Policy wonk extraordinaire Jeff Kohut, 2011 mayoral candidate, claims the defeat of last Tuesday’s ballot question designed for Mayor Bill Finch to appoint school board
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Never Have That Recipe Again? Charter Revision Chair Cathy Simpson Finds Her MacArthur Park
Cathy Simpson chaired the Charter Revision Commission that conducted numerous working sessions over several months en route to crafting a ballot question that city voters
Read moreElection By The Numbers
The certified election results from Tuesday are now available. The charter question to decide the future selection of school board members: no 15,914, yes 13,943.
Read moreRev. Bennett: Chaos Or Community?
The Rev. Anthony L. Bennett is senior pastor of Mount Aery Baptist Church. He was among several city ministers who urged a no vote to
Read moreTell Us Your Election Surprises
Anything about election day shock you? Barack’s national win? Chris Murphy’s 12-point win over Linda McMahon to replace Joe Lieberman in the U.S. Senate? Speaking
Read moreSchool Imbroglio Leads To Jury Award For Former Principal
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: A Superior Court jury awarded $126,000 to a former city elementary school principal who claimed he was fired after a
Read morePost Editorial Laments Ballot Rejection
The Connecticut Post Editorial Board urged voters to support Mayor Bill Finch’s campaign to appoint members to the Board of Education. Most city voters did
Read moreBobby Valentine Leads HCC Gala
Bobby Valentine is one of the good guys, even if he was a Red Sox manager. Valentine does incredible community work without waving pom-poms. He’ll
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