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Newhallville committee co-chair Oscar Havyarimana and neighbors Maritza Spell, Pascazia Havyarimana, and Addie Kimbrough.
Gentrification and unemployment took center stage for a night in New Haven’s mayoral race, as Democratic candidates fielded questions in Newhallville.
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The Ward 5 Democratic Ward Committee hears from City Clerk Michael Smart.
The Ward 5 Democratic Ward Committee in the Hill endorsed a familiar face for alder on Tuesday evening, in addition to backing the incumbent for mayor.
by | Jun 30, 2019 4:53 pm | Comments (40)
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Elicker (above) addresses Bethel congregants (below).
Days after an opposing campaign attacked his wife and her fellow federal prosecutors as Trump co-conspirators, mayoral candidate Justin Elicker took to the pulpit Sunday to urge New Haveners to transcend “political rhetoric” and “come together as a city.”
by | Jun 28, 2019 7:57 am | Comments (21)
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Independent mayoral candidate Seth Poole.
• At budget forum, mayoral candidate Seth Poole calls for leaving prison reentry to nonprofits.
• Backs gov’t tree-trimming, street repair, fines for litterbugs, 25 year-old minimum for cops.
• Elicker: Ban towing for parking tix.
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Gov. Ned Lamont wants state legislators to approve new highway electronic tolls this summer in a special session. Ain’t going to happen.
Continue reading ‘Elliott: Lamont’s Inexperience Dooms Tolls For Now’
by | Jun 26, 2019 7:34 pm | Comments (72)
Hit job crew? Mauro (pictured with alleged co-conspirators Trump, Elicker): “The stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard in my life.”
If true, the grandest conspiracy in the modern history of New Haven politics was revealed Wednesday night, tying the Trump White House to the FBI to the New Haven Democratic Town Committee to mayoral candidate Justin Elicker.
by | Jun 26, 2019 12:21 pm | Comments (20)
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Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker at a recent Democratic Town Committee meeting.
Limit Yale property acquisitions through changes to the zoning code by encouraging vertical, not horizontal, expansion of its university and medical campuses.
Continue reading ‘Elicker: Use Zoning Code To Slow Yale’s Roll’
by | Jun 25, 2019 8:46 am | Comments (13)
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Darnell Goldson filing papers in the clerk’s office.
Darnell Goldson, the Board of Education’s current president, is seeking for another four-year term to mount a fight for more school funding from the state, even if it means filing suit.
Continue reading ‘Goldson Files For Reelection To School Board’
by | Jun 21, 2019 12:17 pm | Comments (3)
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Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker used to work as a waiter during his college years in Middlebury, Vermont.
There he learned that when you a carry a tray one-handed at the shoulder level or higher, don’t keep your hand flat. Instead, spread the fingers out, giving you five points of contact and support for your heavy-laden tray.
by | Jun 21, 2019 8:06 am | Comments (4)
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Ward 21 candidates Winter, Gist, Nunez, Streater.
Voters will get a choice this year about who should represent them in at least two of the city’s 30 wards.
by | Jun 19, 2019 1:04 pm | Comments (12)
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New Haven Ward 9 Committee Co-Chair Sarah Locke and DTC Chair Vinnie Mauro.
The four Democratic mayoral candidates honed their campaign stump speeches — with lists of accomplishments, idealistic visions for the future, critiques of the status quo, and even some stand-up comedy — as they sought to win the local party’s endorsement.
by | Jun 17, 2019 10:30 pm | Comments (15)
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James Barber, Mychal Brown, Nick Neely count the vote.
Mayor Toni Harp got a reminder Monday night that she faces a tough reelection campaign — a reminder that came on her home turf.
by | Jun 14, 2019 2:03 pm | Comments (10)
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Marchand Friday at City Clerk’s office.
Adam Marchand is looking to make it a decade as a Westville alder.
by | Jun 14, 2019 8:34 am | Comments (22)
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Justin Elicker campaigning Thursday night at Devil’s Gear. Shop owner Matthew Feiner at left.
Justin Elicker popped into a downtown cycle shop Thursday night to vow to become a mayor who rides his bike to work — and makes it easier for other people to as well.
by | Jun 11, 2019 9:35 pm | Comments (46)
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The sun was shining in the parking lot of the 50 Fitch Street commercial plaza — and Toni Harp picked up on the theme.
by | Jun 11, 2019 2:28 pm | Comments (5)
Marjorie Bonadies waded into the toxic waters of the Nextdoor social-media site — and, she said, ended up accidentally pressing a button she didn’t mean to.
by | Jun 11, 2019 12:58 pm | Comments (20)
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Elicker with campaign supporter Nichole Jefferson at Monday’s press conferenec.
Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker Monday compared New Haven to Flint, Michigan — and he didn’t mean it as a compliment.
by | Jun 4, 2019 5:58 pm | Comments (20)
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Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker Tuesday at Prescott Bush.
Mary Demand-McDaniel watched Justin Elicker juggle a lemon, apple and orange for a room full of her fellow seniors.
“Can you do that,” she asked him, “with the school budget?”
by | May 31, 2019 1:42 pm | Comments (15)
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Toni Harp and Justin Elicker at second mayoral candidate forum.
Ship shape? Or the Titanic?
by | May 31, 2019 12:35 pm | Comments (2)
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Glasses were raised at 50 Fitch Restaurant and Bar not for the Boston Red Sox on the TV screen, but for the familiar face from around the city looking to launch a second career as an elected official.
by | May 31, 2019 12:32 pm | Comments (8)
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Urn Pendragon at an affordable-housing rally outside City Hall.
The city should pass an inclusionary zoning ordinance that mandates the construction of new affordable housing. It should fund the installation of solar panels and small wind turbines atop those inclusive residences, so that the cost of lighting and heating those affordable units drops along with their environmental footprint.
by | May 30, 2019 12:43 pm | Comments (21)
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Mayoral hopeful Justin Elicker at Bella Vista Wednesday evening.
Justin Elicker didn’t tell the seniors at Bella Vista everything they wanted to hear. But he promised to stand by them.
In song. The one by Ben E. King.
by | May 29, 2019 7:15 am | Comments (2)
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Mayoral Candidate Jay Kaye.
Jay Kaye has spent 30 years restoring buildings. Now, he said, he would like to do the same to his hometown of Hamden by doing away with political impasses in town government, creating balance, and restoring the town to a stable fiscal position.
by | May 23, 2019 2:12 pm | Comments (73)
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The Harp 2019 mayoral campaign released a new flyer that compares mayoral challenger Justin Elicker and President Donald Trump.
They are both driven by “overconfidence & incompetence,” it asserts, equating Elicker’s call for a $50 million voluntary contribution from Yale with Trump’s promise to build a wall on the southern border and make Mexico pay for it.
by | May 22, 2019 10:14 pm | Comments (10)
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Burnt-out wreckage of 150 West St. illegal rooming house. Top photo: Candidates at Wednesday night’s forum.
Out-of-town slumlords didn’t win any votes at the latest Democratic mayoral candidate forum.
But they did inspire campaign pitches from candidates looking to leverage policy expertise, ethical leadership, and boundary-pushing ideas to both protect renters and seize (or maintain) control of City Hall.