by | Mar 15, 2021 5:48 pm | Comments (17)
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GOP chief Carlson: “Bizarre.”
The Elicker administration advised election officials to create a new barrier to people seeking voter information — advice it now says it will withdraw in the face of complaints.
People working on 2021 municipal campaigns learned of the new barrier in recent weeks when they asked to see ward voter registration lists.
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All in: DuBois-Walton backers Tamiko Jackson-McArthur a member of the Board of Ed; street outreach workers Len Jahad and William “Juneboy” Outlaw, and activist Germano Kimbro at Monday’s exploratory committee launch.
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DuBois-Walton with ConnCORP’s Erik Clemons, who introduced her at Monday’s event.
With the city’s most dramatically transformed neighborhood landscape as a backdrop, Karen DuBois-Walton launched her quest for the mayor’s office by challenging New Haveners to dream “big ideas” and take “bold action.”
by | Mar 5, 2021 4:17 pm | Comments (57)
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Karen DuBois-Walton: “New Haven knows how to come together and solve big problems in creative ways.”
Promising to rally New Haveners to tackle big challenges with “equity,” Karen DuBois-Walton has decided to explore a challenge to incumbent first-term Mayor Justin Elicker in a Democratic primary.
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Shafiq Abdussabur.
A diverse cast of neighbors from one of New Haven’s most diverse neighborhoods gathered virtually Monday to help formally launch an alder candidacy.
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Shafiq Abdussabur, visiting voters Tuesday on Moreland Road.
One of the lawn signs Abdussabur has helped distribute in Beaver Hills. This one was on Ellsworth Ave.
Shafiq Abdussabur, an outspoken advocate for community policing during his two decades as a New Haven cop, has launched an aldermanic campaign centered around public safety and community cohesion in a crime-rattled neighborhood.
by | Jan 21, 2021 2:54 pm | Comments (49)
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Elicker at Thursday’s reelection announcement.
With his wife Natalie standing beside him — and no one else — Mayor Justin Elicker Thursday announced he has filed papers to seek a second two-year term, citing “so much work” he still wants to tackle on the pandemic, schools, housing, and town-gown relations.