The DeStefano Reader

Not everyone has been in New Haven for the 30 years John DeStefano has been in key leadership positions. This is a collection of news articles everyone should read (and these are only the stories that made into the press).

Scandals & Investigations

• Audit: Marshal Shook Down Businesses
• Voting Torture For Vito
• Summer loan scandals tarnish city hall's reputation
• DeStefano campaign pays $2G to PAC, more here
• Probe sought on PAC, mayor connection and Complaint Probes MayorÕs Ties To PAC
• Audit triggers call for corruption probe of Conn. marshal, New Haven tax warrant collection
• US Supreme Court Justice Alito Places Blame on DeStefano Ally
• Alito's opinion notes Kimber's heavy hand. Read the Supreme Court Opinion or the District Court Opinion
• DeStefano's seven years in City Hall
• Mayor's Money Fuels Ward Campaigns
• Mayor Gets Pass For PAC Loophole
• Aldermen Balk At Mayor's Pay Hike
• Blumenthal Calls Marshal's Alleged Shakedowns 'Deeply Disturbing'
• Mayor's Campaign Nets $7K
• Voting Probe Moves Forward
• New Haven Telling City Businesses To Pay Up
• Baldwin ready to talk about Harp deal
• New Haven tax assessor’s residency in question: 4 of 5 vehicles registered in Southington
• New Haven's Assessor Is Not Paying New Haven Taxes On All His Vehicles

Cronyism & Patronage

Cronyism = noun. Favoritism shown to old friends without regard for their qualifications, as in political appointments to office.
Patronage = noun. The distribution of jobs and favors on a political basis, as to those who have supported one's party or political campaign.

• Alderwoman Michelle Edmonds-Sepulveda got her job in the BOE 2 days after election.
• Pothole detective, and democratic machine enforcer Brian McGrath gets $4100/month or $50,000/year to find potholes. How does it take to drive every street in New Haven?
• Democratic Town Committee Chair of North Haven, $200/hour Pete Criscuolo, with claims he jacks up marshal fees (makes $196k/year), and stops the mayor's scofflaw friend Boise Kimber from being towed, is still the Mayor's favorite marshal.
• Retiring Tax Collector Gets A Deal
• Kimber Gets Off The (Towing) Hook
• Politically connected trucking company that calls itself a railroad
• City Hall Reporter Joins The City Hall Team
• First he lays them off, then he give more to his teamBlowback! Stealth Raises Spark New Battles
• Opponents Agree: Altieri Shouldn't Be Above the Law
• Two Old 'Pals' Meet At City Hall
• McGrath Pays $100 For 'Loitering'
• Towing Program Halted, New Towing Probe Sought
• Zoner Blasts Chairwoman’s 'Fiefdom'

Bully Behavior & Temper Tantrums

Official City Policy: Do It Twice, You're A Bully

1. City Suspends Workers For Public Speech
2. Knock Down, Pay Out: A hasty demolition decision cost New Haven taxpayers more than $1 million
3. Pre-Election Threat: Well Take Your Homes
4. Budget Whoas: Death And Taxes - Mayor Destefano Dodges An Easy Question
5. Showdown On Church Street

Mismanagement & Misrepresentations

• State of CT, DPW chastises Mayor for Wasting Money and Mismangement
• Graduation rates inflated, study says
• It pays to be a civil servant in New Haven
• Housing Costs Questioned
• Mayor: 'I Take Responsibility'
• Tax Rebates For Rental Truck Firms Questioned
• The $7 Million Question Could City Hall collect an extra $235,000 annually in taxes from ?
• Tweed Bailout Approved
• Head Down To Kresge's To Park
• Feds Slam Head Start's Birthplace
• Report: Tough Decisions, Or An $82M Hole

Treatment of Small Business & Taxpayers

• New Haven Small Businesses Are Upset With The City's Assessments
• No Accountability
• Meet New Haven's Three-Dollar Outlaw
• Taxing Artists
• New Haven Telling City Businesses To Pay Up
• Assessments & State Marshals: Taxing Times - Gold's Gym, Bill O'brien & Appeals
• Tax Officials 'AKA The Bad Guys' Grilled
• City Wants More For Vanessa's Chevy
• No-Notice Tows Rile East Rock
• Tax bill error has some city seniors irate
• Tax Office Glitch Startles Seniors
• Pastor Sues Over City Of New Haven's Church Tax Bill
• New Haven City Hall Offers Tax Help, For Some

Quick Cash Schemes (aka: Selling The House to Pay The Heat Bill)

• WPCA Fails To Uproot Family and WPCA Parachute: $108K
• Beyond the Spin on Killer Budget
• Transfer Station Authority Idea Advances and Panel OKs New Trash Plan
• Rob Smuts Explains Haste On Trash Plan
• In 25 Years, Will Anyone Still Drive Cars?

Search theses Sources Directly

• New Haven Register: DeStefano
• New Haven Independent: DeStefano
• New Haven Advocate: DeStefano
• Yale Daily News: DeStefano
• Yale Herald: DeStefano
• Connecticut Post: DeStefano
• Hartford Courant: DeStefano

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