by | Sep 12, 2017 1:04 pm | Comments (4)
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Bria Holmes, with Paca in Westville, greets voter Wendy Samberg.
The news cycle gave Marcus Paca’s mayoral candidacy a last-minute boost Tuesday, as voters woke up to learn that a the headquarters of a marquee new-economy New Haven company is moving to Boston.
Continue reading ‘Paca Catches A Late Break — & A Wing Guard’
by | Sep 11, 2017 3:32 pm | Comments (12)
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With appeals to vote for either experience or fresh energy, New Haven’s Democrats head to the polls Tuesday to nominate who’s best to run the city and who should serve three parts of town on the Board of Alders.
by | Sep 11, 2017 12:07 pm | Comments (0)
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Lee: Time for visible leadership.
Haywood: Ready to do some good.
One candidate is a former alder of the ward with a big personality and strong opinions about what he calls a lack of leadership. The other candidate is a soft-spoken first timer who says she is ready to take the reins.
Continue reading ‘Newcomer, Ex-Alder Vie In Heights Primary’
by | Sep 10, 2017 8:00 pm | Comments (6)
School board President Ed Joyner, who has been a visible supporter of Marcus Paca’s mayoral campaign, issued a statement Sunday night explaining why.
by | Sep 8, 2017 12:53 pm | Comments (17)
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Mayor Toni Harp.
In the face of criticism over the hiring of a woman who admitted to committing petitioning fraud, Mayor Toni Harp stood by her campaign team.
by | Sep 8, 2017 12:28 pm | Comments (57)
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Priscilla Knox with a contested petition.
After Marcus Paca stopped paying her to help him become mayor, Priscilla Knox switched sides — and became the central witness in an allegation of fraud.
by | Sep 6, 2017 4:07 pm | Comments (63)
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Toni Harp and Marcus Paca at Tuesday night’s debate.
Mayor Toni Harp accused Marcus Paca of running against her this year because she fired him and he’d failed in every professional pursuit he’d ever tried. Marcus Paca shot back that Harp is a lackluster leader who lacks the energy and vision demanded by the job.
by | Sep 5, 2017 12:15 pm | Comments (1)
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The two candidates for New Haven’s Democratic mayoral nomination are scheduled to answer questions from local journalists, and from each other, at a debate one week before their Sept. 12 primary.
by | Sep 5, 2017 8:30 am | Comments (12)
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Hosts Gerry and Kathy Wenner and Patricia and Kirby Long flank Paca.
Marcus Paca won over a voter the other day with some old-fashioned one-on-one campaigning in the most intimate of settings: a gathering in a private home.
by | Sep 2, 2017 8:30 pm | Comments (1)
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U.S. Rep. Sanchez offers her Harp endorsement.
Lucia Colon is already registered to vote and has decided to cast her vote for New Haven “alcalde” for incumbent Mayor Toni Harp.
Her son Johnny has not yet registered, but said he is going to do so as soon as possible and vote the same way as mom.
Continue reading ‘Endorsing Harp, Visiting Congresswoman Joins Push For Latino Turnout’
by | Aug 30, 2017 8:15 am | Comments (24)
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The beginning of demolition at Church Street South.
If Marcus Paca becomes New Haven’s next mayor, he promises to take a closer look before allowing the developer who allowed the Church Street South complex to deteriorate to build it back up again.
by | Aug 28, 2017 7:29 am | Comments (6)
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Harp introduces Blumenthal at endorsement.
Two Connecticut politicians who have ardently defended New Haven’s status as a sanctuary city promised supporters that they would continue to protect local immigrants from what they see as unjust federal orders of deportation.
Continue reading ‘Harp, Sanctuary Policy Get Senator’s Endorsement’
by | Aug 28, 2017 7:28 am | Comments (5)
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Pacavisiting Immanuel Baptist.
Sunday morning Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church‘s Associate Pastor Ron Smith — a former city clerk and 2015 mayoral aspirant — preached an impassioned sermon with the theme “Nothing is impossible.”
