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Anonymous City Hall Worker said...

Kevin,
First please so not believe everything that the adminstration says.. Do you really believe that a finance department really keeps receipts in a box? Or that HPD does know which officer has which car? Yes, there are serious problems, but lets start at the top. Replace all the department heads, yes, but we need to look outside the City. Many departments need professionals who require special training and education that may not be available by limited the search. Give Hartford residents preference and a higher pay becuse they do live in the City. Let the departments do their jobs. The adminstration micromanages to the point of gridlock. If DPW needs a vehicle policy, let them write it and then have it reviewed by the council. The new travel policy has been tied up in the Mayors office since he became Mayor! Trust your employees, for the most part, people want to do a good job, go the extra mile and make changes. However the adminstration hinders the good workers and caters to the "squeaky wheels" so they won't sued. Let the bad apples, it is worth more in morale than you know. Finally create a functionally HR office. If employees are the most expensive budget item, treat them as such. As with any machine you need to keep it maintained or it will continue to breakdown. Thanks for the open forum.

July 14, 2013 at 12:00 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

I can only go with the information I have. I have the COO on video at the last IAC meeting saying that the p-card discrepancy was corrected when the receipts were found in a box on a shelf in the finance department.

July 14, 2013 at 1:17 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The solution might come if the City of Hartford gets a Federal Audit. Internal auditing could be bias as all those attorneys have united to cover their backs. Seems that there are a few attorneys in the council, so it is the COO and the Mayor. They are the ones creating the mess and violating not only the policies but the trust of all City of Hartford citizens. They need to be fired as any corrupt city employee.

July 19, 2013 at 12:27 AM

Anonymous Menotell said...

Kevin you are doing a phenomenon job, bringing us first hand the latest of what's going on in City Hall. You have also given us the opportunity to voice our opinions as well as letting us vent out what we see as wrong, especially, since no one else is listening. Your summary says it all.

But, as you, yourself know that the ones who can make a different will not listen. Finding solutions would be wonderful but I don't for see any changes any time soon. We the people of Hartford want to see these changes, but right now, you seem to be the only one combating this war. It seem that everyone is just waiting til election year to come. That's a very long time to wait, especially at the rate that the City is deteriorating and spending. The City of Hartford is not sitting pretty and soon Hartford is going to be known as the "Corrupted Capitol" of Connecticut. That's so embarrassing, the people that have worked to make changes in the past has given up and have move out of the City of Hartford. The only person that we can thank for all that is going on, is Mayor Segarra, his self center, money hungry staff and the Council, whom I don't see them getting involve and making waves.

If Councilman Wooden wants to run for Mayor in the next elections, he needs to step up to the plate and start acting like he can make a different. So far, he and his crew of Attorneys have only been focusing in all the petty stuff. I have notice that what's important they set it aside. Perhaps the Council needs to be educated on what role they play.

The Mayor needs to stop eating up our Tax dollars and start leading by a example. Or he needs to step down and let someone else take charge. He wasn't elected to sit pretty and gain weight, at our expense. Everyone seems to think that the City doesn't have educated city residents. That being based on flock that the Mayor has appointed, his friends needs to be replaced by people who can really make a different and are interested in making Hartford the Rising Capitol of Connecticut. Downtown Hartford is like a ghost town. You only see movement Mondays threw Fridays or on special events other then that, there's nothing going on. We have to keep Hartford alive.

July 19, 2013 at 2:44 PM

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