by | Jul 10, 2013 5:07 pm | Comments (101)
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With $177,000, most of it raised from out-of-town donors, Henry Fernandez posted the biggest fundraising total as mayoral campaigns submitted papers for the latest war-chest weigh-in.
by | Jul 10, 2013 12:09 pm | Comments (45)
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With the help of a spare cardboard box and some higher-order math, one neighborhood tested a new way of choosing candidates — when the choice is between more than two.
by | Jul 10, 2013 8:15 am | Comments (23)
Toni Harp called for reinstituting a 160-day attendance rule at James Hillhouse High School — and in the process took a swipe at one of her rivals in the mayoral election.
by | Jul 9, 2013 3:16 pm | Comments (10)
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East Rock’s Anna Festa has become the second aldermanic candidate to resign from the fledgling “Take Back New Haven” organization.
Continue reading ‘Festa Takes Back Her “Take Back” Affiliation’
by | Jul 9, 2013 1:24 pm | Comments (16)
Another mayoral candidate has strategically released a fundraising total in the run-up to Wednesday’s filing deadline for campaign finance reports.
by | Jul 9, 2013 12:24 pm | Comments (36)
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On the heels of a “traumatizing” walk through Newhallville, mayoral candidate Toni Harp came to the 10th-floor offices of the Chamber of Commerce to call on the city, local churches, and Yale-New Haven Hospital to pull together to revive the Dixwell Community “Q” House.
by | Jul 9, 2013 10:48 am | Comments (21)
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Holder-Winfield & Harp on the trail.
When mayoral candidate Toni Harp visited two nearby homes on Division Street, she glimpsed two sides of Newhallville’s struggle to provide opportunities for young people.
Continue reading ‘Harp Hits Division Street With Holder-Winfield’
by | Jul 9, 2013 7:50 am | Comments (42)
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Fernandez schmoozes with debate organizer Officer Abdussabur.
Keno came to the police union hall Monday night — not the electronic betting game itself, but the controversy over whether it should come to New Haven.
Continue reading ‘At Debate, Fernandez Presses Harp On Keno’
by | Jul 8, 2013 1:00 pm | Comments (6)
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Seniors in Newhallville have had someone these part two years review their electricity bills with them and straighten out problems — their alderwoman.
by | Jul 8, 2013 8:22 am | Comments (13)
City Hall should let you video-chat with downtown workers and license your dog (like Justin Elicker’s pooch Captain, pictured) via home computer. City Hall should come to your neighborhood so you can file forms there. City Hall should enable you to file the forms through your cell phone, the way you already pay bills.
Those three visions of 21st century city government came from three people who want to run it.
by | Jul 5, 2013 5:12 pm | Comments (14)
Official numbers aren’t in yet, but the campaign of mayoral candidate Toni Harp announced exceeding the $100,000 fundraising mark late Friday afternoon.
by | Jul 5, 2013 2:52 pm | Comments (63)
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Less that a week after a new slate of aldermanic candidates announced it was taking aim at the union-backed political “machine,” one member has already jumped ship, saying labor unions have co-opted the organization.
by | Jul 4, 2013 11:24 am | Comments (28)
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“I love you!’
“I love you, man!”
“Now put that on your wrist, man. Represent!”
by | Jul 3, 2013 4:31 pm | Comments (9)
Aaron Brownstein’s gambling addiction was so bad that he’d regularly blow his entire paycheck on scratch tickets. He agreed with mayoral candidate Henry Fernandez Wednesday that allowing Keno in restaurants would mean more people getting hooked just like he did.
by | Jul 3, 2013 12:08 pm | Comments (14)
Toni Harp’s signs came down. A Kermit Carolina sign went up. But the battle for the vote at 48 Foote St. may not be over yet.
by | Jul 2, 2013 4:08 pm | Comments (0)
At their next big debate, New Haven’s five (at last count) Democratic mayoral candidates will address how to make the streets and our neighborhoods safe — and you can help provide the questions.
by | Jul 1, 2013 4:07 pm | Comments (48)
When mayoral candidate Kermit Carolina noticed an opponent’s sign on a Dixwell front lawn, he found he had some explaining to do — about a misunderstood notion of “special-interest” money.
by | Jul 1, 2013 3:35 pm | Comments (16)
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As in a rocking chair, that is.
by | Jul 1, 2013 1:45 pm | Comments (23)
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Hill restaurateur Miguel Pittman wants to keep Keno out of the Hill.
Keno hasn’t arrived in New Haven’s restaurants yet — but it has landed in the hotly contested race for mayor, with one candidate accusing another of sneaking a “crack”-like form of gambling into the city.
by | Jun 30, 2013 10:14 pm | Comments (90)
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Stratton blasts union leadership before a crowd at Pitkin Plaza.
The insurgents of 2011 — the Yale union-backed candidates who toppled the City Hall-backed “machine” — became the targets of a new anti-“machine” insurgency Sunday evening.
by | Jun 28, 2013 2:20 pm | Comments (2)
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Days after introducing himself to Wooster Square voters, one of four candidates for alderman has already left the race.
by | Jun 28, 2013 12:32 pm | Comments (2)
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Brackeen.
Chase after contractors after they botch a sidewalk? Or keep track of them in advance?
Continue reading ‘All Politics Is Local At Westville Campaign Forum’
by | Jun 28, 2013 9:20 am | Comments (9)
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Morrison.
Dixwell Alderwoman Jeanette Morrison launched a reelection bid with one top priority for the neighborhood: Find a way to reopen the shuttered Q House.
by | Jun 27, 2013 4:15 pm | Comments (6)
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Two dozen Latino leaders cheered on Sergio Rodriguez’s campaign for city/town clerk Thursday, chanting “Split the vote!”
by | Jun 27, 2013 8:25 am | Comments (24)
Toni Harp officially accepted former rival Gary Holder-Winfield’s backing for her mayoral campaign — and then hinted at backing him in return for his own next career move.