by | Sep 12, 2011 2:22 pm | Comments (36)
2011 mayoral candidates Graves, DeStefano, Dawson, Kerekes.
(Analysis) An incumbent white liberal mayor faces multiple challenges in a primary, one from the black community, one from a white candidate. None of the challengers can get 50 percent of the vote. But they carve up the incumbent’s base — and knock him out of office.
by | Sep 11, 2011 11:13 am | Comments (10)
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Challenger Wingate.
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Aldermanic President Goldfield.
As he sought seniors’ votes, Brian Wingate came face to face with the type of problem he’ll confront if he unseats New Haven’s top legislator and becomes Beaver Hill’s alderman: dog poop in the park.
by | Sep 10, 2011 9:10 pm | Comments (29)
School reform may just be getting going in New Haven, but the district’s U.S. Congresswoman already has declared it a ringing success catapulting a failing district into a shining example for the nation. That assessment was part of the stream of praise issued as the Congresswoman, a former mayor, and a group of Latino leaders made endorsements of candidates running for for mayor in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.
by | Sep 9, 2011 4:23 pm | Comments (16)
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After 17 years on patrol, including nine as a monthly driver for Mayor John DeStefano, Officer Dave Hartman debuted Friday as the city’s new police spokesman.
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‘Mayor's Driver Inserted
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by | Sep 9, 2011 11:29 am | Comments (13)
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Luz Otero & Gabe Santiago.
Luz Otero has a coronary heart problem so that she must rest after walking only two blocks. She lives on one side of the Grand Avenue Bridge; her daughter lives on the other. If the bridge is completely closed during upcoming repairs, she won’t be able to make it around on foot any other way.
That’s why she signed her name to a petition, along with 374 others, that two east side aldermanic candidates delivered to City Hall on Wednesday.
by | Sep 9, 2011 11:24 am | Comments (35)
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“Disappointed” in DeStefano’s public-financing reversal, state Rep. Roland Lemar (left) donated money to an opponent.
A continuing flood of contributions of up to $1,000 from people who depend on Mayor John DeStefano for their livelihood has given him an 8.5‑to‑1 fundraising lead over his three challengers going into next Tuesday’s Democratic primary.
by | Sep 9, 2011 8:43 am | Comments (5)
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Emily Adji & Mayor DeStefano.
After bringing her audience to tears, 7th-grade violin virtuoso Emily Adji needed a hug and some light-hearted words whispered in her ear. Fortunately for her, New Haven’s mayor was standing beside her — and delivered the goods.
by | Sep 9, 2011 8:02 am | Comments (36)
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From right: Graves, DeStefano, Kerekes, Dawson, Aponte.
The question of how to get parents involved emerged as the biggest unsolved challenge of the city’s school reform drive as four would-be mayors debated for the last time.
by | Sep 8, 2011 4:19 pm | Comments (2)
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Tony Dawson aims to hire more people to round up voters in Tuesday’s primary, now that he has become the second mayoral challenger in New Haven history to qualify for the city’s clean elections program.
by | Sep 8, 2011 8:12 am | Comments (43)
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Greer on the Green, with mayoral challengers.
As one Edgewood activist blasted Mayor John DeStefano for turning the city into “Homicide Haven,” local building trade union leaders defended the mayor against what they called a “backlash” of anti-incumbent sentiment.
by | Sep 7, 2011 2:21 pm | Comments (23)
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Saiano (left) and Josh Kenney prepare to hit the streets.
As she roamed the darkening streets of Morris Cove talking to voters, Sarah Saiano made no apologies for her reason for running for alderwoman: She’s in a union. She’s backed by her union. And she and her union want to serve as a counterweight to Mayor John DeStefano’s influence with the Board of Aldermen.
by | Sep 6, 2011 1:00 pm | Comments (39)
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Alderman Greg Morehead said he was just doing his constituents a service when police found him with an opponent’s campaign signs stashed in the trunk of his car.
by | Sep 5, 2011 3:18 pm | Comments (65)
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The named parties in Ricci v. DeStefano at Monday’s event.
The two named adversaries in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court joined forces at the Dixwell fire station, as Mayor John DeStefano snagged a potent Labor Day campaign endorsement.
by | Sep 1, 2011 2:06 pm | Comments (54)
As Mayor John DeStefano prepared to launch his first TV ads in a mayoral campaign in years, Superintendent of Schools Reggie Mayo asked his staff to find smiling students to appear on camera.
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by | Aug 31, 2011 8:00 am | Comments (24)
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The politician most feared to unseat Mayor John DeStefano threw her support Tuesday behind attorney Clifton Graves, lending him a popular ally for the two-week sprint to the primary.
by | Aug 29, 2011 2:38 pm | Comments (67)
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Delphine Clyburn hands over the petition.
In the midst of a contentious campaign season, three aldermanic challengers marched on Science Park to demand that a burgeoning local tech company hire workers from Dixwell and Newhallville.
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Clifton Graves Jr. lost his law license for nine years and pleaded guilty to failing to pay income taxes — in what the Democratic mayoral candidate called “inexcusable” lapses.
by | Aug 24, 2011 8:10 am | Comments (29)
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Moses Nelson on trail: Parents key to crime fight.
Foskey-Cyrus: Rev up clergy.
Want to avoid paying that parking ticket? Try showing up at parent-teacher night at your kid’s school.
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by | Aug 24, 2011 8:02 am | Comments (11)
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The governor lent his name to help a Democratic mayor get reelected in Hartford, but in New Haven Tuesday he remained neutral.
by | Aug 22, 2011 3:16 pm | Comments (37)
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Slattery (right) with Chapel Street neighbors Peg Sanders (left) and Janet Barese.
Cars are rolling slowly these days on a rough, freshly-milled Central Avenue. The current Westville alderman and an aldermanic hopeful are working to see that traffic stays slow once the street is re-paved.
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‘Candidate Asks: Where's
The "Complete Street"?’
by | Aug 19, 2011 8:05 am | Comments (19)
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Laurie Kennington (center) with Michael Boyd and Mary Thigpen.
Seeking to shift the “balance of power” in the city, Yale unions announced 15 official endorsements in this year’s heated aldermanic elections.
by | Aug 19, 2011 8:03 am | Comments (19)
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… the mayor ponders the appropriate Jewish blessing to inaugurate a new elevator at a skyscraper community chock full of reliably voting senior citizens.
by | Aug 18, 2011 7:51 am | Comments (59)
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Fired-up Graves: “You need to change the CEO” of New Haven.
Jeffrey Kerekes came to an NAACP-sponsored mayoral debate with a line geared to the black community: “If we had 21 murders in Westville,” he declared, “there’d be not only the National Guard, but the Marines here.”
Continue reading ‘Challengers Tap Outrage; DeStefano Stays Cool’
by | Aug 16, 2011 3:12 pm | Comments (19)
Voters will see a new name on the mayoral primary ballot next month. That doesn’t mean they’ll be able to pronounce it.