The words sounded righteous: Clean slates! Landlord accountability! Politician accountability! Climate action!
Politicians and policymakers were pushed to mouth those words and make promises.
When it came time to follow through and clean criminal records of people trapped with low-level criminal convictions, buy a new generation of electric vehicles, give poverty megalandlords a reason to clean up their act — those promises did translate into some action. And the actions fell short. Promising possibilities loom for improvement and undoing structural barriers.
That’s the upshot of a look at the past week’s headlines in this latest edition of the opinionated New Haven Independent v‑log news summary, direct from our assignment desk and corporate HR department — er, compost heap. Click on the video above to watch.
Yes to four year Mayoral terms