tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654104652793036364.post4378620216233411827..comments2024-03-21T03:21:18.080-04:00Comments on Sad City Hartford: A Hartford Grass Roots MovementJumper McKayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00841003792575367125noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654104652793036364.post-86819635227457382792012-09-27T14:41:00.389-04:002012-09-27T14:41:00.389-04:00Why hasn't Perez been sent to jail yet? He wa...Why hasn't Perez been sent to jail yet? He was sentenced to eight years, suspended after three years, with three years in prison? I get that there might be an appeal process... but he was sentenced two years ago!! This man needs to serve the time for his crime… especially a crime that was worthy of an 8 year sentence before being suspended. Our justice system is so completely whacked. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654104652793036364.post-80541118532663151142011-10-12T09:40:53.497-04:002011-10-12T09:40:53.497-04:001) Not since brass went away, leaving a landscape ...1) Not since brass went away, leaving a landscape dotted with superfund sites. Unless you want to count a failed mall that's further imperiled a downtown that has some interesting architecture. Or the occasional big box moving in. And wig shops. A lot of wig shops.<br /><br />Downtown, we have a similar chicken/egg problem to Hartford. The city need businesses to attract people, but also needs people already there to make businesses viable. You also need people to live and work there. <br /><br />Also like Hartford, all the effort is focused on revitalizing downtown. There's little effort to improve the quality of life in poorer neighborhoods, beyond hoping that those residents will educate themselves and move to a better part of town, or not and move to another city.<br /> <br />2) We've actually had a surplus the past few years. They did the property revaluations right at the peak of the bubble and have been pretty vigorous. I do give them credit for trying. Rowland is not necessarily a bad guy and seems dedicated to resurrecting this town. <br /><br />3) I don't have an answer for this. I'm not over 60 so I haven't ever listened to local AM political talk radio. Maybe the radio show is to promote what they're doing, or placate the elderly WTIC listeners with the idea that "Something is being done". <br /><br />4) No, but the real problem is the way even a misdemeanor can render a non-politician unable for life. That's not to say that I was thrilled when I first heard about the Rowland hiring a couple of years ago, but annoyed that "Once you're in the club, things will always work out for you. If you're not in the club? Well, then. You're on your own."David Macharellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453459981637183618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654104652793036364.post-81852613619435234342011-10-12T08:42:02.293-04:002011-10-12T08:42:02.293-04:00It might have something to do with the Pride Block...It might have something to do with the Pride Blocks, aka Eddie Perez's blocks, that were singled out for neighborhood revitalization a few years back. <br /><br />Also, what makes you think the graffiti is recent? Not that it matters, I suppose, Eddie's still got lots of support in SOME quarters...janemmpnoreply@blogger.com