World Refugee Day
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Consider Yourself Denounced, Arizona
By Kerri Provost, May 10, 2010 7:29 pm
After a public hearing in which a few misinformed residents spoke out against the proposed City boycott and denouncement of Arizona, the resolution passed and awaits a signature from Mayor Perez.
The resolution to “denounc[e] SB 1070 and [...] boycott [...] discretionary City travel to Arizona and business with Arizona-based companies” was strongly supported by the City Council. Since the City has no apparent plans to travel to Arizona, and since it does no significant business with Arizona-based companies, this resolution is more symbolic than anything else. It is not an attempt to prevent residents from traveling to Arizona or buying goods from the state, as some believed it to be.
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City to Denounce Arizona?
By Kerri Provost, May 7, 2010 2:44 pm
Luis Cotto, the Minority Leader of Hartford’s City Council (Court of the Common Council) is introducing a resolution that calls for “denouncing SB 1070 and [...] a boycott of discretionary City travel to Arizona and business with Arizona-based companies.” Arizona State Senate Bill 1070 enables racial profiling and restricts the freedom of Americans to travel within the nation’s borders without being treated as guilty until proven innocent via the procurement of documents that normal Americans keep in safe deposit boxes, rather than in their wallets. This resolution, which Cotto says would ” exert pressure [on the Arizona government] by taking our business elsewhere,” is to come before the City Council on Monday, May 10th.
Pro-Immigration March
By Kerri Provost, May 1, 2010 7:47 pm
Today, supporters of immigrants’ rights marched through Hartford.
Blaming Hartford Means Not Having to Examine Our Own Behaviors
By Kerri Provost, March 29, 2010 4:12 pm
Sadly, another person has been killed after being hit by a vehicle. Instead of holding responsible the driver, the anonymous loudmouths who comment on most Courant articles have placed the blame on Hartford, Obama, and various ethnic groups:
As the population of Hartford keeps looking more and more like Africa and Mexico, the lawless atmosphere which is systemic in most of Africa and Mexico is brought to Hartford. Just a big 3rd world city full of Obama voters, just sit back and watch the crime happen.
DeborahHemu (03/28/2010, 8:54 AM )
Hob Nob, Sadly it is about Hartford, This happens far too often in Hartford.. I remember Providence being like this 30 years ago.. What did they do? They made the city into a real showcase..
They can do the same with Hartford, it just takes a strong political base. and a strong police department.
Chief Roberts and Perez need to go. Bring outsiders in and let them do what they need to to clean up the sewagebrtrains (03/28/2010, 7:44 AM )
No, this *is* about Hartford. Yet another senseless tragedy, another reckless driver.
jh06415 (03/28/2010, 5:29 AM )
Hi brtrains, idiot, have you ever seen an ambulance pull into HH? What do you think, they pull to the ER lot at 70 miles/hour???
xyzz898zzyx (03/27/2010, 9:35 PM )
Good old Hartford, the arm pit of New England… To the idiots that think there should be speed bumps…. How is an ambulance supposed to go over them near the hospital in emergencies?
Clean up hartford and throw all the illegals out including all the crooked politicians
brtrains (03/27/2010, 8:26 PM )
sjsj (03/27/2010, 2:25 PM ) Hartford is a Cess Pool….lmaooooooooooooooo
DeeboBigWorm (03/27/2010, 7:30 PM )
They really should start putting speed bumps in Hartford,or atleast the grated concrete that makes your car shake when you go too fast. There’s too many idiots there w/ no license or insurance or regristration, and especially no respect for anyone else.
melycabrera (03/27/2010, 6:21 PM )
Said it before, I’ll say it again. The main reason my family doesnt go into Hartford isnt the crime or lack of parking. The cops do not enforce speed laws and residents dont know what a stop sign means. I’ll take my business where human beings live.
obkenobie (03/27/2010, 6:10 PM )
The streets around Hartford and St. Francis need multiple speed bumps for jackasses who think human life is nothing compared to the suspension on their cars.
