New features mean more knowledge
I have just heard two bits of bad news from one of our council members.
First, the magic elevator to mayor land has hit a major snag. During the construction process an underground oil tank, which apparently no one knew about, was found. A very expensive and arguably unnecessary elevator for the mayor could be turning the town hall into a Superfund cleanup site before our eyes. UPDATE: I’m told that the tank had been remediated and filled with concrete prior to being lost form knowledge. Thank goodness.
Second, the lone elevator at town hall has been taken offline making the majority of the building handicap inaccessible. This means that town council and other meetings are inaccessible. Let’s hope the elevator comes back online shortly. Update: The Courant reports the elevator is closed through Tuesday.
In other news WordPress has added new functionality, polls. This creates a new opportunity to gauge the political demographic of the readers here. Here are a couple of Pre-November polls for you.
[polldaddy poll=1006539] [polldaddy poll=1006566]
Also, thanks the the East Hartford Resident’s Blog for spreading the fundraiser message.
9th District Primary Results – Completed with 6 of 6 Districts Reporting
Commentary – 10:45PM – It appears based on preliminary SoTS data that the East Hartford Democrats had a 21% turnout rate and the Republicans a 17% turnout rate.
Commentary – 9:27PM – The voter turnout is looking as low as expected. Worth noting is that each of the Democratic contenders received more votes individually than all three Republican contenders combined. If the Republicans want to have any hope of winning the general they need to figure out how to get their voters to show up at the polls. I’m awaiting the SoTS data which will provide turnout data for each town.
Update – 09:22PM – All 6 precincts are in for the 9th. It’s Rojas with 54% and Thompson with 51%. Congratulation to both candidates.
| State House – District 9 – GOP Primary | |
| 6 of 6 Precincts Reporting – 100% |
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| State House – District 9 – Dem Primary | |
| 6 of 6 Precincts Reporting – 100% |
| Name | Party | Votes | Vote % | |
| Rojas, Jason | Dem | 647 | 54% | |
| Hachey, Joseph | Dem | 554 | 46% |
Update – 09:15PM – With 3 districts reporting the margin has narrowed significantly for Rojas from 82% in favor to 53% in favor. Thompson has also lost a bit of his lead to Brenner and Crockett. The SOTS results data seems to be funky so I won’t share that at this time.
| State House – District 9 – GOP Primary | |
| 3 of 6 Precincts Reporting – 50% |
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| State House – District 9 – Dem Primary | |
| 3 of 6 Precincts Reporting – 50% |
| Name | Party | Votes | Vote % | |
| Rojas, Jason | Dem | 470 | 53% | |
| Hachey, Joseph | Dem | 421 | 47% |
Update – 08:45PM – The 9th District primary results are trickling in. So far it’s Rojas Vs. Thompson for the general.
From the Courant:
| State House – District 9 – GOP Primary | |
| 1 of 6 Precincts Reporting – 17% |
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| State House – District 9 – Dem Primary | |
| 1 of 6 Precincts Reporting – 17% |
| Name | Party | Votes | Vote % | |
| Rojas, Jason | Dem | 356 | 82% | |
| Hachey, Joseph | Dem | 78 | 18% |
Video Coverage of 9th Assembly Republican Convention
To follow up on last night’s coverage of the 9th and 11th Republican House conventions here is the video of last night’s Republican 9th Assembly Convention. The Courant has confirmed the intention of Crockett and Brenner to primary.
Cliff Thompson Nominating Speech
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Dennis Brenner Nominating Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1510251024799166454&hl=en]
Dennis Brenner Seconding Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2557822075801350435&hl=en]
Dennis Brenner Seconding Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3643188268348621408&hl=en]
Michael Crockett Nominating Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9067772306154099787&hl=en]
Michael Crocket Seconding Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8614382357796626101&hl=en]
Cliff Thompson Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8481078222424843089&hl=en]
Dennis Brenner Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3495362686027642580&hl=en]
Michael Crockett Speech
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1033527770713610797&hl=en]
Roll Call Vote and Results
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7664643627559903351&hl=en]
Cliff Thompson Acceptance Speech (after adjournment)
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5879645192537743094&hl=en]
