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"SOME FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE A COMMUTER TAX"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

The full time assistant is a throw back to the council manager form of government when the council ran the city. Since the change to strong mayor form of government they are no longer appropriate. BTW the comments in the Hartford Courant article about this are priceless.

September 25, 2015 at 5:45 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is this idiot going to pay the tax herself? It's no secret she doesn't live in Hartford so she should pay the commuter tax.

September 25, 2015 at 5:47 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mr. Brookman keeps on telling us of the ugliness at city hall. An assistant for each council member is ridiculous and outrageous. How about an assistant to each of the assistants? Later someone would ask to add a secretary to each assistant, not to mention a scheduler (Segarra should get royalties, he invented the scheduler "job").
1 - 3 is an excellent formula, ONE assistant to THREE council members. Mr. Brookman just saved the city MORE than 1/4 million dollars a year. Every year.

September 25, 2015 at 6:16 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

It doesn't save anything unless someone shows the leadership to make it happen, I can only suggest

September 25, 2015 at 6:25 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is a no brainer, any new mayor has to make sure this 1 - 3 formula will be adopted.

September 25, 2015 at 7:43 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is also a no brainer that you, Kevin, should be brought onboard to continue bringing the same common sense to City Hall that you have shown here for several years now. How much have you saved the City of Hartford through your vigilance? Caviar, city credit cards, city vehicles and the list goes on and on. Imagine what you could do actually in City Hall, considering everything you have accomplished on the outside

September 25, 2015 at 8:05 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cynthia Jennings' proposed assistant had a serious drug habit, according to the Courant.
Don't be surprised if we find out one day that Cynthia Jennings herself has a serious mental problem.

September 25, 2015 at 8:44 PM

Blogger MMM said...

She has a SPENDING problem!

September 25, 2015 at 10:53 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't believe how much intelligence she lacks. During d bate on the stadium, in which she was dead set in favor of the development, knowing the huge expense, she was stuck on the point that it would bring jobs to Hartford. She didn't care that the temporary construction jobs would mostly be maned by outside residents. And she didn't care that the few support positions perhaps selling popcorn, right, popcorn and hotdog selling on game day, would be few in number and part time. She had no care in the world. This woman is really off her rocker.

Too bad 3 fiscal conservative republicans (ex Mike McGerry, who fAcored the stadium) can't regain their seats in Hartford. They don't know how to organize. Yes, I said even ole Mike McGarry spits out conservative views until it comes to the stupid stadium. Hey, what can I say. Most of the people in Hartford are pieces of work.

September 25, 2015 at 11:07 PM

Anonymous The town crier said...

Attorney Jennings was in attorney wooden' pocket for 4 years. Perhaps she was getting legal work from Woode's law firm for her stadium vote?

September 26, 2015 at 2:17 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

We, residents of Hartford, were cheated and lied to for so many years. Enough is enough, it's time for a change.

September 26, 2015 at 12:08 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

11:07pm, don't be shocked when we all find out soon that the real cost of this stadium will be millions more than what Segarra and his people "predicted", that the costs to build AND operate AND maintain this stadium are going to be huge, money the city just doesn't have.

September 28, 2015 at 3:34 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't expect any fiscal responsibility from this administration. This mayor, his lieutenants and his cronies have shown us how irresponsible they were, how they wasted our hard earned money for over 5 years.

September 28, 2015 at 4:37 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

In the article, the Wiensteins paid Patton $20-30 per day for 12-14 hours of work? At that rate, I 'll hire the drug addict. Where can I find him? Back to Cynthia "Spendthrift " Jennings. Carrie Saxon Perry gave her her modest start in politics. This woman is criminal and the only way to get rid of her, (I should be circumspect using this word - it almost got me into trouble once with the local mafia) is to vote her out of office. But Hartford voters are too stupid to understand that she is disengenious to residents when she is so reckless with fiscal policy and finances.

September 30, 2015 at 3:33 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree with Cynthia. I am tired of seeing our tax paying dollars maintain roads dilapidated due to the constant influx of those who do not live in Hartford. I also agree that the city should eliminate wasteful spending on software systems such as munis, Cronos, and time force. The city has spent millions of dollars on munis alone.

October 1, 2015 at 6:35 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It seems like the suburbanites get blamed for everything. They are blamed for the murders, the problems with snow removal. How dare they drive all the way into Hartford to clean off their cars? The nerve of those people!! If Ms. Jennings gets her way, businesses will leave Hartford in droves.

October 1, 2015 at 10:05 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

If Cynthia Jennings get her way, businesses will sure leave Hartford. But they will be back, according to "mayor" Pedrrrro, in Hartford, to commit murders and other crime, and remove the snow and ice off their cars.

October 2, 2015 at 7:24 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I spit out the window at Hartford when I drive through. Let Cynthia tax my spital.

October 5, 2015 at 2:08 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fiscal responsibility? Here's an example of "Fiscal Responsibility" Pedro Segarra stupid style: We have just learned that Hartford is spending more than anticipated on that Yard Rats stadium, or, as the Courant calls it: "Stadium Cost Overruns...".
As a result, the grandstand roof will not be built. That's all right, Segarra will be seated comfortably in his luxury suite (We should name it "The Corruption Box") and all of us, we who pay to build this stupid stadium, will get wet in the rain.
Shame on you Pedro Caviar, we're counting the days for you to go. Go, go, go, just GO, you bastard! You, the other bastard Tom Deller, and all the members of your Stadium Authority.

October 6, 2015 at 8:28 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This stadium is gonna be the biggest scandal in the history of our city. What type a contract was signed with the developer? Why Hartford is always the loser and is always the one to pay, pay, pay? Who was in charge in preparing and signing this horrible agreement with the Yard Rats/Yard Goat and with the developer? Don't tell me it's that $200K plus a year old woman - and later $250 an hour - Saundra Kee-Borges. Enough already with these corrupt people. Enough with this gross mismanagement.

October 6, 2015 at 11:36 AM

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