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EDITORIAL:
It was announced a few weeks ago by the local media that
Phil Sherwood would resign as Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor O'Brien.
Supposedly, Phil, his wife and two children, would all be
moving to New Hampshire. Media reports have it that the union his
wife works for will be transferring her to a job in New Hampshire so she can move away with
Phil.
What seems to be even more disturbing is that O'Brien
plans to appoint a replacement for Phil by the end of July! With only three months left in O'Brien's
tenure, why is a replacement needed?
Can the Mayor not speak for himself, think for himself or
even write for himself?
Why must the
taxpayers of NB be responsible for the Mayor's ineptitude?
Sherwood has said that he will stay through "the
transition period." What transition?
From what to what or from whom to whom? Taxpayers and our
useless Common Council should revolt at the notion of hiring another do-nothing
for the Mayor's office.
I ask-- What does Rosemary Klotz do, or the Executive Aide
from Berlin for that matter? How many assistants does our incompetent mayor really need for the last 3 months of his term?
Rise up New Britain taxpayers! Speak out against O'Brien
and his uselessness!
New Britain will definitely be better for Sherwood's leaving!
ReplyDeleteI hear he was good at bagging groceries before he became mayor.
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ReplyDeleteNew Britain’s Republican mayoral candidate Erin Stewart has her sights on connecting with the city’s Latino community. For New Britain mayoral candidate Erin Stewart, the city she hopes to lead has nearly a 40 percent Latino population, so Stewart, who is running on the Republican ticket, knows that capturing the Hispanic vote is key to securing a win. She realizes it is imperative she draw the attention of this segment of voters to her candidacy and assure them that she will act as their voice. “It’s not about targeting any one group of people,” Stewart said. “The entire city is important to me. We are a city as a whole and every group of people matter to me. However, I am very well aware that the Latino population has grown exponentially over the past decade.”
New Britain’s Latinos are part of the city’s future, she said, and that should be enough to make all local politicians stop and listen. “When I see a population grow by that much I want to make sure that I’m listening to them and I’m well aware of their needs and have them know that they will have a seat at my table in moving New Britain forward,” she said.
Stewart, who is 26, grew up in New Britain and attended public city schools. She said, “I know my community, and I want them to not look at me based off my party, but look at me based off what I have to bring to the table,” she said.
She currently serves on the city’s Board of Education, and is quick to remind those she runs into on the campaign trail that she has spent all her life in New Britain, cares deeply for the city and that spending time with the Latino community is not new to her. She wants to make sure that New Britain residents do not judge her based solely on her affiliation, rather Stewart says she wants voters to know she is a candidate who knows the city well and will bring new ideas and energy to the job.
“It’s important we bring in new, young people into the political system, otherwise government keeps trying the same old systems that aren’t always effective and don’t work in urban areas,” she said.
With recent Latino voting trends in Connecticut shifting from overwhelmingly Democratic to unaffiliated and Republican, Stewart’s targeted strategy has come at an opportune time, when securing Latino voters can make or break an election. While a small majority are registered as Democrats, close to half, or 71,488 of the 176,000 Latino voters listed by the Secretary of State’s office, are unaffiliated, and another estimated 14,000 are registered as Republicans.
With a new focus to identify with Hispanics in Connecticut, coupled with Stewart’s strides toward gaining Latino support in her mayoral race, state leaders appear optimistic that their effort will show growth in the polls. She recently attended the Puerto Rican Social & Cultural Festival in New Britain that rewarded her with a “much stronger connection” with the Latino community in New Britain, she said. She added that when it comes to the big issues in New Britain, her goal is an inclusive focus of the entire population, saying, “When we talk about education, for example, we are talking about improving education for Latinos, African Americans, Polish Americans, Asian Americans, everyone. That’s what all families care about. ”
Everyone is trying to screw New Britain. The Salina family has been doing it for years. Paul Salina collecting a pension from the NB BOE and now is the school sytem's Direction Operations. Will this be pension number two? How about his in-laws, the Verdis?
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