FRANKSMITHSAYSNB
EDITORIAL:
Some items re City of New Britain
politics, especially in regard to Mayor O’Brien’s Administration and in which
you may have an interest.
On my own, I have been investigating: the hiring of additional administration staff for the Mayor’s Office/ Administration; and the involvement of the New Britain Office of HRA in funding the positions.
On my own, I have been investigating: the hiring of additional administration staff for the Mayor’s Office/ Administration; and the involvement of the New Britain Office of HRA in funding the positions.
I have learned that both Matt
Dabrowski (Events Coordinator) and Francisco Cuin ( working as a questionable
position out of the Mayor’s Office) are being paid through HRA. Rosemary Klotz
corroborated this fact at a recent meeting of the Greater New Britain Arts
Alliance. I am told that this is being accomplished through an O’Brien Budget
item (300K) called “Community Services Dept.
Exactly how the City and HRA accomplish this
is unknown to many taxpayers.
Through the Finance Dept., Its noted that neither of these two names are on the City payroll. Nobody seem to know where the funding is coming from to pay these people, not the finance Department or the community service department. It would be interesting to know from whom they receive their paychecks??????
Through the Finance Dept., Its noted that neither of these two names are on the City payroll. Nobody seem to know where the funding is coming from to pay these people, not the finance Department or the community service department. It would be interesting to know from whom they receive their paychecks??????
The Mayor has also hired a needless
“Grants Writer”, Sue Heller to do a function that the various Departments have
done for themselves quite successfully for many years. Parks & Recreation, has
been awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars already this year.
Other City Departments are equally as successful. I am conjecturing that any grants that have already been written will have to be forwarded to Heller and, if successful, she can say, “see what I did!”
Attempts of trying to obtain information from the State office of HUD with their stating that they have absolutely no involvement in this matter whatsoever.
Other City Departments are equally as successful. I am conjecturing that any grants that have already been written will have to be forwarded to Heller and, if successful, she can say, “see what I did!”
Attempts of trying to obtain information from the State office of HUD with their stating that they have absolutely no involvement in this matter whatsoever.
Also, Mayor O’Brien is trying get four hundred
thousand dollars to renovate the former Temple Bnai Israel on West Main St.,
now an Hispanic Organization location into housing for the homeless. Mayor O'Brien has mentioned that if he has no other option for funding he will seek to bond the project.
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