(Opinion) New Haven’s mayor had a chance to step up to a clean-money challenge — and he did, even though it wasn’t convenient. Will his campaign opponents step up as well?
Newly elected State Treasurer Erick Russell of New Haven was sworn in this week with an opportunity to step up to powerful people in his own party who have been torpedoing a once-in-a-generation chance to give kids born into poverty some long-term help in closing the generational wealth gap. Will Russell step up?
Laquvia Jones stepped up after losing one son to street gun violence. She confronted a room of shooters and potential shooters in order to put a human face on an ongoing tragedy and beg them to consider the consequences of their actions. Now she has lost a second son the same way — and she showed up again to urge us all to step up with her. Will we?
Those developments and that question are the subject of this week’s opinionated v‑log news summary direct from the New Haven Independent’s assignment desk — er, compost heap. Click on the video at the top of this story to watch it; please feel encouraged to add your thoughts in the comments section below.
(Thanks to canine neighbor Joey Ramone for the audio assist.)
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Laquvia Jones with 8-year-old Jayceon at Fair Haven vigil this week for her slain son Dontae Myers.