There has been a DPUC investigation brewing for quite a while now of our own East Hartford Community Television after it was revealed that EHCT had been falsely claiming it was a non-profit for some 20 years and had managed to squirrel away almost a million dollars in cash and [...]
The town leaf pickup crew came by this morning and vacuumed the leaves from the curb. As I always do I started thinking about the cost of the service.
I noticed there was one truck, with a driver, one vacuum operator, three rakers and two supervisors in town pickups. 7 people [...]
Video: 11-09-09 Town Council Swearing In/Organizational Meeting.
[...]Video: 11-09-09 Town Council Swearing In/Organizational Meeting.
I have been trying to post this for two weeks and finally got it up. Blip.tv was not loving this video and kept breaking it off around 20 minutes.
This is the swearing in of our newly elected officials. The Town Council selects a [...]
I’ve been seeing a couple of catchy TV ads on recently for what appeared to be a new bank offering better than average terms and rates for depositors. You have probably seen the commercial in which the two girls get ponies, one fake and one real which exclaims that even [...]
During the campaign, while this blog was suspended, a hearing was held on the FOI complaint I had filed against the the Real Estate Acquisition & Disposition Committee. The hearing was my first experience in such a setting and I’m happy for the experience.
I received notice from the FOI commission [...]
TOWN COUNCIL MAJORITY OFFICE
NOVEMBER 12, 2009
SPECIAL MEETING
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONTRACT re: 590 BURNSIDE AVE – DALEY COURT
PRESENT Chair Richard F. Kehoe, Vice Chair William P. Horan, Jr., Majority Leader Marcia A. Leclerc, Minority Leader Donald H. Pitkin, Councillors Marc I. Weinberg, Barbara-Ann Rossi, Linda A. Russo, Eric A. Thompson and Susan P. [...]
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBER
EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
R E V I S E D 11-16-09
PRESENT Chair Richard F. Kehoe, Vice Chair William P. Horan, Jr., Majority Leader Marcia A. Leclerc, Minority Leader Donald H. Pitkin, Councillors Marc I. Weinberg, Barbara-Ann Rossi, Linda A. Russo, Eric Thompson and Susan Skowronek
CALL TO ORDER
In [...]
Video: Town Council Special Meeting 11-12-09
[...]The East Hartford Town Council met at a special meeting on Thursday evening to review and approve the previously posted contract for the Daley Court property. The contract gives New Samaritan 2 years to secure their funding and get to work. It seems this project is not quite so urgent [...]
TOWN COUNCIL CHAMBER
EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
PRESENT Chair Richard F. Kehoe, Vice Chair William P. Horan, Jr., Majority Leader Marcia A. Leclerc, Minority Leader Donald H. Pitkin, Councillors Marc I. Weinberg, Barbara-Ann Rossi, Linda A. Russo, Eric Thompson and Susan Skowronek
CALL TO ORDER
In accordance with Section 3.2(a) of [...]
TO: Hockanum River Commissioners
FROM: Paula Saaf, Chair
SUBJ: November 18, 2009 Meeting – RESCHEDULED
DATE: November 12, 2009
The November 18, 2009 meeting of the Hockanum River Commission has been rescheduled due to scheduling conflicts. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Monday, December 2, 2009 at 6 p.m. at the East Hartford Community [...]
Thank You.
Video: Gratitude Campaign
The East Hartford Redevelopment Agency approved the sale contract at a Monday morning special meeting as expected. The video below is interesting. When asked about Chuck Koteen’s involvement in the deal the Chairwoman, Robin Pearson, acted as if she didn’t know who he was. Jeanne Webb, Development Director for East [...]
A lot has happened on Daley Court since June which I have been unable to share thanks the the blog hiatus.
It was revealed that the developers lied to the Council about the urgency of the property transfer approval. They had said they had a HUD application deadline in July and [...]
Thank you to everyone who offered their support during my Town Council campaign. Your support was invaluable and although I was not successful in my Town Council bid we were successful in laying the groundwork for a better East Hartford.
Thank you Joe and Carolyn Kronen, as the campaign chairman and [...]
Jason Rojas Nomination
Jason Rojas Speech
Joseph Hachey Nomination
Joseph Hachey Speech
Chris Stone Speech
Roll Call Vote
[...]Cliff Thompson Nomination
Dennis Brenner Nomination
Dennis Brenner Second
Dennis Brenner Second (2)
Michael Crockett Nomination
Michael Crockett Second
Cliff Thompson Speech
Dennis Brenner Speech
Michael Crockett Speech
Roll Call Vote
Cliff Thompson Acceptance
[...]Start of Convention
Rules Committee
Credentials Committee
Nominations
Seconding
Acceptance
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1552698611993061091 [...]
http://brainflation.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/shuttle-launches-tonight-even-if-we-cant-watch-it-on-tv-anymore/
The launch of STS-127 got scrubbed last night due to impending thunderstorms and rescheduled for tonight at 6:51 PM.
Watch the launch online:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?param=public
Follow the mission blog for the latest:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/launch_blog.html
Posted in Misc. Tagged: NASA, Shuttle Launch, STS-127 [...] 
