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"THE YARD GOATS STADIUM MESS, NOW HOW DO WE FIX IT?"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

McDonald's sell fast foods. Grocery stores sell food. Bakeries sell pastry. Plumbers fix water pipes. Educators teach. Politicians spend taxpayers money like it or not for their own interest. Connecticut politicians run rampant with a high level of crime. It is not WHAT you know it is WHO you know.

January 9, 2016 at 2:30 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

No way Jose! Not a dime more, not even a penny more for this crazy stupid stadium. Enough is enough. Mothball it as soon as possible, as Mr. Rubenstein suggested earlier. Reimburse the bond holder with the $28 millions we still have, paid interest on the rest.
This was a disastrous deal from the moment the "done deal" was announced. The wealthy Solomon family is the only one benefiting from the "project". Enough fooling ourselves already.

January 9, 2016 at 2:40 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The City of Hartford is already drowning in debt and the taxes are already way too high. The city must not throw good money after bad money.

January 9, 2016 at 2:56 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Michael Looney's official title is Project Manager, via the Department of Development, of the stadium.

January 9, 2016 at 3:04 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The only way to fix it is the shut the whole project down before it bankrupts the entire city.

January 9, 2016 at 3:57 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

No more money, not a dime more, not even a penny. As Mr. Rubenstein suggested earlier, mothball this crazy stupid stadium. Get a settlement with the bond holders: reimburse them with the $28 million that wasn't spent and settle with them on the balance. It's going to be easier, less painful and much cheaper.

January 9, 2016 at 4:21 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The City of Hartford is drowning in debt. Taxes in Hartford are already way too high.
Don't throw good money after bad money.

January 9, 2016 at 4:23 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

3:04 PM

Thank you for the clarification on that. He needs to change that title to project mismanagement by the looks of it.

January 9, 2016 at 4:23 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

STOP THE INSANITY.
STOP THIS STADIUM.

January 9, 2016 at 5:06 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I truly respect Judge Killian. However, no proposal, no solution can save this nightmare which was created by Pedro and his friends

January 9, 2016 at 6:27 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I say Hartford needs to cut the loses, bulldoze what is there into the ground, and make a parking lot out of it, then put a large sign on it that says "Hartford Will Not Be Fools Again " If they continue, it's just going to be a money pit.!

January 9, 2016 at 7:26 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

How could anyone ever expect Segarra to handle a project such as the ballpark? Pedro couldn't control his own personal finances and filed for bankruptcy protection. Even his own campaign was nothing but a scandal after scandal with at least 3 campaign managers coming and going. If the stories about Pedro and Touch of Class are true, I can only say OMG.
Pedro only cared about his luxury suite, about the feee tickets to his friends and family, throwing out the first ball on opening day.
Pedro Maria Caviar Segarra is a worthless piece of garbage, nothing more.

January 9, 2016 at 7:26 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

@7:26

Public council meeting Monday night. Express your opinions.

And Please don't make garbage worse then it already is by comparing it to the putanna of the strada

January 9, 2016 at 10:35 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'd like to suggest another sign:

"PEDRO SEGARRA HALL OF SHAME".

Kevin: I must admit that I saw it earlier on your blog, so I'll not ask for any credit.

January 9, 2016 at 10:48 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

New Britain's Mayor, Erin Stewart, in laughing at us, Hartfordians, big time. She's the real winner of this multi-million, not on time, not on budget, idiotic Dunkin Du-Nots saga.

January 10, 2016 at 12:18 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Save that sign for whrn Shawn Wooden runs for state treasurer.

January 10, 2016 at 5:24 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does the City Charter allow a petition to recall a council person? If so, Cynthia "but we need jobs" Jennings must be recalled. Let's get a petition going even if it is only symbolic.

