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“Amazing” Guidance

by Thomas MacMillan | May 22, 2012 12:36 pm | Comments (1)

Before getting down to the business of lawmaking Monday night, aldermen took a moment for grace—with the help of two teen jazzmen.

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Un-“Notched,” SoHu Moves Downtown

by Thomas MacMillan | May 22, 2012 8:25 am | Comments (20)

As lawmakers signed off on a new citywide ward-boundary map, members of a tight-knit East Rock neighborhood found themselves politically exiled from East Rock—but still together.

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To Be Continued

by Melissa Bailey | May 11, 2012 8:04 am | Comments (28)

The biggest downtown development in a generation was hurtling to approval when this woman stopped it with two words: “notice defect.”

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Anti-Citizens United Bill Advances

by Allan Appel | May 10, 2012 8:26 am | Comments (13)

Local activists came to City Hall seeking to cut money out of politics—with a plastic knife, and with a vote. Then they celebrated what Downtown Alderman Doug Hausladen called a “birthday for democracy.”

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Perez’s New Math Sparks Paving Breakthrough

by Thomas MacMillan | May 9, 2012 3:28 pm | Comments (11)

As they tried to take the politics out of city sidewalk repair and street paving, lawmakers faced a seemingly unsolvable math puzzle—until Jorge Perez came up with an elegant equation: two plus two.

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A Capital Explanaton

by Staff | May 4, 2012 4:14 pm | Comments (2)

Yes, the city usually borrows money just for long-term building or equipment purchases. But it doesn’t always, and doesn’t have to.

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School-Building Train Hits A Roadblock

by Thomas MacMillan | May 4, 2012 8:18 am | Comments (30)

Helene Grant, New Haven Academy and Hyde schools may not get new or renovated homes if a new budget-trimming proposal becomes law.

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City Wants Its Workers To “Buy New Haven”

by Paul Bass | May 3, 2012 4:10 pm | Comments (49)

Taking a page from a political campaign opponent, City Hall unveiled a plan to convince teachers, cops, firefighters, and other government employees to buy homes in town.

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City Promises “Veto” Will Vanish

by Melissa Bailey | May 3, 2012 7:47 am | Comments (16)

After denying they gave a developer the right to dictate how to design public streets, city officials agreed to clarify a key agreement for the Downtown Crossing project to remove any perception of “veto power.”

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Taxpayers: Stop Building New Schools

by Thomas MacMillan | May 2, 2012 8:32 am | Comments (21)

Cut the fire department in half. Make the Fair Rent Commission part-time. “Name and shame” not-for-profits that aren’t contributing money to the city. Cap property tax increases at 25 percent. And, please, don’t build any more schools.

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