by | Sep 6, 2019 7:55 am | Comments (3)
A race for a Hamden Legislative Council seat hinges in part on how to define some basic concepts of democracy in the age of both Trump and a newly ascendant wing in the local Democratic Party.
by | Sep 6, 2019 7:40 am | Comments (0)
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Wallace, right, with voter Leroy Reddick on Lexington Avenue.
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Rosa Ferraro at an alder hearing.
Speeding, speeding, speeding tops the agenda of the Democratic challenger vying to be the next Fair Haven Heights alder, while the ward’s incumbent has her sights set on boosting affordable housing for homeless youth and on fixing broken sidewalks and paving cracked streets.
Continue reading ‘Heights Hopefuls Target Housing, Speeding’
by | Sep 5, 2019 11:36 pm | Comments (58)
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Elicker and Harp onstage. Below: Capacity crowd at Co-Op.
Mayor Toni Harp and challenger Justin Elicker pitched radically different visions of clean government and clean elections — and of New Haven’s need for change — in a passionate final face-off before their Democratic Party primary.
by | Sep 5, 2019 2:09 pm | Comments (13)
The two candidates for this year’s Democratic mayoral nomination square off in a debate Thursday night — and you can add a question to the mix.
by | Sep 5, 2019 1:35 pm | Comments (1)
After weeks of blistering campaign-mailer attacks on his opponent, mayoral candidate Justin Elicker shifted to a warm and fuzzy education message in a home-stretch TV ad.
Continue reading ‘Elicker Pivots Positive, Wins Public Works Endorsement’
by | Sep 5, 2019 8:13 am | Comments (5)
Garrett (above), Leng (below) at Wednesday’s debate.
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Over the course of 90 minutes that were largely free of personal attacks, Hamden Mayor Curt Leng and challenger Lauren Garrett did find one theme on which to clash during a campaign debate: how the current administration has handled the town’s budget and pension finances.
by | Sep 5, 2019 7:56 am | Comments (8)
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Walker & Harp at Wednesday night’s meeting.
State Rep. Toni Walker, who worked closely with Toni Harp in the state legislature, has endorsed Harp’s bid for reelection as mayor of New Haven.
Continue reading ‘State Rep. Walker Endorses Harp’s Reelection’
by | Sep 4, 2019 3:18 pm | Comments (14)
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Mayor Toni Harp at Wednesday’s event.
The Hillhouse High dance team.
With a high school dance team to her right, a dozen alders and city officials to her left, and an excavator busy tearing up concrete behind her, Mayor Toni Harp led a Q House construction press conference that was equal parts progress and politics less than a week before a hotly contested primary.
by | Sep 4, 2019 12:19 pm | Comments (1)
Most voters have to wait until next week to vote in Democratic Party mayoral and alder primaries. But it’s not too early to test your knowledge about the campaigns.
by | Sep 4, 2019 11:52 am | Comments (8)
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Ernest Pagan (second from right in photo), who wrote the following opinion article, is a representative with the carpenters union.
(Opinion) As a lifelong resident of the city of New Haven, homeowner, carpenter, community organizer, and father raising children in our city, I believe Mayor Harp deserves to be reelected.
by | Sep 4, 2019 7:53 am | Comments (25)
Primary campaign dollars at work.
Mayor Toni Harp’s campaign poured money into out-of-state consultants and television ads and opposition research, while challenger Justin Elicker’s campaign focused its dollars on campaign staff, a Manchester-based consultancy, and Spanish-language radio advertisements.
The season left Elicker with $100,000 more cash on hand than Harp.
Continue reading ‘Round 3: Harp Spends $131K, Elicker $107K’
by | Sep 4, 2019 7:38 am | Comments (4)
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Jorge Cabrera.
Before taking off his red tie to go knock on doors in southern Hamden, union leader and former State Senate candidate Jorge Cabrera Tuesday made what Mayor Curt Leng called a “surprise” announcement: he endorsed Leng in the Democratic Sept. 10 mayoral primary against Councilwoman Lauren Garrett.