Those words had particular resonance for one visiting worshipper, Marcus Paca, whose campaign to unseat incumbent Mayor Toni Harp constitutes taking on the New Haven’s Democratic establishment.
by | Aug 25, 2017 12:12 pm | Comments (84)
Blame game starts: Haymond (left); Carchia.
New Haven won’t have a Democratic primary for probate judge after all, now that one candidate has dropped out amid revelations of ballot fraud.
by | Aug 25, 2017 12:10 pm | Comments (2)
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Delgado gets some straight talk from senior Flemming.
Charlie Delgado didn’t enter the room and immediately start introducing himself and shaking hands. He didn’t pass out his campaign literature or deliver a polished campaign stump speech.
Charlie Delgado was there to seek votes. But, he told the crowd, he is not a politician.
by | Aug 25, 2017 8:10 am | Comments (2)
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After receiving the endorsement of the Connecticut Hispanic Democratic Caucus, Mayor Toni Harp went door-knocking with Hill alders and scored a lawn sign and a commitment of about half a dozen voters to cast their ballots for her on election day.
by | Aug 22, 2017 3:47 pm | Comments (14)
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Paca stumping at the East Shore Senior Center.
Mayoral candidate Marcus Paca had a date with an older woman. Actually, it was a date with about 20 older women. But it almost didn’t happen.
by | Aug 22, 2017 1:00 pm | Comments (2)
A group representing black New Haven firefighters has endorsed the reelection campaign of Mayor Toni Harp.
by | Aug 22, 2017 9:13 am | Comments (15)
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Sepulveda: back in the Ward 30 saddle, hoping to stay there.
Political newcomer James-Goldson.
Two of the three candidates running to be the next alder for Ward 30 are lifelong New Haveners with connections and histories that they hope will bridge both sides of the big rock on the west side of town.
They also hope to turn out enough voters to decide whether strong experience or new energy matters most in the next representative for the West Rock/West Hills section of the city.
by | Aug 21, 2017 2:36 pm | Comments (51)
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Paca, Harp at Sunday’s debate.
Marcus Paca promised that if he becomes mayor, he will fight gentrification, while Mayor Toni Harp argued that the burst of market-rate housing in town doesn’t constitute gentrification.
Harp promised to continue New Haven’s “sanctuary city” policies even if President Trump withholds federal grants, while Paca promised to take a closer look at the issue first to avoid losing needed dollars.
by | Aug 14, 2017 4:09 pm | Comments (3)
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Candidates vying to be the city’s next mayor and probate court judge successfully petitioned their way onto the upcoming Sept. 12 Democratic Party primary ballot.
by | Aug 11, 2017 12:37 pm | Comments (16)
Working Families Party mayoral candidate Sarah Ganong has qualified for the Nov. 7 general election ballot, City Clerk Michael Smart reported Friday.
by | Aug 9, 2017 7:53 am | Comments (15)
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Jessica Rios of the city clerk’s office Tuesday upon completing Paca’s count.
New Haven voters will be able to choose between at least two candidates for mayor in at least one election this fall.
by | Aug 4, 2017 1:04 pm | Comments (15)
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Paca helps a supporter onto the party bike.
Marcus Paca’s campaign found a way Thursday to get 20 and 30-something moving in local politics: order them some pizza and invite them on the Elm City Party Bike.
by | Aug 3, 2017 8:20 am | Comments (9)
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Kim Harris gets the selfie with attendees.
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John Augustus Lee James, 8, questions the mayor.
Lights and cameras on the Farmington Canal, student-designed no littering signs and possibly new life to a long abandoned Bassett Street building are on their way to Newhallvllle.
So Mayor Toni Harp promised nearly 50 neighbors Wednesday night who showed up at the Highville Charter School at 1 Science Park to have dinner with her and ask her about what’s good in The ‘Ville.