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Anonymous Anonymous said...

No matter how one chooses to analyze Lewis' piece, it has been read by more people than then this blog due to the medium and has, in some cases, solidified what some may have been thinking. But Kevin, your continued attacks on anyone who dare raises a word in defense of Eddie (as much as I may agree with you on this specific incident) kinda proves his point. Wait another hour and you'll see your "followers" who have now been given permission by your post to demonize Cornell. Heck, you'll get some people attacking anonymous #1 just for even mentioning this at all.

October 28, 2010 at 8:47 AM

Anonymous Rich Wareing said...

I know many of Eddie's strongest supporters like (at least in public) to attribute his fall to discrimination but his main failing had nothing to do with him being Puerto Rican; i.e. hubris. He shared that fault with John Rowland and Joe Ganim (among others) both of whom were "lilly white" to quote one of our non-lilly white elected officials. Take it a step further. Eddie had supporters who are white (e.g. Sean Arena), who are black (e.g. rJo Winch and Abe Giles), and who are Latino (e.g. Cal Torres). He had opponents who are white (e.g. John Kennelly), who are black (e.g. Ken Kennedy), and who are Latino (Minnie & Ramon). Also, to the extent that anyone wants to believe Cornell Lewis' claim that the white power structure tired of Eddie and brought him down, they might want to look at Eddie's campaign finance filings for 2007 -when it was already an open fact that he was under investigation for corruption. You will see that he not only raised about 4 times what I. Charles Matthews raised, but also that much (if not most) of it came from the corporate community and other (white) people with financial interests in Hartford, a.k.a. the white power structure. To attribute Eddie's fall anything other than his own personal shortcomings is not only a lie, but also lies about our city, which, for all its many faults, is better than the place Cornell Lewis is talking about.

October 28, 2010 at 8:52 AM

Anonymous Bruce Rubenstein said...

Rich...good post and I agree with it to a large extent.

There is no " white power structure" in Hartford which is "controlling" a Mayor of color.All serious Mayoral candidates to my knowledge and belief, have advisors who are white,latino and afro-american.One thing that you can be sure of,these current candidates for Mayor all will have folks who will be poised to copy the behavior of the last crew of Hennessey,Rose,,McMullen and who will attempt to rip off the City on their own, unless a Mayoral candidate sets a new tone in city politics.

Rich...Kennelly has been on television several times within this past year indicating an interest in running for Mayor and never once criticized Perez publically and in fact had at least one big case against the City in his private practice,which might be the reason for his public silence.To classify him as an
"anti-eddie person" I think is wrong.I would classify Kennelly as an opportunist who did nothing to help the City keep clear of corruption.

October 28, 2010 at 10:20 AM

Anonymous Bruce Rubenstein said...

As to Cornell Lewis...Kevin adaquately posted his "largese" from the City making Lewis,in my view, a paid political prostitute.Lewis was also in the same role with Felon Governor Rowland.Lewis' article is so filled with errors,mis-judgements and lies that anyone who believes Lewis' B.S. also would believe in the tooth fairy and the sandman.

October 28, 2010 at 10:25 AM

Anonymous Bruce Rubenstein said...

Mr/Ms Anonymous of 8:47 AM

I am no one's "follower" and think for myself and unlike you, I have the balls to post my name.You are attacked not because of your position but because you lack the ability to "manup" and the backbone or cojones to state you name like Kevin and others do.I dont need or want anyone's "permission" to state my views and I think that Mr Lewis is full of sh##t in his article.

October 28, 2010 at 10:31 AM

Anonymous Clark said...

Good post Bruce. Totally agree on the label "opportunist" for Kennelly, but you forget two more: Risotti and Kennedy. Those three epitomize the pre-Perez business as usual corruption that the Perez years should have put an end to. Look for all three of these to elevate their positions in the upcoming months to bring us back to that.

October 28, 2010 at 10:34 AM

Anonymous peter brush said...

At last count, and this figure is almost a year old, Lewis and his fellow operatives were paid over $2.3 million in taxpayers funds during the course of the "Savior's" administration.
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Kevin: Do we have sourcing for above? Or details of your calculation of how much Lewis "largesse" Lewis has "begged," "threatened," and "coaxed" from the "white cornucopia?"
Lewis apparently a race-hustling numb-skull. His rant is idiotic and divisive; on the one hand are "the people" on the other "whites." And, what? The "divine Caucasian power structure" wanted to get rid of the "Hispanic Savior" and replace him with the lily-white Pedro Segarra?
Rich W. correct; Eddie's prosecution/conviction/resignation had nothing to do with his ethnicity.

October 28, 2010 at 10:44 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Peter,

Give me a little time and I'll post the payments and check registers I received pursuant to an FOI request last year.

I was reluctant to post them at the time because you have to admit that Cornell Lewis has become pretty much irrelevant in Hartford now that Perez is gone.

His continued efforts to divide Hartford along racial lines seem to have ramped up lately. Last month in the Courant he wrote an op-ed piece urging members of the African American community to buy guns and arm themselves against the "white threat" and then reading that fiction yesterday blaming Eddie's problems on everyone else but Eddie was the final straw for me.

Someone needs to inform Mr. Lewis that the black, hispanic and white communities in Hartford can and do work together despite his efforts to split us.

Look beyond the yellow windbreaker and the rhetoric and you will see what Cornell Lewis is really about.

October 28, 2010 at 2:41 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pedrito Bush Palomita,

Abogada, Nena, you never call me back to help me con mis asuntos.

Bebita plea call.

October 28, 2010 at 9:19 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Give me a little time and I'll post the payments and check registers I received pursuant to an FOI request last year.
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Don't knock yourself out, Kevin. Just a general idea would be interesting to me. The idea that this a-hole gets a dime of taxpayer money is offensive.

October 29, 2010 at 5:37 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Palomita Bush,

Go for it - Atrevete,

Pedrito, Brookman -

Todos nosotros tenemos historia.....

October 29, 2010 at 9:01 PM

Anonymous Johnny B Paycheck said...

Every recent Mayor the last 40 years( both Democrats and the Republican Ann Uccello) had cronies that were "taken care of" by city hall one way or another.( The candy store mentality)So why do we expect Pedro or Shawn Woodin..or Kennedy..or Kenelly..or Mathews or Gonzalez or any Republican to be any different?

Hartford residents ratified the "candy store mentality" when they voted for a strong mayor under chater change.If they want to clean up city hall they will trim the Mayor's power in a charter change at the next Charter Revision Commission.Since I myself dont see a clarion call for sweeping chater changes by many of the political operatives, it leads me to the conclusion that the "candy store mentality" in Hartford is alive and well.No matter whom we elect as Mayor in 2011 the next Mayor's cronies will feed at the trough.Though this time there is the very likelihood that when Hartford cannot pay its bills, there will be a state over-sight board who will step in and clean house totally.

October 30, 2010 at 3:42 PM

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