Gerratana For Tax Collector???

The New Britain Herald Editorial regarding Greg Gerratana's 2009 campaign for Tax Collector which appeared on September20, 2009 read as follows: "Gerratana is the Democratic candidate for tax collector, a position which requires the highest perception of integrity.   As a result, The Herald has some concerns about Gerratana's qualifications for that office, given the adolescent nature of his actions.   His party subsequently, made him resign from this campaign."

Now Mr. Gerratana is running again for the same position in the 2013 campaign with Mayor O'Brien sanctioning him to be on his slate for the same position and I recently called it a lapse of memory the mayor's part, however; with his inclusion of Mr. Gerratana on his ticket, it demonstrates that Mayor O'Brien doesn't care about protecting the taxpayers’ interests but only wants to help elect his friends that will do whatever he wants.    This has been his method of operation throughout the tenure of his administration.

 The Mayor happened to be the state representative that had to relieve Greg from his position at the LOB as his assistant, therefore; he cannot claim he wasn't aware of the facts.  And the Mayor was also aware when Greg was serving as a New Britain Alderman and he did so while residing at his mother's pool house located in Berlin and while she was a state elections enforcement commissioner.

 Hey Greg: your Mama cannot deny you were in the wrong while you were serving on the Common Council while a resident of Berlin, nor can she cover for you over your abuse of state computers.   Your Mama cannot save you this time.

The citizens, taxpayers, businesses, Landlords and their tenants will all suffer if O'Brien gets re-elected with his initiating his proposed apartment, inspection and hotspot fees.  The public also deserves to be protected against a person the New Britain Herald Editorial Board described as an adolescent gaining access to their personal information over city computers, especially since this adolescent has demonstrated a history of abusing government computers he was trusted with access to.

It is time to rid such an incompetent person as O’Brien from his office as the city's mayor and it is also in the best interest of the public’s safety and well being that someone who has proven himself to be so unworthy of the public’s trust--as Greg Gerratana has previously demonstrated--not be elected to an office that has such great potential for abuse of his office.  The fact that the mayor would accept a person with such a questionable character on his ticket should cause each and every one of you to seriously question the mayor’s judgment.