January 10, 2016 at 5:41 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Some people just don't understand who the super-wealthy Solomon family is. They are shrewd business people, they're all about making $$$$, lots of $$$$. The Solomons will never stay in Hartford for 20-25 years. I doubt if they stay here with the Yard Goats/Yard Rats even 10 years. They promise to stay here at least 25 years, but that will never happen. They know that the contract they signed is nothing but a piece of paper. That's the reason they agreed to pay more for rental, as long as the ugliest part of the deal will fall on Hartford: the maintenance and repairs of the stadium. It's not only the horrible cost of it, but also Josh Solomon, upon finding another city/another sucker to invite him and build him another stadium, could always claim that the repairs and the general maintenance are unsatisfactory, which he then will consider a breach of contract by the City of Hartford.
Listen, Josh Solomon, his father, his brother, they are all about the money.
Wake up Hartford!

January 10, 2016 at 9:37 AM

Anonymous peter brush said...

The idea of a stadium with a baseball team attached was nice. The idea that actual execution of such a project should in ANY way involve our Muni government (such as we and it are) was worse than mere nonsense and folly. Any government, but particularly one as incompetent as ours, should not be in the business of business. It's one thing for me to voluntarily take a risk with my own money, its another for pols to take a risk with money they've taken from me by force of law. The muni government should be in business of mitigating risk; i.e., firemen and cops. Let private entities do baseball.
At this point, however, it pains me to think of the thing being mothballed. If a baseball stadium is good for the city's image, an incomplete one would be the opposite. I really don't want to have to drive past the thing every day, and be reminded in perpetuity of the stupidity of our governors and the disregard they have for taxpayers. I have no idea of the ins-and-outs of the business, and suspect the people involved don't have much, but I would hope that at this point by hook and/or crook we get the thing done.
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Some council members hailed the project, which would bring the New Britain Rock Cats to Hartford, as a step forward for a city in need of additional revenue and a shot of vibrancy in an area that has been empty for decades.

"It is exactly a road map to how we move forward as a city," council President Shawn Wooden said at the meeting Tuesday. "There is no reward, there is no benefit, without some level of risk. ... It's appropriately risky for the return."
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"I understand the time constraints we're under, but that's not something we did to ourselves," MacDonald said. "It's something imposed on us."

"I certainly hope … this will work. I have my doubts," he said. "At the end of the day, the bottom line for me is the city needs more revenue, not more expenses. I see this as more expenses."
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-hartford-council-stadium-1015-20141014-story.html

January 10, 2016 at 10:01 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

no recall to the best of my knowledge, unfortunately we are stuck with her

January 10, 2016 at 1:54 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

5:24am

I think Wooden's political days are done, just wait until the Dillon Stadium Grand Jury reports start getting released , I think we will see a very different side of some of our politicians, quite possibly in handcuffs on a perp walk

January 10, 2016 at 1:58 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Is anyone willing to place a bet on how long before Dunkin Donuts pulls its name from this disaster?

January 10, 2016 at 2:02 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is it going to be Dunkin do-Nuts or Dunkin DuNots on the stadium

January 10, 2016 at 2:07 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tip of the Iceberg
This foolish project only depicts Hartford's government as totally incompetent. look at other mismanagement projects that will never be checked or revealed, such as Keney Golf, Goodwin Golf. Park street renovation. There are ongoing programs that will stun everyone. Flood control infrastructure project, capping of the methane potential landfill. There are expensive and much needed projects that are on the drawing board that will never see the light of day due to mismanagement and misappropriation of funds. Check deep into the bowels of Hartford government and you will find many surprises that will have the public declaring for more than a grand jury investigation.

January 10, 2016 at 2:09 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kick Cynthia "but we need jobs" Jennings out of the City Council.
5:41 AM proposal is fair, "Let's get a petition going even if it is only symbolic".

January 10, 2016 at 2:12 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin,Hartford couldn't even keep a McDonald's open!Have you ever seen one close before? I haven't! What would make anyone think this nutty stadium could be built and "then" survive? Anyone remember ACMAT? Better let them finish it "ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET",,,,KEVIN COSTNER CANT EVEN MAKE THIS PIPE DREAM COME TRUE!