Continue reading ‘Cabrera Endorses Leng, Then Hits The Doors’
by | Sep 1, 2019 1:11 pm | Comments (4)
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Harp and Elicker onstage at Yale debate.
Two Yale alums — who happen to be running against each other for mayor — agreed their alma mater should do more to help New Haven. They offered different ideas about how to make that happen.
by | Aug 30, 2019 12:18 pm | Comments (12)
State Rep. Roland Lemar’s son wants him to support Mayor Toni Harp’s reelection campaign. Lemar supported her in the past. But he has decided not to take sides this time.
by | Aug 30, 2019 7:27 am | Comments (39)
Kermit Carolina.
(Opinion) As a lifelong resident of the City of New Haven, a homeowner who has raised his family here and longtime community activist, I have come to the following conclusion: Toni Harp deserves another term as mayor of New Haven.
by | Aug 29, 2019 3:33 pm | Comments (52)
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Harp & Elicker at mayoral campaign forum.
With less than two weeks to go before a mayoral primary, someone publicly asked Justin Elicker that question — thrusting a nuanced discussion of race and politics out into the open.
by | Aug 29, 2019 7:49 am | Comments (5)
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Toni Harp and Justin Elicker at pre-K forum.
A locally run charter preschool, supported by the school district? Or more non-profit childcare centers, supported by well-off parents’ tuition?
Mayoral candidates presented those two ideas for how New Haven can expand access to a limited number of pre-school spots at a first-ever forum on early childhood care and education.
Continue reading ‘Candidates Diverge On Early Childhood Ed Fixes’
by | Aug 28, 2019 4:05 pm | Comments (13)
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Daniel Garrett at the scene.
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Chief Cappiello: Video’s proof. Garrett: Cops smeared family for mayor.
Newly released body camera footage, a 911 recording, and police reports have heightened a debate over a controversial stolen-car incident involving a Hamden mayoral candidate.The debate: Did her family recklessly endanger people’s lives by taking police matters into their own hands? Or are the police mischaracterizing what happened to smear a political opponent?
by | Aug 26, 2019 12:19 pm | Comments (13)
Mayor Toni Harp Monday promised to update campaign reports to reveal the names of a new batch of “mystery donors” cited by her primary campaign opponent.
by | Aug 26, 2019 12:19 pm | Comments (60)
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Gary Highsmith.
(Opinion)— New Haven’s mayoral primary has all the makings of a close race. Not only is the race likely to be very close, but it is critically important that African-American voters use our votes wisely. One way in which we can exercise our vote wisely is by resisting the urge to engage in racial identity politics because it is clear to even the most casual observer that doing so has given politicians of all ethnic groups license to take our votes for granted.
Continue reading ‘Highsmith: Resist Racial Identity Politics’
by | Aug 24, 2019 9:22 pm | Comments (11)
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Harp with CHDC Chair Miguel Castro.
Cheering “Toni, Toni, Toni,” 50 members and supporters of the Connecticut Hispanic Democratic Caucus (CHDC) lent their voices to a formal endorsement of Mayor Toni Harp’s campaign for a fourth two-year term.
by | Aug 23, 2019 1:11 pm | Comments (15)
A statewide progressive party Friday announced it is endorsing Mayor Toni Harp’s reelection campaign — meaning she has a guaranteed ballot line in the Nov. 5 general election.
by | Aug 21, 2019 10:36 pm | Comments (4)
The Connecticut chapter of the activist group Students for Gun Legislation Wednesday announced they’ve endorsed Justin Elicker for New Haven mayor.
Continue reading ‘Anti-Gun-Violence Student Activists Back Elicker’
by | Aug 20, 2019 10:31 pm | Comments (39)
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A new TV ad by Mayor Toni Harp’s reelection campaign attacks challenger Justin Elicker for supporting a police proposal to use drones to track dirt bikers.
by | Aug 20, 2019 7:05 pm | Comments (4)
Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker picked up his first labor endorsement Tuesday, from the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers, Local 1.