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"OUT OF HIS LEAGUE, SOME SAY OUT OF HIS MIND"

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Anonymous Sunday spaghetti and meatballs meal said...

Imagine the meadows or civic center with a big show the same night as baseball. Stacked on top of the usual non educational related activities such a robberies and larceny .....

June 8, 2014 at 7:45 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bwwwwaaaa. .....that with the city reducing staffing for the PD and all......they will say we have plenty of cops to work.....I see this as a good thing......but it's too little too late. No budget changes to the new year.....PD got raises seems to forget about that and the city expects the same If not more......just look at the PR Parade......30 less cops and the city AGAIN dodged a bullet with nothing happining. This city is LUCKY just a mater of time till the luck runs out.....I hope it's not me or one of my friends that get hurt or killed......being that this is such a LOW skill set and all.....

June 8, 2014 at 8:05 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, I agree with everything you are saying, but I also have another question, and not sure if some people remember this. Why was it many years ago when Mayor Mike was in charge of the City, and brought up the same idea of a baseball stadium ...we couldn't afford it then, and that idea was shot down too, why makes this any different? The City is in a hole, we are in big depth, and this baseball thing is still not going to work, Christ they still haven't even found stores or restaurants for around the old Civic Center, the problem with Hartford is that they never finish projects, the taxpayers of Hartford should be upset about this, this Mayor is going to screw everyone, and then he will be out of office.

June 8, 2014 at 8:55 PM

Anonymous RB said...

I was born & raised in Hartford, lived there 'till 93. You'll recall, the gang wars were going on at that time. Bought a house in Surburbia. Yes, we have a shelter & a Methodone clinic. We also have roads that are driveable, very little litter, only a few pan handlers, and a low (Compared to Hartford) tax rate. Oh, I forgot to mention, our plow drivers have enough sense to plow the snow curb to curb.

Mark Twain once wrote that of all the cities he'd been to, Hartford was the finast.
He must be rolling over in his grave.

June 9, 2014 at 1:33 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The city is asking to approve the purchase of 271 Windsor St. and 273 Windsor St. for $1,780,000.00 as part of this Rock Cats project. Well, the city's own assessment for these 2 properties is a little over $1,500,000. Why are they suddenly paying more? Who is going to profit from the xtra of almost 1/4 million dollars? WHO?

June 10, 2014 at 2:54 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

To be fair, keep in mind the assessment listed on the website is 70% of fair market value, not the actual market value

June 10, 2014 at 4:58 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Improve Hartford, Stop putting in Dollar stores and Dunkin Donuts. There is a convenience store on every corner waiting to be robbed. Everyone complains they not getting what they want but they only rent, not own. Blight will naturally disappear when flooded with respectful individuals. Ball park is a fresh idea but we need to finish other proposed projects. Who cares if there is traffic, at least there is some.

June 11, 2014 at 3:36 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

anonymous 3:36Pm,

Although you may not like the abundance of them, the businesses you mention all contribute to the local economy, create jobs and unlike a City owned stadium,they pay property taxes to the City. I wish we could attract a more diverse business community, but with our tax structure Hartford really isn't fertile ground for economic development, beggars can't be choosers . City Hall thinks nothing of giving out $60 million to business owners with no ties to Hartford, but does very little to encourage or assist businesses that have hung in in Hartford during tough times

June 11, 2014 at 4:06 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, you were wrong aboutthe assessed value. $1,500,000 is the 100% value of the 2 pieces of land, not 70%. This is the total value from the latest grand list ($876,000 and $665,000). Who is benefiting here with the xtra 1/4 million dollars?

June 12, 2014 at 8:24 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mayor Caviar Segarra and Jared Kupiec who was his right hand are doing it again. They spent together hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring that little supermarket hartford 21 that collapsed in no time. That money is gone, we never got a dime back from this sweetheart deal. Now there want to spend many millions of dollars more to bring that little league here that may collapse or just fold or simply move elsewhere before their deal expires.

June 12, 2014 at 8:32 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

a little that is broke like hartford cannot and should not spend millions like this. this is crazy.

June 12, 2014 at 8:35 AM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Why would you leave that and go to Hartford to pay, in the beginning, $500,00.00 a year in rent? Not to mention essentially doubling your tax bill...
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A very interesting question(s). How does the team expect to make money? Maybe there will be television once the team moves to the big town.

I'd love to have a baseball stadium and team in Hartford, but it makes zero sense for the municipal government to be involved except to facilitate (not finance) a private operation with transportation infrastructure and easing of bureaucratic regulatory abuse.

June 12, 2014 at 1:54 PM

Anonymous Baby Ruth said...

PLAY BALL !!!!!

June 12, 2014 at 7:44 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

here's what mayor Caviar Segarra's spokeswoman, Maribel La Luz, said about financing this stadium: "Since the announcement, We have always said that we will explore all options when it comes to funding the project." here're all the options they're talking about: taxes, taxes, and more taxes

June 19, 2014 at 5:57 PM

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