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Slifka's State Of The Town Address

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Published Jan. 29, 2010 at 6:29 p.m.
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Obama had his State of the Union; Slifka had his State of the Town ... Thank goodness West Hartford's Mayor is no Barack Obama ... At least this Democrat, Slifka, has some vision that includes fiscal responsibility and business growth ... West Hartford News reported that Slifka spoke about "controlled spending, the second-coming of Blue Back Square and a commuter rail to mark West Hartford as the new regional hub of the state ... by the year 2020" ... Slifka addressed about 40 members of the

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West Hartford Business And Libraries Suffer From Economic Woes

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Published Aug. 22, 2009 at 6:56 a.m.
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Tax collection is higher than expected: The Revenue Collection Office reported that, despite the struggling economy, tax collection exceeded the 99% collection rate by 0.1% for fiscal year 2008-2009. - WH Town Manager Council Briefs August 21, 2009 ... Even though tax collections are up and we seem to be muddling though this poor economy in our town, we are still seeing store closings in The Center. The last casualties were Zachers Photo Shop and Mimi's Maternity. We haven't heard a peep from

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Quote of the day

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Published March 21, 2009 at 4:58 p.m.

MIAMI — A national reporter, working on a story about how the current economic recession has affected the NCAA Tournament, asked UA point guard Nic Wise if any of his family members couldn’t make the trip due to financial constraints.“Yeah, my whole family pretty much planned on coming out, but only my older brother ended [ ... ] ...

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West Hartford's Piece Of The Obama Stimulus Pie

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Published Feb. 23, 2009 at 5:33 p.m.
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The total of cost of all of the projects submitted by Connecticut is $2,650,247,958 ... The total cost of all the projects submitted by West Hartford is $66,750,000 according to this report ... The people over at Stimulus Watch lets you see projects by State and Town ... In the online report are the "shovel-ready" projects that the mayors of this state submitted in the 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors report. You can click on a project to read (and add to) its description. You can also discuss

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West Hartford And Teachers Reach Contract Agreement

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Published Dec. 10, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
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In order to avoid layoffs and forgo publicly attended binding arbitration meetings, the Teachers Union has accepted some contract concessions, however this contract will still cost more to West Hartford taxpayers at a time when the economy is suffering, everyone is seeing less money in their 401-K Plans, and the State of Connecticut has its own financial woes ... The Courant reported today that ... Avoiding arbitration, the teachers' union and school board have agreed to a two-year contract that

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