CrazP (03/27/2010, 4:49 PM )
Way to go Hartford. Another Headline about death that will be National News.
DeeboBigWorm (03/27/2010, 1:19 PM )
As long as people can point the finger at false causes, they never have to examine the real problem. Reckless/Inattentive people + a ton or more of steel and plastic = Disaster. People in rural areas have fewer hit and runs involving humans because what there is to hit in those areas are trees, deer, and guardrails. Drive out to the rural areas of Connecticut and what you will see in the road are not human victims but countless squirrels, opossums, raccoons, and cats. In suburban and urban areas, there are lots of other vehicles for the bad drivers to crash into. There are plenty of car-versus-car accidents around shopping centers. In urban areas, we have more pedestrian traffic, and while a single fatality is too many, we do not even near the number of car-versus-opossum incidents as one sees proof of along country roads. The problem is not Hartford, Africans, Mexicans, or even the politicians. The problem is that there are too many reckless and distracted people everywhere driving who ought not be.
Recent Hit and Runs in CT (that have made the news)
- Teenager from Simsbury hit a seven-year old in Canton and does not stop because she “freaked out and got very scared.”
- A 59-year old man is killed in Montville after being hit. The driver ” stopped briefly, ‘but then drove away because he was scared.’”
- An elderly man struck a teenager on the Darien/Stamford border. The vehicle’s operator turned himself in later, saying that he did not realize he hit anyone.
- A 50-year-old Norwalk man was killed in a hit-and-run in Trumbull
- Two Norwalk teens stole a taxi, struck a woman in Stamford, and then fled the scene on foot. They later turned themselves in.
- In New Haven a baby was killed and his mother paralyzed in a hit-and-run
- A college student was killed after being struck by a car on the UConn campus. The driver asked others to keep the crash a secret; his parents were charged with helping their son cover up the crime.
As you can see, reckless driving, evasion of responsibility, and genuine confusion-behind-the-wheel are not problems remotely unique to Hartford.
Discussion on Voting and Immigrants
By Kerri Provost, April 17, 2009 12:42 pm
On Cinco de Mayo the Hartford Public Library is hosting what promises to be a lively discussion:
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Refreshments at 5:30 PM; Program at 6:00 PM
Hartford Public Library, 500 Main StreetShould we allow non-citizen immigrants to vote in local elections?
Hear what community members have to say and give your opinion.Moderator
Renae Reese, Connecticut Center for a New Economy
IMMIGRANTS AND THE POWER OF THE VOTE
A Community Conversation
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Sick of the Weak Rhetoric?
By Kerri Provost, August 19, 2008 9:29 am
I certainly am. Every time the term “Sanctuary City” is used, it seems to be with contempt in the speaker’s voice. The Columbia Journalism Review published an article in November 2007 which explains how: “[t]he term exists in a linguistic no-man’s land, a frame that suggests urban officials abet soft-headed lawlessness. At best, the press has done a poor job of explaining the motivation and legal framework behind policies slapped with the label; at worst, it has recycled and showcased the term, which is little more than an anti-immigration talking point, without much analysis or skepticism.” This should be mandatory reading for anyone who continues to throw around the phrase.
Perez Signs Immigration Ordinance
By Kerri Provost, August 18, 2008 9:29 pm
It’s official.
Here’s What Went Down
By Kerri Provost, August 12, 2008 5:18 am
I could not stay for the entire meeting of the City Council last night, but during the 2.5 hours that I was there, (plus the protest before), this is what I observed. A more complete account is on Mira Hartford.
Oh yeah, the Immigration Ordinance passed!
Immigration Ordinance
By Kerri Provost, August 8, 2008 11:01 am
Thanks to Queers Without Borders for the tip on where residents can show their support for the ordinance that would minimize the misuse of the Hartford Police Department. The Working Families Party has a form on their website that people can fill out. The next City Council meeting is this Monday, August 12th.
