CCM, Mayors Still Concerned About Malloy Budget Impact On Local Property Taxes

By On March 5, 2013 · 1 Comment

Democrat John DeStefano has been preaching about the problems of the property tax for the past 20 years, and he says this year is shaping up as the worst yet.

In two decades as New Haven mayor, DeStefano says he has never seen a state budget that would raise his mill rate more.

As a [...]

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Mayor DeStefano Brings Beef With Malloy Budget Plan To House Speaker Sharkey

By On March 5, 2013 · 3 Comments

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Big-City Mayors Blast Malloy’s Budget Proposal On Honesty, Transparency

By On February 15, 2013 · 8 Comments

Big-city mayors blasted Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget proposal Friday, saying it could lead to increased local property taxes and possible future layoffs of police and firefighters.

The mayors complained that the complicated budget is not transparent – one of the often-repeated hallmarks of the Malloy administration. They also complained that Malloy has proposed shifting so much [...]

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ICYMI: Outgoing DeStefano Trashes Malloy Budget

By On February 11, 2013 · 1 Comment

This ran in Sunday’s Courant. Mayor DeStefano appears to be saying publicly what many Democratic municipal leaders feel:

A BUDGET BALANCED IN WONDERLAND

By John DeStefano Jr.

“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — Lewis Carroll, “Alice in Wonderland.”

So [...]

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CCM’s Jim Finley Says Mayor John DeStefano Turned New Haven Around

By On January 31, 2013 · 3 Comments

As a longtime employee of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, Jim Finley has been working in New Haven for the past 34 years.

He has since risen to be the organization’s CEO, and he remembers the days when stores were closing in the Elm City.

“In the early 1980s, the downtown was a mess – [...]

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New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Stepping Down After 20 Years Running Elm City

By On January 29, 2013 · 5 Comments

New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, a former gubernatorial candidate and outspoken political survivor with a statewide profile, will not be seeking reelection this year after a 20-year tenure that led to a strong resurgence in the city’s downtown area.

As mayor of a prominent city for 20 years, DeStefano is currently the best-known local official in Connecticut. [...]

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New Haven Independent: DeStefano Won’t Run Again

By On January 28, 2013 · 2 Comments

Paul Bass of the Independent has this scoop:

DeStefano is expected to announce Tuesday afternoon that he will not seek an 11th two-year term. The mayor sent an email to the general public Monday afternoon stating that he and his family will be making an announcement at 5 p.m. at [...]

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