The Blue Hills Civic Association hosted its first mayoral forum Thursday night to allow the candidates vying for the city’s top job to communicate their competing visions for the city.
The Charter Revision Commission has forwarded a proposed revised charter to the Hartford City Council for consideration at the council’s next meeting on Monday. Commission Chairman James Woulfe touted the proposed revisions, though not everyone agreed.
Three city councilors took the unusual position of abstaining from voting on a replacement to Hartford’s Charter Revision Commission on Monday evening following a pointed discussion on concerns about the commission’s transparency.
Six of the 14 members of Hartford’s Charter Revision Commission have stepped aside, but not fully resigned, following allegations of side meetings between other members of the commission and City Hall officials to ensure certain measures were not adopted.