2019-11-05 22:10
Earlier today, I had a chance to interview Mayor Mark Boughton after he cast his vote at Westside Middle School Academy Read More
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2019-11-05 21:04
While visiting the polling locations in Danbury, I had an opportunity to meet up with Democratic Mayoral candidate Chris Setaro Read More
2019-11-05 13:09
The day has finally arrived!Today, residents in Danbury will be casting their vote for Mayor, Town Clerk, Treasurer, City Council, Board of Education, Zoning Commission (and Alternate), and… Read More
2019-10-31 16:07
NOTE: This post will be updated preiodically with comments from candidates.Education has been a major topic of discussion during this election season with Democrats accusing Mayor Boughton o… Read More
2019-10-30 18:23
With one week before the election, the latest campaign finance reports from Mark Boughton and Chris Setaro show that both candidates are virtually even in total money raised. Boughton has ra… Read More
2019-10-29 12:53
"I see a party, a ticket, a city ready for change."With election day around the corner, at last Saturday's Democratic Town Committee GOTV rally, Chris Setaro fired up his supporters while pr… Read More
2019-10-23 10:56
Here's my video footage of the NewsTimes Editorial Board interview with Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and Democratic Mayoral candidate Chris Setaro. Recorded Oct. 22, 2019. RELATED VIDEOS:Da… Read More
2019-10-17 17:25
Approximately 80 people attended the Danbury City-Wide PTO forum at Broadview Middle School and heard Mayor Mark Boughton, Democratic Mayoral candidate Chris Setaro, and candidates for Board… Read More
2019-10-11 19:36
The latest campaign fundraising numbers are out and for another period, Mark Boughton has outpaced Chris Setaro in fundraising. Here's the basic summary of the candidates' numbers, a more de… Read More
2019-10-11 11:14
Post-debate interviewsDanbury Mayor Mark BoughtonDemocratic Mayoral candidate Chris Setaro Read More
2019-10-10 13:02
Today, Mayor Mark Boughton and challenger Chris Setaro will face off in their first debate of the campaign season. I'll be on hand to record and live-stream today's event...and as I primer… Read More
2019-10-09 17:53
VIDEO: 2020 Task Force Meeting; Location: Danbury City Hall, Oct 8 2019 RELATED POSTS (NOTE: This post will be updated later with a complete listing of all 2020 task foece meetings and publi… Read More
2019-10-03 15:00
Back in May, I wrote about DanburyWORKS, a city-wide collaborative dedicated to reducing the poverty rate in Danbury by 30 percent over the next ten years. Today, the News-Times reports that… Read More
2019-10-02 20:59
Today, Democratic Mayoral candidate Chris Setaro attacks developers Toll Brothers and Woodlanbd Groups of prohibiting “homeowners of speaking to government agencies against the develop… Read More
2019-09-10 19:28
After a ten year hiatus, the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce announced that they will host a mayoral forum.Chamber of Commerce Facebook page:Danbury Mayoral candidates Mark Boughton and… Read More
2019-09-10 14:01
This December will mark four years since the passing of Danbury City Planning Director Dennis Elpern. When it came to matters involving development in the city, Elpern was the first person a… Read More
2019-09-09 16:34
As I start my reporting on the municipal elections in my neck of the woods, this week, I do is my time reviewing topics of concerns in Danbury over the last fifteen years. One of the TOP con… Read More
2019-09-07 17:05
As we enter the home stretch of the municipal campaign season, I'm in the process of scheduling interviews with Democratic and Republican candidates...but first, I want to hear from you! Whe… Read More
2019-07-31 23:55
Here's a side by side breakdown of the 2019 municipal election lineup. The order of the candidates will be determined by the Registrar of Voters at a later date. NOTE: The Danbury Democratic… Read More
2019-07-31 23:32
As someone who at one time reported on Bethel matters extensively, I've had the pleasure of following the career of Matthew Knickerbocker as First Selectman since his 2009 victory over incum… Read More
2019-07-28 15:15
Last Thursday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the return of the Danbury Fair's Uncle Sam to the city. Here are highlights from the ceremony...I highly recommend that you vi… Read More
2019-07-23 19:21
This month, the Danbury Republican and Democratic town committees held their special meeting where they selected their slate of candidates for this year's city election. Here's a photo galle… Read More
2019-07-16 03:39
As the Democratic and Republican Town committees in Danbury prepare to hold their meetings for endorsement for the upcoming elections this month, I thought it would be informative to take a… Read More
2019-07-04 14:58
2019 Danbury Fair Mall Fourth of July fireworks finale Read More
2019-05-27 16:31
2019-05-22 20:14
Coming on the heels of this morning’s teacher union protest, today Democratic mayoral candidate Chris Setaro released his educational platform for the city.The city has continued to gr… Read More
2019-05-21 16:32
