Colin McEnroe Show: Stories From Connecticut Mayors
Hear from four CT mayors on the race, the blackout, the future, and more.
During the Arborgeddon storm, mayors became unusually important and unusually petulant. To an unprecedented degree, the towns seemed cut loose from their moorings. The state couldn't deliver much help and the utility -- well, why even go there.
Toward the end of the cycle, there were, of all things, elections -- which seemed especially critical, given the new significance of the mayors, and strangely beside the point, given the way people's energies and attentions went elsewhere.
Today you'll hear four stories: The mayor of West Hartford, who drew increasingly angry at the lack of aid coming to his town, the Mayor of New Haven, coming back for years 19 and 20 in office, the Mayor of Vernon, leaving to run for Congress after guiding his town through the recent outages and the newly elected mayor of Middletown, stepping into a police chief controversy.
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DeStefano a/k/a Hosni?
What part of Hosni Mubarak was DeStefano referring to? The one where he is chased through the streets and kicked out of his palace by a bunch of unemployed poor people or the one where the same people dragged him from his hospital bed to stand trial for corruption and stealing from the public?
EMAIL FROM SARA:
Ever since I was a child in Vernon I have been fascinated with the role of the Mayor. My childhood mayor was Marie Herbst who would visit our elementary school on Flag Day or the opening of a new playground. She always had these giant accessories like the huge scissors that cut enormous ribbons and large flags in both hands which she managed to wave while shaking hands and kissing babies. I think the role of the mayor has been marred by such figures as Mayor McCheese or the Two Faced Mayor from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Not every mayor is a schmarmy
(sorry but my spell check is ignoring this blatant misspelling) portly man with week opinions like the guy from the Simpsons. I do,however, believe that every mayor has a waistcoat and a pocket watch regardless of party affiliation or gender.
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