Colin McEnroe Show: Politics and Perez
Live coverage from the opening day of Mayor Eddie Perez's corruption trial.
Published: May 12, 2010
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Eddie Perez arrives at court Wednesday, May 12.
Photo:Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn
Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez listens to his lawyer, Hubert Santos, left, talk to the judge during the opening minutes of his trial
Photo:Hartford Courant, Stephen Dunn
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Colin McEnroe Show: Politics and Perez
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If you want to know how long a road we took to get to this day, consider that in the 2007 election, the charges against Eddie Perez were already a big issue.
For me the story goes back as far as Sept, 11 2001. Forgotten in the chaos of that day is this: there were primaries in Connecticut and the state - wisely I think - decided to keep the polls open. What would be a better symbol of an indomitable democracy than voting?
One of the primaries was in Hartford. Around 10 p.m., exhausted from covering the attacks, I suddenly remembered our democracy and drove to Park Street, to the headquarters of that day's winner, Eddie Perez. It seemed like a triumph at the time. A history making Puerto Rican mayor on that horrible day.
It seemed to disprove, vaguely, the ideas about us that led to the attack.
Somehow, now, that doesn't seem so clear.
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