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"LEADING BY EXAMPLE: SHARED SACRIFICE STARTS WITH SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

i wonder how important Mr Rodan's position was in the first place. Let's not forget, he was a Perez boy. That's Perez with an Eddie in front. The good ole days when elected thieves only pilfered a a few thousand instead of 10s of millions like Pedro Maria. Please bring back the good old days.

March 30, 2016 at 6:25 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

We know that 2 council members will vote in favor of the mayor's resolution package ,one was offered a state job and another was offered a $50,000 raise in next 5 yrs and a promotion at the MDC. Corruption at its finest. So much for getting rid of Segarra and Perez. Stay tuned we will see how they vote on Monday for the opening of Union contracts. Then I will reveal the names of both members,but we are the problem right ???

March 30, 2016 at 6:55 PM

Anonymous Kelvin is a Melvin said...

Kelvin Roldan was an absolute turd. Pedro Zayas is 100% better, smarter, nicer and harder working than Kelvin could ever be. Pedro is already making Kelvin (and David Medina) look irrelevant. The Super Intendant is an amazing person. She is a stand up person.

March 30, 2016 at 8:22 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you Pedro for your comment

March 30, 2016 at 8:48 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

6:55pm,

Who is the State job for? Email me privately or respond here and I will not post it until you say so, thanks

March 30, 2016 at 9:07 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

When I read the title of this post I thought I was going to read on to find the superintendant was going to lead with a voluntary pay cut. Ha!

March 30, 2016 at 11:47 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

As I understand it, Roldan was not eliminated. He was actually offered a larger role but turned it down. Apparently he will be going to Harvard University to do his doctorate on a full scholarship.

March 31, 2016 at 9:39 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

@6:55

So you think they have been bought out? Let's examine your theory. Someone is getting $50 thou over a 5 year period. Why didn't you just say, $10,000.00 per annum raise? Or $100,000.00 over a ten year period. How about $200,000.00 over a twenty year period? What is your point? Are you trying to create a case for the person selling out with the end result of helping solve d Cade's-long poor fiscal policy? Are you a union captain? Is that it?

And who is "we?" Sounds as if you want to build a case for a pro-Union block against Bronin. Is that your goal? Because someone allegedly found state employment, they are supposed to stand by and do nothing because you say that they have been bought out? Do you realize how old that dirty little trick is to nutralize a vote? It's old. And you are hoping that Kevin will swallow this hook, line and sinker.

March 31, 2016 at 9:41 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Keep your eye on the moving shells. Although the senior cabinet members have been cut. The real big money is in the inordinately large central office bureaucracy. Look into the layers of salaries in the "portfolio directors" and you will find a great deal of payroll that has no direct impact on student success. In addition, if the offices would move out of their 960 Main Street expensive headquarters into one of the properties owned by the Hartford Board, there will be additional cost savings. Yes times are tough and we need to tighten up our belts and do more with less. There will be cuts, let them be with the overhead rather than the education of the students of Hartford.

Orwell was prophetic in many ways. One line from his work Animal Farm comes tom mind. As the animals of the farm had taken over, the pigs, led by Napoleon, said "some animals are more equal than others" when asked why the pigs were being given more resources and food.

As the bloated behemoth of central office bellies up to the trough, we must ensure that our children are not left without the resources the need for a meaningful education.

Central office must cut more of the glitter and fat from their ranks so that the schools can teach with the limited resources they have to work with.

March 31, 2016 at 10:29 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sanchez MDC with job given to wife under her other name. Thames getting state job.

March 31, 2016 at 12:08 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hartford students and valued educators come first. The HPS Superintendent is not in a classroom with students all day long. Superintendents walk a good walk and talk a good talk but in reality they do nothing but receive big salaries and very generous benefits. The day is coming. There will be one Superintendent of schools in the greater Hartford region.

March 31, 2016 at 11:21 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

At least the school district is doing something about the deficit other than pinning it on the backs of retirees like Bronin is doing. The Superintendent is showing some leadership. Why doesn't Bronin set the tone and eliminate some of his high priced positions. Then he might have some credibility with the unions, the state delegation and the residents/taxpayers. Right now he's got zilch.

April 1, 2016 at 10:14 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

11:21PM

Regionalization will prove to be the answer to many of our problems, whether it be education, public safety or many other municipal services. First though, we need to get over the individual turf wars and ego driven mini-kingdoms we now throw our tax dollars at.

April 1, 2016 at 11:20 AM

Anonymous Jim Brady said...

The strong mayor experience has been a failure. Perez/Segarra/Bronin.....all 3. cut from the same cloth....narcissistic ego driven insecure men who ruin Hartford.

April 2, 2016 at 1:18 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hartford voters did not understand what was going to happen with the Hartford Charter change. I did. I did not support the change. Yet, the votes were casted in favor. The first era was the Eddie Perez administration. Ever since Hartford's operation went right down the drain. Hartford on the Rise!

April 2, 2016 at 6:09 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

@6:09

I think you have a simplistic way of looking at changes in charters and personalities voted into office. It is not so much the charter. It is the quality of leadership that is chosen decade after decade. It has been said that the lowest of the low seeks public office. Not always but often. And even when someone comes along relatively honest and with some good intentions, there seem the need to drag out of the closet, rehashed old trash since the community called for it. So this is not about whether we have a strong mayor or manager form of government. It is all about whether the trash stinks less now than it did before. I hope the mayor can voyage through the quicksand of Hartford and make progress. Time will tell. But bringing up old skan... Never mind.

April 3, 2016 at 8:22 PM

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