January 10, 2016 at 2:40 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Time and time again dirty politicians rise to higher levels. None of the group who got us into this stadium mascaraed will ever go down. It is a shame but that is how politics work. I would rather any other corporation hold the stadiums title than Dunkin Donuts. They are one of the worse employers in our nation to work for because they pay their employees a very low wage. They will leave Hartford high and dry soon. Maybe the best thing for Hartford is to just forfeit now and get out of the stadium business before it becomes the biggest nightmare the city has ever experienced. Greed is what this is all about!

January 10, 2016 at 4:55 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Where dose Michael Looney live and what is his background?

January 10, 2016 at 5:14 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dunkin Donuts: There must be an opt-out clause in their contract. Corporations will always use the best counsel to sign agreements. But not municipalities. We use cheap 2nd rate legal counsel to write our contracts as you can see.

What becomes most important is that counsel revisit the City Charter and write into it that all large expenditures must forever be passed by referendum and that we need a recall option for any office holder.

Cynthia Jennings is the one remaining criminal who voted for this stadium and it is obvious that she has no care for the fiscal condition of the city. Her mantra was that this project would create much needed jobs. At best, it can create a few part-time minimum wage jobs. And for that, she voted to spend $56 million? She is only in office because of the vote of her community and we all know what we get when a certain community, any community blindly votes for an inferior politician. Right? Jesus, Moses and Mohammad help us all.

January 10, 2016 at 10:10 PM

Anonymous TheEdge said...

Mayor Bronin mentioned in the Hartford Couran on three separate occasions that the City would not put a dime more into this nearly 80 million dollar project.If he announce s a settlement in the coming days in which the City has to kick in money....he will have lied to the citizens within his first week as Mayor. Given the fact that Landino/Ritter and other stadium contractors gave him many thousands of dollars in campaign donations it will prove that Bronin cares more about them then the citizens if he kicks in more million s of dollars.

January 11, 2016 at 12:21 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

12:21AM

Unfortunately probably many people have the same thoughts you are having. Mayor Bronin has a spokesperson, so I am not speaking for him. I think those statements reflected how he felt before he actually took office, most likely relying on what he knew from media accounts, blogs and elsewhere. I am sure that once he took office, he had much more detailed info available that might cause many of us to reconsider our stand if we actually knew what Segarra and the Council had got us into. We can plant our heels in the sand and say "not one more dime" but that probably isn't going to be best for the taxpayers of Hartford in the long run. Please keep and open mind and see what solution they come up with this week with the least impact on us.

January 11, 2016 at 10:05 AM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

5;14PM

The better question might be to ask where does I. Charles Matthews live and what is his background to be given oversight over a $66million dollar plus project

January 11, 2016 at 10:23 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

NO MORE MONEY TO THAT STUPID STADIUM. NO MORE. WE'RE GOING TO FIND MANY MORE SURPRISES DOWN THE ROAD,VERY EXPENSIVE ONES.
KILL THE STADIUM NOW, BEFORE THIS STADIUM KILLS US.

January 11, 2016 at 3:33 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What Mayor worth a damn would make decisions based on media reports or a blog without doing his own homework first? If that's what he's going to do, then that shows us what the future holds for Hartford.

January 11, 2016 at 3:44 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Anonymous 3:44PM

He was not Mayor at the time, he was apparently relying on the same bad information that we were all being fed by the Segarra Administration

January 11, 2016 at 4:50 PM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Standard & Poor's upgrades New Britain bond rating to A+

January 12, 2016 at 8:07 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Standard & Poor AND Moody's downgraded Hartford's rating during Maria Caviar Segarra administration. Linda Bayer at the time, protecting her corrupt friend, the guy who pretended to act like mayor, said it wasn't a big deal, then she ran away to bother someone else.

January 12, 2016 at 11:51 AM

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