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• Barbara Franklin backs Foley for governor

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  Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Barbara Franklin, a Bristol resident, is among the prominent Republicans that gubernatorial hopeful Tom Foley listed among his backers this week.
  Foley, a former ambassador, is pushing to win the GOP's endorsement in May for his campaign to succeed outgoing Gov. Jodi Rell, who is [...]

  Posted: December 22, 2009, 2:57pm EST
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• Renaissance looms for downtown?

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  Bristol Downtown Development Corp. on Monday named Long Island developer Renaissance Downtowns as its choice to tackle the city-owned former mall property.
  “Finally we’re at the start,” said BDDC board member John Lodovico. “We’re at the gate.”
  The 5-1 vote came after Don Monti, president of Renaissance and Bristol developer [...]

  Posted: December 21, 2009, 9:59pm EST
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• Colapietro still says no Sunday liquor sales

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  Press release from state Sen. Tom Colapietro, a Bristol Democrat who is co-chair of the General Law Committee and a staunch critic of proposals to allow the sale of alcohol on Sundays:
  
  
  SEN. COLAPIETRO TAKES ISSUE WITH NEW REPORT ON SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES
  HARTFORD— State Sen. Thomas A. [...]

  Posted: December 21, 2009, 5:35pm EST
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• Bristol schools score high on teaching minority kids

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  Nice to see that Bristol's two high schools are among the best in the state at making sure minority children are learning at a high level. See ConnCan's rankings.
  
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  Posted: December 21, 2009, 3:42pm EST
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• Snow stories

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  Number of comments: 16
  First off, there is a on-street parking ban in effect in Bristol, for obvious reasons. So don't leave your cars on the roads to cause headaches for plow operators and the police. They have enough to do.
  Beyond that, though, I thought I'd just open this up for any tales [...]

  Posted: December 19, 2009, 9:40pm EST
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• D'Amato, Renaissance want BDDC to hold meeting Monday

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  Memo sent to the Bristol Downtown Development Corp. board members this morning by the nonprofit's chair, Frank Johnson:
  Please be advised that just before  we concluded our last meeting both developers had decided to get together to consider  a cooperative approach.
  We instructed them to let us know if their [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 12:40pm EST
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• Johnson answers executive session questions

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  The chairman of the Bristol Downtown Development Corp., Frank Johnson, just sent me this:
  Jennifer’s question about Renaissance ‘being spread too thin’ was raised in Executive session as were a number of other questions by board members. Each in turn was determined to be inappropriate for Executive session and the [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 6:06pm EST
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• No high speed rail money for New England?

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  Thanks to the Hartford Courant's Rick Green for pointing out The Boston Globe piece today that leaves little grounds for hoping that high speed rail might come to Connecticut anytime soon.
  
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 4:26pm EST
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• So what's so secret about this?

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  In her email to the Bristol Downtown Development Corp. board and others this morning, Jennifer Janelle included this paragraph:
  In addition to Waterbury, Meriden, Norwich, and Nashua, the July 2009 edition of New Urban News states that Monti has targeted and is putting in proposals in 22 communities:  Paterson, NJ; [...]

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 4:20pm EST
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• Backers of BDDC defend downtown overseers

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  Before the dust can settle on the downtown stalemate, the chairman of the Bristol Downtown Development Corp. is defending the board’s work and local business leaders are weighing in, asking for action. Read the rest of reporter Jackie Majerus' story here.
  
  
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 7:08am EST
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• Catch up on the BDDC

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  For those who want to know what the Bristol Downtown Development Corp. has been doing, here is the link to read all of its minutes, which are posted on the city's confusing website. If anyone finds anything juicy, let us know!
  You can actually find out a lot more [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 4:59pm EST
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• Leone's resignation note

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  From:              John Leone 
  To:                   art ward 
  CC:                  Frank Johnson 
  Date:                12/16/2009 7:59 AM
  Subject:          Resignation From BDDC Board
  
  Mayor Ward
  I am writing to resign from the Bristol Downtown Development Corporation effective Tuesday, December 15.
  I want to thank you Mayor, for nominating me to the position  and also [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 4:52pm EST
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• Will Leone be replaced quickly?

