Hartford CT mayor Eddie Perez is a fucking scumbag.

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From today's Hartford Courant:

Everyone at Hartford City Hall is concerned about ethics.

Last week, city Councilman Kenneth Kennedy introduced a change in the ethics code that would take away the pension of city officials convicted of a crime related to their public service. Kennedy says he was thinking of the taxpayers — not of Mayor Eddie A. Perez, who is under state criminal investigation on allegations of corruption.

This week, Perez and council President Calixto Torres introduced a change in the ethics code that could force Kennedy to disclose that he has a child out of wedlock. Torres said they were thinking of open government — not of Kennedy.

Kennedy says this isn't about open government at all. It's about payback.

"This administration, I think, is concentrated far less on policy and far more on retribution," said Kennedy, who also has introduced a measure to force Perez and a city attorney to reimburse the city for appeals of cases they've lost at the state's Freedom of Information Commission. "Every time you think there's some real decency within the mayor and you have some sympathy for whatever he's going through, you then see this and it makes you realize why we're here in the first place."
http://www.courant.com/community/news/hfd/hc-politics1024.artoct24,0,3022955.story

So a councilman introduces a bill that, whatever else you could say about it, is at least focused on matters of ethics and money that are important to the city of Hartford. The mayor, in response, announces that this councilman has a child out of wedlock and then tries to say he did it to promote "open government".

I have a minor personal connection to this story that I don't want to reveal; let me just say that I've seen first hand how the politics of personal destruction and retribution can effect the lives of completely innocent people. As Democrats we should have zero tolerance for this kind of crap from our elected officials. I can promise that I am going to everything I can to make sure that Eddie Perez does not get reelected next time.

[DODI]

1. I voted for Art Feltman. Eddie has destroyed Hartford

I have seen my neighborhood school go from #1 in the city to one of the worst. I won't vote for anyone Eddie endorses, he stood behind LIEberman.

I have no use for Perez. You are not alone and I work with you to see he doesn't get elected next time.