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"WHY IS HARTFORD SO DIFFERENT?"

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Anonymous keep up the truth said...

Kevin,

like others said about the Rovella post, this one is also one of your best. Saying what needs to be said and shining the light on Hartford's corrupt activities. everythign you mentioned is well known by the powers to be, including Mayor Segarra. I understand he has first hand knowledge of the predators activities and yet continues to pay him and turn a blind eye to his activities.

How can you even had the balls to throw your name out for registrar of Voters when it is common knowledge that the person is a coke head or a pig out soliciting prostitutes? Yeah, that's what i want in City Hall, although there are plenty of "prostitutes" there to associate with.

Good to see the fire is back in your postings and this is all information that needs to be out there. It might not be liked , but it is the truth.

And a note to Mr. Kennelly, take the time to clean up your act for the sake of your family, you are becoming a disgrace to the Bailey/Kennelly name, not to mention you owe it to your "new" family.

April 7, 2012 at 1:28 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin The political elite being elected officials,political operatives and town committee types have a habit of looking the other way as to corruption,crime,immorality and unethical conduct.Pedro knowingly hired a felon and alleged predator on his campaign staff and the town chair of the Democratic Party hired and/or used the same felon and alleged predator in the 4th district primary.

If the folks on the top of the political food chain consort and hirt felons,predators and other immoral types,then therein lies the problem.The rest of the politico's knowing that the leaders condone this culture feel free to do whatever they want to,as the laws and rules dont apply to them because Pedro and Marc are or will protect them.

April 7, 2012 at 10:47 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

why the values and sense of morality are so different from the city where I live and other communities
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First, I don't know how different Hartford is. Check out the near rock star status accorded Monica Lewinski's boyfriend.
Second, I have to think the fact that we are a one party town has something to do with it. Whether if we had a different party in control for decades on end there may be more concern for ethics is open to speculation, but my humble opinion is that the Democrat Party, like the labor unions to which it is closely linked, has an ends-justify-the-means streak.
Third, as demonstrated by Councilperson Jennings, ethnic nationalism often trumps ethics. This is particularly true in the black community. I give you Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Marion Barry, Alcee Hastings, and Charlie Rangel. These scum-balls may be making out well for themselves, but they are acceptable because they are "sticking it to the man."

April 8, 2012 at 9:04 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin - Thank you for this post. It is well written and raises important questions. For those of us who care about the city but who are not within the innner circles of the the town committees, etc. it would be helpful to include all the names of persons referred to if their names are already part of the public record because of arrrests or convictions. I recognize that you need to be careful not to slander or libel but the if the record is public why not expand the info you are providing.

April 8, 2012 at 11:44 AM

Anonymous Bruce Rubenstein said...

Kevin I agree that the political system in Hartford is bad and has been bad for quite some time.I believe that no one person is to blame,though when those at the top of the political system surround themselves with the corrupt,mmorally depraved and criminal elements it is exceedingly hard to get rid of these elements and they seem to linger within the system,bouncing from supporting/working for one elected official to another,or bouncing from one elected position to another.Those in authority set the tone and when they consort with bad elements it is telling the rest of the citizens that there is little to no moral compass within the body politic.For every rotten apple there are probably two who for one reason or another turn a blind eye to the goings on.

Until such time as most or more people who are active within the political system start to clean house of these corrupt,immoral and illegal elements and/or shun them,there will be more names for you to post about and more scandels for you to write about,though we can expect to count on the legal/judicial system to get rid of the criminal element.

April 8, 2012 at 8:50 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

why the values and sense of morality are so different from the city where I live and other communities
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First, I don't know how different Hartford is. Check out the near rockstar status accorded Monica Lewinski's boyfriend.
Second, I have to think the fact that we are a one-party town has something to do with it. Whether, if we had a different party in control for decades on end, there may be more concern for ethics is open to speculation, but my humble opinion is that the Democrat Party, like the labor unions to which it is closely linked, has an ends-justify-the-means streak.
Third, as demonstrated by Councilperson Jennings, ethnic nationalism often trumps ethics. This is particularly true in the black community. I give you Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Marion Barry, Alcee Hastings, and Charlie Rangel.

April 8, 2012 at 9:20 PM

Anonymous Johnnie Walker Black said...

Kennelly's liquor problem has been known for years.He has ruined the family name and shouldnt be in politics.

April 8, 2012 at 11:06 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The City of Hartford is Not so different!
You're just spinning it that way.

April 9, 2012 at 8:04 AM

Blogger TeamGiles said...

Kevin,

You clearly have NO IDEA what ABE GILES, my grandfather has done for the North End of Hartford.

He is not only my role model but he has impact the lives of several other people in the state of CT.

Naming Windsor St Abe Giles Way, would be the best thing the City of Hartford could do for Abe.

If the street name doesn't change, in honor of my grandfather, I will make sure this city knows who Abe Giles is.

PS: Everything isn't about politics!

April 9, 2012 at 2:24 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Team Giles,

you are right , it is not all about politics, so maybe you could give us a few examples of what Abe Giles did for Hartford that wasn't political

April 9, 2012 at 3:08 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, no posts about the raises for the mayor's inner circle? This goes beyond Kupiec + Pedro. Also, why hasn't council spoken up?

April 16, 2012 at 8:31 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

"This is particularly true in the black community. I give you Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Marion Barry, Alcee Hastings, and Charlie Rangel." You're only saying this because the Black community is so small for every morally flawed black "leader" there's 100 flawed white politicians. Stop making this about color and focus on the facts. Political figures in Hartford are being excused for bad behavior. This is not unique to Hartford though and the only reason you know about all of these acts is because this is a small time playing field.

April 16, 2012 at 2:24 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Anonymous 2:24pm:

The comment you referenced was not posted anonymously and that is why I allowed it to go through. If it had been posted "anonymous", I don't think I would have allowed it.

I agree with you though that no one group or race can point the finger at another for being on the forefront of corruption, there is more than enough to go around. I think the names, Clinton, Rowland, Ganim, DiBella could be just a few added to Peter's list

April 16, 2012 at 5:34 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

The question posed by Kevin B. implied that Hartford is "different." I suggested that the premise should probably be qualified; I don't know how unique Hartford is. It does have something of a problem with toleration of corruption or ethical boo-boos by the electorate. I speculate that this toleration is related to ethnic nationalism, and that this nationalism is particularly important in the Black "community." Not to pick on Blacks, I'd point out that the Irish pretty much invented urban political machinery in Tammany Hall, and in Boston there was tons of sympathy for its favorite machine boss.
"After several campaigns at bribery, Curley finally faced felony indictment. Nonetheless, Curley's popularity with the Irish American community in Boston remained so high, that even in the face of this indictment he reelected on the slogan "Curley Gets Things Done" winning an unprecedented fourth term as mayor of Boston in 1945. A second indictment by a federal grand jury, for mail fraud, did not harm his campaign and Curley won the election with 45% of the vote." (wikipedia) If ethnic nationalism isn't the cause, please tell me how guys like Al Sharpton not only stay out of jail, but have their asses kissed by the likes of Atty. General Holder.

April 17, 2012 at 11:50 AM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Clinton, Rowland

Actually, I did mention Klinton, and say what you want about Rowland, whatever ethnic nationalist support he may have had it wasn't enough to keep him out of jail or keep him office. Therefor, his treatment by the electorate doesn't seem a good example of the kind of lax ethical standards you attribute to the City of Hartford.

April 17, 2012 at 11:54 AM

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