East Hartford Swearing In Ceremony & Organizational Meeting

Video: 11-09-09 Town Council Swearing In/Organizational Meeting.

I have been trying to post this for two weeks and finally got it up. Blip.tv was not loving this video and kept breaking it off around 20 minutes.

This is the swearing in of our newly elected officials. The Town Council selects a Chairman and names the Majority and Minority leaders as well. There are no surprises.

The sound is a bit better because I used a wireless mic placed next to the speaker instead of the in camera mic. The Mayor afterward asked me not to use the wireless mic because she felt it was an invasion of privacy. I’m not sure whether I’ll respect that request in the future, it is after all a public chamber with no expectation of privacy and it is common for the reporters to place their tape and digital audio recorders on the same window sill.