This new action is in response to the Common Council's action reducing the fees for large apartment complexes with the mayor reporting to the councils membership that he had met with the city's landlords when he actually only met with two city landlords.
This should be considered as a response to Phil Sherwood's remarks citing after the council took its action for the lower rates. Mr. Sherwood was quoted in the local media citing "the court injunction became meaningless." Thus, leaving Sherwood with a feeling of undress.
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I don't like the ordinance one bit but there challenge no longer stands much if any chance in court.
ReplyDeleteWe should have stopped it while we had the chance...
thank you for burning that image in my mind.
ReplyDeleteThere is no winner or loser in this matter. The ordinance originally concocted to raise revenue will not see that effect. It prompted a negative picture of New Britain and it's leaders which will not fade any time soon. Now in place the registration of rentals only applies to those properties where the landlord does not reside therefore there is little or no benefit to tenants equally. Landlords and investors have a bad taste in their mouths about doing business here. Multi-family listings have risen. Assessments have gone down. Both sides of the isle were forced to waste tens of thousands of dollars holding their positions. And last but not least the New Britain taxpayers are footing the bill for a public relations firm to turn around O'Brien's stupidity.
ReplyDeleteThe only way to defeat this is in November with a clean sweep of the mayor' office and the majority of council positions.
ReplyDeleteWhen will Sherwood realize he is the Butt of City Jokes!
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