Today’s Courant ran items by the mayoral candidates–

Frank Barrows

“Most of our residents live with fear of guns and drugs – some of which are brought in by residents of neighboring towns.”

J. Stan McCauley

“The job being done to manage crime, poverty and unemployment is mediocre at best.”

I. Charles Mathews

“Community includes our corporate neighbors, who are as vested in our children’s futures as we are.”

Art Feltman

“Forty percent of Hartford adults are functionally illiterate.”

Eddie Perez

“We started by changing the way we do business, focusing on working together to solve problems instead of pointing fingers.”

Allan B. Taylor has a piece on why local politics is where voting actually counts.

You can find out more about Feltman on the Project Vote Smart website, where there is bio, campaign finance, issue positions, and voting record information: Feltman is the only candidate with information listed on this site.