Colin McEnroe Show: Eddie Perez - Before The Verdict
Deconstructing Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez's trial while the jury deliberates.
Published: Jun 17, 2010
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Colin McEnroe Show: Eddie Perez - Before the Verdict
There has been a kind of hush all over the Eddie Perez corruption trial. I don't know whether it's the shrinking local press corps or a kind of pervasive suburban hopelessness about Hartford, but never before has such a big case meant so little to so many.
This is, people of Connecticut, the mayor of your capital city.
As we wait for the verdict, there's a different kind of hush among the people who do care. What comes next? If Perez is acquitted, do we invoke the principle of: what doesn't kill me makes me stronger? (I think so.)
If Perez is guilty, how does Hartford proceed? Can the city's major challenges be addressed during a period of mass uncertainty? More questions than answers maybe, but we'll try to puncture the silence today.
Also, NPR sports ace Mike Pesca joins us live from South Africa to report on the 2010 World Cup.
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I have seen [Mayor Perez] look very troubled ... and that's just about what you would expect from anybody going through a regional or national escapade.
-John Kennelly
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