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  Mayor Art Ward said this afternoon he hasn't decided whether to try to appoint someone to fill John Leone's seat on the Bristol Downtown Development Corp. in time to participate in Monday's Showdown Session II.
  He said there are four or five names floating around as possible picks.
  The mayor' [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 2:32pm EST
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• Janelle to Nicastro: Call me

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  Bristol Downtown Development Corp. member Jennifer Janelle's response to Mike Nicastro, the chamber's president:
  
  Mr. Nicastro,
  You really should not speak of things about which you do not know.
  First, the original October meeting was scheduled for a date that I was prepared to attend. The meeting date was [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 2:25pm EST
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• Leone's resignation takes effect today

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  Read Press reporter Jackie Majerus' story about the resignation of former Mayor John Leone from the Bristol Downtown Development Corp. here.
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 7:09am EST
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• Janelle hangs tough

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  When the president of the Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce called on Bristol Downtown Development Corp. member Jennifer Janelle to quit, she refused.
  “Of course he wants me to resign,” Janelle told Press reporter Jackie Majerus. “I’m not part of the old crony political crowd in Bristol.” Read the [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 7:05am EST
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• Leone resigned today

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  Mayor Art Ward said that John Leone resigned from the Bristol Downtown Development Corp.
  
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:05pm EST
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• Leone's tenuous position

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  I can't quarrel with former Mayor John Leone's view that he can't ethically take part in the Bristol Downtown Development Corp.'s decision about who should develop the Depot Square sit. If Leone thinks the situation is such that he can't vote, then he clearly shouldn't vote. He's got a better [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 3:48pm EST
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• Dutton Heights renovation hinges on a bus stop

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  Don't miss my story in today's Bristol Press about a proposed renovation to the aging Dutton Heights housing project. The $14 million project hinges on whether the location of a little-used bus stop can be shifted by one block, officials said. Read the whole thing here.
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:08pm EST
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• Millionaire-Maker always another option

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  Hey, if things don't work out with Renaissance or D'Amato, the Bristol Downtown Development Corp. can always go back to this guy.
  
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:20am EST
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• Johnson: Bristol Blog has lots of readers

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  The Bristol Blog came up during last night's Bristol Downtown Development Corp. meeting, giving the otherwise dismal session at least a short moment of sunshine.
  The chairman of the nonprofit formed to revamp downtown, Frank Johnson, said that everybody claims they don't read the Bristol Blog, yet they all' [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:25am EST
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• Downtown meltdown

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  Last night's implosion of the Bristol Downtown Development Corp., whose seven members managed to divide themselves up into four distinct groups in vote after vote, doesn't look any better the next day.
  What we saw as the panel tried to decide which of two developers to bring on board were' [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:16am EST
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• Frank Johnson, BDDC chair, explains his vote for Renaissance

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  This is the statement read by Frank Johnson, the chairman of the Bristol Downtown Development Corp., to explain his thinking about the choice of a developer for the former mall site:
  
  The BDDC was created in April of 2007, following exhaustive and sometimes heated discussion. Since its creation, the [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:58am EST
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• Bristol is growing?

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  One of the most important numbers that Bristol will be watching for is its next U.S. Census population figure.
  Last time around, the city's population dipped slightly to 60.062, the first time it had ever gone down.
  This time, Census 2010 is likely to find that the city is growing [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 7:11am EST
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• Let the City Council decide instead?

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  In a room packed with all sorts of politicians, past and present, watching the Bristol Downtown Development Corp. implode, one of its board members was ready to throw up his hands.
  Tom Cosgrove said that maybe the nonprofit should simply let the City Council make the decision on which developer [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:33pm EST
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• The state angle

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  Bristol has a way of putting its worst foot forward.
  On the cusp of hiring its preferred downtown developer, the firm that with luck will put the pieces together to make the revival of the city center possible, Bristol's officials managed to make themselves look about as far removed from' [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 10:27pm EST
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• Janelle's votes puzzling, too

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  Bristol Downtown Development Corp. board member Jennifer Janelle managed tonight to do something nobody else did: she voted against both of the firms competing to win approval as the preferred developer of the former downtown mall.
  She first refused to go along with picking D'Amato Realty for the position, joining' [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 9:05pm EST
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• Democrats refuse to let 'Gov. Scrooge' slash jobs

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  State Rep. Frank Nicastro, a Bristol Democrat, said tonight that when the legislature goes into session Tuesday, it's not going to go along with Gov. Jodi Rell's budget reduction ideas.
  "We are not going to accept the governor's plan," Nicastro said.
  He said that Rell's proposal would cost at least [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:20pm EST
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• Nothing against Leone, but...

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  If you really wanted to get something done in Bristol the past quarter century, you got John Leone on your side. The former mayor, and former head of the chamber of commerce, has the tenacity and damn-the-obstacles focus to ram most anything through all but the stiffest of opposition.
  So [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 7:55pm EST
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• They can't decide which developer. Really.

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  So the rumors turned out to be right: former Mayor John Leone is abstaining from the vote, leaving the choice of who the developer should be to the other six members of the Bristol Downtown Development Corp.
  Dick Kallenbach kicks things off by moving that the city hire D'Amato Realty' [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 7:46pm EST
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