OT: Another good day for the city of Hartford

[Deepster]

Riverfest is cancelled due to lack of funding....you know, with millions of dollars sitting in an unfinished, empty stadium.

Riverfest Canceled After Hartford, East Hartford Pull Funding

Oh, and another person got shot. #ShotSpotterMonday

Man Shot In Side In Hartford, Police Said

 

[pj]

Got any news on Camden, New Jersey?

 

[HooperScooper]

I'm not sure why you have this fascination with putting Hartford down at every opportunity. Did the mayor do something to you?

 

[Deepster]

I'm not sure why you have this fascination with putting Hartford down at every opportunity. Did the mayor do something to you?

No.

 

[Hankster]

Riverfest is cancelled due to lack of funding....you know, with millions of dollars sitting in an unfinished, empty stadium.

Riverfest Canceled After Hartford, East Hartford Pull Funding

Oh, and another person got shot. #ShotSpotterMonday

Man Shot In Side In Hartford, Police Said

Hopefully an AR15 or something that looks like an assault weapon was used because we are doooooooomed.

 

[CL82]

Got any news on Camden, New Jersey?

Tax breaks, new businesses and growth have been a part of Camden’s evolving story in 2016

 

[Devland]

Riverfest is cancelled due to lack of funding....you know, with millions of dollars sitting in an unfinished, empty stadium.

Riverfest Canceled After Hartford, East Hartford Pull Funding

Oh, and another person got shot. #ShotSpotterMonday

Man Shot In Side In Hartford, Police Said

The state pulled a fast one with Riverfest. Riverfest is paid for by private donations riverfront recapture and the towns and state provide police protection. The towns are already scrapped because of cuts in state funding. Now today the state police said they were going to bill the towns for the State Police protection this year. The towns decided they couldn't afford the cost.

 

[Robertelamin]

In other news Deepster is still a loser.

 

[Deepster]

In other news Deepster is still a loser.

Well, that's uncalled for and rude.

 

[uconnfan68]

I'm not sure why you have this fascination with putting Hartford down at every opportunity. Did the mayor do something to you?

It's a dumpster fire. Millions spent for an almist finished ballpark that should have never been built in the first place. Not even served by the $660 million busway to and from nowhere.

 

[minidarren]

It's funny to think that the stadium is a drop in the bucket compared to the waste of money that the bus way is.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Well, that's uncalled for and rude.

What's uncalled for and rude isn't so much his comment as it is your casually referencing a shooting so that you can make jokes about Hartford. These are real lives...

 

[Deepster]

What's uncalled for and rude isn't so much his comment as it is your casually referencing a shooting so that you can make jokes about Hartford. These are real lives...

You're probably right. They happen so frequently, I am probably desensitized and calloused to them at this point.

 

[Padutch5]

The state pulled a fast one with Riverfest. Riverfest is paid for by private donations riverfront recapture and the towns and state provide police protection. The towns are already scrapped because of cuts in state funding. Now today the state police said they were going to bill the towns for the State Police protection this year. The towns decided they couldn't afford the cost.

I suspect many of you have figured out what is happening, but the Courant will not put it in print.
Our illustrious governor and legislature is sendin the taxpayers a message. Rather than looking for expense cuts through efficiencies they are cutting high profile
Activities that impact a lot of taxpayers. Hence cuts to things like Riverfest, parks and lifeguards etc. Meanwhile after Illinois spent the DMV is still a case study in how not to serve the taxpayer. Was downtown at 5:30 this week for something other than a basketball or hockey game. Several of the elongated fast track buses passed by with no more than 3 or 4 people max. Have they cut back on any of those?

 

[Deepster]

What's uncalled for and rude isn't so much his comment as it is your casually referencing a shooting so that you can make jokes about Hartford. These are real lives...

Yeah, I thought more about this one on the ride in today.

I decided that the internet is pretty much used for 2 things. Free p0rn and boorish people saying insensitive things. Pull up just about any article out there and go to the comments section. It's the world we live in. I think my thread titles are pretty clearly identifiable and you choose to click in on them again....and again.

So, my point here is....get off your high horse and just stick to the free p0rn part.

 

[Deepster]

I hope you guys don't have any future plans to visit the Old State House.

Old State House To Close 'Until Further Notice' Amid State Budget Cuts

Oh wait. No one visits the Old State House.

 

[zls44]

Hey, at least people use the busway to get to work. The ballpark is a different level of dumb.

 

[Northbound]

So Hartford isn't unlike many other cities in any state anywhere - budget issues, crime, deteriorating educational system and ideas to revitalize the urban core that are misguided.

What's the new news?

 

[Palatine]

I think the new mayor of Hartford is pulling a Diaco.

He's going 2-10 in his first year, so his 6-7 will look very good next year.

 

[CL82]

I suspect many of you have figured out what is happening, but the Courant will not put it in print.
Our illustrious governor and legislature is sendin the taxpayers a message. Rather than looking for expense cuts through efficiencies they are cutting high profile
Activities that impact a lot of taxpayers. Hence cuts to things like Riverfest, parks and lifeguards etc. Meanwhile after Illinois spent the DMV is still a case study in how not to serve the taxpayer. Was downtown at 5:30 this week for something other than a basketball or hockey game. Several of the elongated fast track buses passed by with no more than 3 or 4 people max. Have they cut back on any of those?

Riverfest is funded by Hartford and East Hartford, right. I'm not sure that the governor or the legislature have anything to do with it.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Riverfest is funded by Hartford and East Hartford, right. I'm not sure that the governor or the legislature have anything to do with it.

State funds were also pulled. State, Hartford and East Hartford all funded Riverfront Recapture and I'm pretty sure all three pulled funding this year

 

[uconnphil2016]

Also, if you're gonna cut something, I suppose that a $100k fireworks display is probably a good place to start. Couldn't believe how expensive that was...

 

[August_West]

What's the new news?

They invested in shot spotter technology

 

[Padutch5]

Riverfest is funded by Hartford and East Hartford, right. I'm not sure that the governor or the legislature have anything to do with it.

One of the state reductions was in aid to town after they had balanced their own budgets. While Hartford is already bankrupt in reality, the state redux further deepened the hole.