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"AN ETHICAL CHALLENGE OR AN ETHICALLY CHALLENGED DECISION?"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

How dare you make such an accusation; That generator is not that loud, and I love that "Thai on Wheels" ....delicious

April 21, 2011 at 12:31 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow,
Plastic want to be Panagore on the background. It's all synthetic, Pedro is doom!

April 21, 2011 at 2:09 AM

Anonymous peter brush said...

Don't know about conflict, and have nothing against Mr. Hale.
My preference would be no new positions without concurrent elimination of two existing ones.

April 21, 2011 at 8:20 AM

Anonymous Frank Lord said...

Must be a slow news day.

Mr. Hale (who I consider a friend) has been hired as the interim Operations Manager. (according to the April 15 news release) Your concerns would be of more value if it was a permanent hire.

Mayor Segarra wants to make things happen. Mr. Hale because of his background will be able to make an immediate contribution. It is the beginning of Spring and if someone is not making things happen now then another season will have been lost.

April 21, 2011 at 2:27 PM

Blogger nancy said...

Jack is also a friend of mine. I understand he was hired for 6 months and is not applying for the position and that part of his job is to write a job description for the Parks Director. I don't see this as a conflict.

April 21, 2011 at 10:10 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

is hale really going to get paid more than K.B.?

April 21, 2011 at 10:48 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I believe their is no conflict because the commission did not do the hiring. Making a recommendation is not the decision which would create the conflict - filling the position is the decision which would create a conflict. Conflicts of interest are one of the most difficult issues to discern, despite the often "no brainer".

However, I am glad to see Jack is apparently not applying for the full time job, because that would then start to slide down the slippery slope of the whole process being manipulated and being a backdoor maneuver.

Jack has talent and has been around a long time. He is also dedicated and will surely help out the city. We should be thanking him for 1. volunteering for the commission and 2. continuing his efforts, which at some point, like now, certainly deserve to be compensated.

April 22, 2011 at 5:43 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does antone get it? City Hall keeps giving all of the high paying jobs to out of town people!
Is there no one capable of receiving a job, living in Hartford? The Mayor's former law staff are alomost all working for city hall, coincidence I think not. They were hired very fast last year, during the so called hiring freeze.The Mayor had the Corporation Council staff moved one floor down so he won't be inconvenienced, for a cost to taxpayers of around $200,000.00. Then he cried state of the city emergency when the streets were not plowed !Now they are putting together a ficticious budget and telling us we have a balanced budget, does anyone realize we have been overtaxed so that this budget game can be played out.Why is the city not hiring the 16 D.P W. workers that could go to Hartford residents,why are they not being hired, so the Mayor's staff can play the budget game!! The Mayor was Council President and Chairman of O.M.B. It is time to ask him to start telling the truth, stop passing the buck, and explain his voting for almost 100% in tax increases, during his time on the City Council!

April 22, 2011 at 11:21 AM

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