DanburyWORKS Initiative Director Sandra Ferreira provides opening remarks at the launch of the city-wide collaborative to combate poverty. Yesterday morning, local agencies and the City of… Read More
2019-04-29 18:16
Well, it's that time of the year folks!Earlier this month, Mayor Mark Boughton and Democratic Mayoral candidate Chris Setaro released their 1Q campaign fundraising numbers...which means that… Read More
2019-04-24 01:10
My kids are big STEAM fans as well as fans of the indispensable Danbury Library...I highly recommend that parents keep May 11th free...Inspiration starts here...On Saturday, May 11, 2019. Fr… Read More
2019-04-16 18:20
An almost empty parking lot at Stop and Shop on Newtown Rd. As the Stop and Shop worker's strike enters the sixth day, this morning I decided to pay a visit to the supermarket at the Nutmeg… Read More
2019-04-09 18:54
DAMN YOU FACEBOOK COMMENT PLUG-IN!I’ve been dealing with a bug in the Facebook comment plug-in that has allowed my site to be infested with spam...an annoying problem that I’m in… Read More
2019-01-28 17:31
Well, well, well...it's been a while but I think my semi-hiatus from reporting on Danbury politics has come to an end...lets just say that the gloves are coming off ;-) I know, I know, most… Read More
2019-01-18 05:01
Over 400 friends of members of the public packed the Amber Room to watch Chris Setaro throw his hat into the race for mayor of the city of Danbury for the second time. Seatro is no stranger… Read More
2019-01-01 14:42
Each year's regret are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the new year.-Ralph Waldo Emerson Read More
2018-12-09 16:15
* Twelve years after the Danbury's "10-year plan to end homelessness" initiative... * Years of local officials and residents in Danbury demonizing the Dorthy Day House... * Proposal to pl… Read More
2018-11-08 13:18
"The voters have spoken but I’m still scratching my head" - Former State Senator Mike McLachlan.If McLachlan is scratching his head, then it's painfully obvious that he either not payi… Read More
2018-11-07 14:50
I waited 10 YEARS for this moment...from last night, here's video footage of Mike McLachlan conceding to Julie Kushner... I'll have more on last night HUGE win for Democrats in Greater Danb… Read More
2018-11-06 13:39
To say that Newtown State Representative Will Duff is out of touch with the will of his constituents would be an understatement...and there is no greater example of the FAR-right Republican… Read More
2018-11-03 12:52
I'll say it again...in the 24th State Senate district, incumbent Michael McLachlan is running a desperation campaign built on fear tactics and dishonesty. It's bad enough that the far-right… Read More
2018-10-29 12:41
This morning, I had the opportunity to interview 24th district Democratic State Senate candidate Julie Kushner and get her opinion on Mike McLachlan's latest attack ad where he falsely state… Read More
2018-10-24 00:52
Dog Whistle: A coded message communicated through words or phrases commonly understood by a particular group of people, but not by others. While avoiding to debate his opponent, in recent d… Read More
2018-10-18 19:36
While Manny Santos is on record for supporting the President Trump’s deficit-busting tax breaks for the rich, when it comes to rising cost of higher education and ways to assist workin… Read More
2018-10-09 14:01
With one month until the midterm elections, hundreds of progressives came out in force and packed La Mitad del Mundo - Restaurant in downtown Danbury to show their support for the Democratic… Read More
2018-10-02 13:14
McLachlan mailer: “Mike would like to introduce himself...” Me: “Dude, you’ve been in office since 2008...” In all of my years living in the third ward of Danb… Read More
2018-09-19 12:51
...why is Martha Rhodes still a member of the Danbury Democratic Town Committee? Read More
2018-09-11 12:36
I'll never forget what happened on this Tuesday seventeen years ago Read More
2018-08-30 13:04
I guess it's safe to say that Martha Rhodes has learned nothing...The Democratic Town Committee member who made headlines with her ill-advised and racist commentary regarding Congressional c… Read More
2018-08-27 13:05
Tonight the Danbury Democratic Town Committee will hold their first monthly meeting since one of their members, Martha Rhodes faced heavy criticism and calls for her resignation after posti… Read More
2018-08-23 01:39
CT Mirror has the latest regarding the years-long power struggle between the Danbury and Waterbury faction of the Independent Party for control of the third party's line.PAZ, CT Mirror:A jud… Read More
2018-08-15 11:45
Unofficial numbers from the Secretary of State office Read More
2018-08-13 12:00
HatCityBLOG is going through a make-over.Over the next couple of weeks, you'll see several changes to the site, including an upgraded immigration database, event calendar, election center, e… Read More
2018-08-11 23:26
Seems like there is a great deal of misinformation regarding the immigration battle in Danbury between the years of 2005-2010. I'll make this simple...I was one of a VERY small handful of r… Read More
2018-08-10 14:07
ICYMI, here's video footage of the Zoning Baord of Appeals decision on the Dorthy Day House fisaco Read More
2018-08-09 16:06
