lame accusations and assumptions. It is a shame of this ongoing non- sense from those who project and don't look upon their own actions. This is like a high school rivalry of kids that hate and want to make others miserable because they're unhappy with their own lives. Unsatisfied and selfish with every registrar that comes aboard. You all need to get over it and worry about what's really important. Open your eyes, look around, and stop wasting time and energy on lies. This is absurd and pathetic.

The truth of the matter is that you all are intimidated by a strong Hispanic female, who voices her opinion at all times. Olga Vazquez has very good ethics and is a hard worker. She worked really hard to get where she's at and none of this gibberish talk is going to bring her down. She is a very positive and a strong willed human being and although you all don't fancy her, she does have many people that support her and have her back. So go ahead Judas's, keep playing with fire because eventually it will all come back to you and you will get burned. The truth eventually sets itself free. You all should stop trying to de-mask others with your silly talk and de-mask yourselves.

May 14, 2010 at 12:31 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

LOL APPARENTLY THIS IS MALICE TOWARDS MRS. VAZQUEZ. WE ALL KNOW THAT KEVIN BROOKMAN WANTS TO BE LIKE MRS. VAZQUEZ WHEN HE GROWS UP.

May 14, 2010 at 12:43 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I find it interesting that so many come to the defense of Ms. Vasquez when there is so much evidence against her that has been presented in a court of law. When are people going to realize that they need to stop protecting the people who are dragging the city down? It won't get better until we clean house.

May 14, 2010 at 1:04 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

To Anonymous who wrote "Olga Vazquez has very good ethics and is a hard worker."

I was going to respond until I realized we are obviously talking about different people. The Olga Vazquez I was referencing is a fraud and a law breaker as evidenced in court transcripts when she illegally altered election petitions.

Let me know where we can find this "Olga Vazquez" who has "very good ethics and is a hard worker".

May 14, 2010 at 1:38 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

To Marcus, I mean "Anonymous" who stated "LOL APPARENTLY THIS IS MALICE TOWARDS MRS. VAZQUEZ. WE ALL KNOW THAT KEVIN BROOKMAN WANTS TO BE LIKE MRS. VAZQUEZ WHEN HE GROWS UP."

If I wanted to be, or if I ever became anything close to be like "Olga Vazquez" I think I would take a header off the Charter Oak Bridge.

And as far as Olga, she might be the one who try's growing up. To feel compelled to have to apologize for the actions of an honest person, Urania Petit, who was speaking the truth, sounds like a kid who was caught with their hand in the cookie jar and now needs to make excuses to avoid punishment.

Try the truth Olga, it will set you free, just ask Urania.

May 14, 2010 at 1:46 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

I'll take your word on Olga. But, I'm intimidated by strong Spanish women, so I would like to focus on "what's really important," open my eyes, "look around, and stop wasting time." Remind me why, if the charter calls for two, we have three registrars. Is it a function of minority representation requirement?

May 14, 2010 at 3:51 PM

Anonymous Rich Wareing said...

Peter - the charter calls for an R and a D registrar. My understanding is that state law provides the same, but also provides that if a non-R or D comes in first or second, they get to be a registrar as well. It's only a big deal in places like Hartford, where being registrar is a full-time pretty well paying job.

May 14, 2010 at 4:02 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Rich:
I really appreciate your input given your years of work on the charter, etc. As far as I can see the charter doesn't mention party affiliation, requires only that there be two registrars and seven (!!) constables, whatever they may be.

May 14, 2010 at 7:57 PM

Anonymous Rich Wareing said...

Peter, you are correct now that I think about it. It is state law that makes clear there is always a D and an R registrar.

May 14, 2010 at 9:12 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

for the record, the Working Families council members (Cotto & Deutsch) submitted a resolution cutting the Registrar of Voter Salary just after the elections. Each Registrar makes $80k/yr. Cotto & Deutsch suggested bringing that down to @ $53k/yr in order to remain at the $160k budgeted for the ROV. They submitted a companion resolution cutting the Asst. ROV from $60k/yr to $40k/yr with the same rationales.

Both resolutions were defeated by the majority caucus.

May 15, 2010 at 6:57 AM

Anonymous Maurice Collins said...

Wow. That's a lot of salary. Could someone give me a job description of the ROV and let me know if each of them works 40 hours per week.

May 15, 2010 at 12:10 PM

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