With an estimated 35 workers that are accepting early retirement packages which is not sufficient to end the budget hole that the city is in according to city hall source.
It will be necessary for at least 12 or more city worker to face a job lay off in order to reduce this budget gap our mayor faces.
What city services that will be cut due to the layoffs the Mayor has not elaborated which of these services will be selected.
frank smith
Looks like Phil Sherwood will soon be out of a job too!
ReplyDeleteChallenger Accuses Hartford Mayor Of Unethical Behavior
Segarra Campaign Says Vargas' Allegations Lack Credibility
CARLESSO, jcarlesso@courant.com, The Hartford Courant
HARTFORD — — With less than a week left before the Sept. 13 primary, mayoral candidate Edwin Vargas has accused Mayor Pedro Segarra of exhibiting a "pattern" of unethical behavior, citing three examples over an 18-year period.
Segarra's campaign dismissed the accusations, saying they lack credibility.
Vargas said the mayor purchased "construction work at a large discount rate" for a wrought iron fence at his property and violated ordinances.
He also charged that Segarra violated election rules by running a "welcome back to class" advertisement in Identidad Latina, a city-based Hispanic newspaper. The ad features the city seal but doesn't include a statement saying who paid for or authorized the advertisement, Vargas said.
"If it was indeed paid for by the city of Hartford, it brings up questions of transparency and responsible usage of city funds," he said in a release issued Tuesday.
Vargas also said that in 1993, when Segarra was corporation counsel, a $150,000 business loan was granted to Bercom Distributors by the city. The company closed after making only a few payments, according to reports, and the loan was deemed unrecoverable.
"Segarra, as corporation counsel, was charged with pursuing this potentially fraudulent matter yet visibly stalled in his office's investigation process," Vargas said.
He said Wednesday the incidents show that the mayor has demonstrated a "cavalier attitude" and a pattern of unethical behavior.
"We saw a pattern we don't believe is a good pattern for a leader," Vargas said. "He should have a clear understanding of the importance of ethics and the appearance of wrongdoing."
Segarra's campaign manager, Phil Sherwood, said Vargas was stretching the truth as he seeks to unseat an incumbent in the Democratic primary.
"This is a desperate candidate doing desperate things at the last minute," Sherwood said. "It's unfortunate. Residents want to focus on the issues. That's what Mayor Segarra has done and what he'll continue to do."
Sherwood said Vargas' claims about the fence were "factually untrue," and that the advertisement was paid for by the city, but was not campaign material.
It goes without saying that he is unethical--after all he has a D next his name indicating he is a member of the most unethical party.
ReplyDeleteMaybe now Phil Sherwood will go back to his home state of New Hampshire and leave us all alone!!!
ReplyDeleteSomewhere in Vermont there is a village that is missing their idiot!
ReplyDeletePublic works, all lay offs should come from there. If you need more parks Dept, need I sa more!
ReplyDeleteYou could lay off parks department trash pickers, but then who would be left to frequent area restaurants all day?
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many of these jobs could have been saved if we didn't have to spend thousands of dollars to run a Republican primary for one guy?
ReplyDeleteWho would even miss them. There should be more layoffs. Welcome to the real world.
ReplyDelete" Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many of these jobs could have been saved if we didn't have to spend thousands of dollars to run a Republican primary for one guy?"
September 12, 2011 7:57 PM"
Mr. Dunderhead above, apparently doesn't realize that all NB polling places are open today because of the DEMOCRATIC MAYORAL PRIMARY!
The primary for alderman from Ward 4 is only in three of those places. Thousands of dollars expended, indeed.