“My Lord — we had more African American officers 25 years ago than we have today,” said Glenda Armstrong, president of the local NAACP. “We’re not moving in the… Read More
2018-08-08 11:57
August 2018 City Council Agenda (PDF) Read More
2018-08-07 20:51
This is rich.After staying silent in face of the firestorm around her, on the same day that the Newstimes started an inquiry reagrding her offensive and racist commentary regarding Jahana Ha… Read More
2018-08-06 12:02
Last Thursday, I was able to catch up with Greater Danbury NAACP chairperson Glenda Armstrong and get her to take on the offensive remarks about Jahana Hayes and subsequent apology/non-apolo… Read More
2018-08-04 14:38
Thursday evening at a fundraiser held at Chuck's Steakhouse, Jahana Hayes responded to the racially disparaging remarks made by Danbury Democratic Town Committee member Martha Rhodes and ex… Read More
2018-08-01 13:29
The following Facebook post regarding Jahana Hayes' performance at the most recent debate held in Torrington was written by Danbury Democratic Town Committee member Martha Rhodes. As a per… Read More
2018-07-23 15:08
July 19th marked the thirteenth anniversary of the launch of HatCityBLOG! Seems like yesterday that I launched this website in response yours truly questioning Mayor Boughton's comments rega… Read More
2018-07-10 15:13
The website Bond Buyer reports on the launch of the city's latest website that will highlight the city of Danbury's bond financing programs for interested investors. BOND BUYER:Danbury, Con… Read More
2018-06-20 11:24
Fake outrage. That's how GOP 5th district candidate Ruby O’Neill described the response to the humanitarian crisis that President Trump created...a crisis includes toddlers being separ… Read More
2018-05-24 11:05
On Tuesday night, Democrats who make up the 24th State Senate district endorsed longtime union organizer and former Connecticut Working Families Party co-chair Julie Kushner as their choice… Read More
2018-05-04 12:13
In terms of head-scratching votes at the General Assembly, I guess State Senator Mike McLachlan wanted to outdo State Rep. Will Duff this week... Early this morning, McLachlan was only one… Read More
2018-05-02 12:03
Yes, you read the title of this post correctly, last night, the State Represenative of Newtown voted against the bump stock gun attachement ban bill.The state House of Representatives appro… Read More
2018-05-02 11:17
Image via CT Mirror Here's a listing of the ECS grants issued to Danbury over the years... 2000-01: 13,645,882 2001-02: 14,161,519 2002-03: 15,076,499 2003-04: 15,245,564 2004-05: 16,280,32… Read More
2018-05-01 14:26
Since Elizabeth Esty announced that she will not seek re-eleciton for Congress, several people have expressed interest in running for the fifth Congressional seat...and one of those individ… Read More
2018-04-06 15:06
Minority Leader Tom Saadi questions Danbury School Finance Director Elio Longo on pay increases to principals at last Common Council meeting on the teacher's contract.Common Council meeting… Read More
2018-04-03 12:01
...not a single tear. Neil Vigdor and Matthew Kauffman at the Courant have the latest details:From the time U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty first learned about violent threats her chief of staff m… Read More
2018-03-20 13:02
Yesterday, the Office of State Ethics announced via press release that Danbury former mayoral candidate and current third ward Democratic Town Committee member Al Almeida paid a penalty for… Read More
2018-03-16 03:46
Picture of Mayor Mark Boughton earlier at the Avon GOP towm committee event. UPDATE 11:45 PM Mark Boughton's 2017 mayoral opponent released the following statement (via Facebook): WTNH: ST… Read More
2018-02-01 12:48
109th district State Rep David Arconti moves up the ranks at the General Assembly with his new title as Vice-Chairman of the General Law Committee. Press release from Rep. Arconti's office:… Read More
2018-02-01 05:14
Two weeks after announcing her intention to run for State Senate in the 24th district, Julie Kushner announced on Facebook that her campaign raised the money nesssacary to qualify for the st… Read More
2018-01-10 13:07
Sources reveal that on January 8th, Mayor Mark Boughton wrote a letter to School Superintendent Sal Pascarella and Vice Chairman Richard Hawley stating that he plans to appoint Republican E… Read More
2017-12-14 19:12
In honor on Ken Gucker's unfortunate recent filing as a candidate for State Senate, here's a throwback video of my remarks regarding the local political gadfly and Danbury Democratic Town C… Read More
2017-11-22 13:04
What does a Republican do after losing an election for First Selectman to a Democrat in an extremely conservative town...run for state office...QUINN: Newstimes“I’ve actually had… Read More
2017-11-18 00:43
UPDATE:For some reason, the stream from WFSB does not work on some browsers when viewing from the direct link to the post; in order to view the video, please go to the home page by clicking… Read More
2017-11-17 13:04
Now that the municipal election season is over and leadership of the Danbury Democratic Town Committee are shamelessly attempting to whitewash their incompetence during the recent election c… Read More
2017-11-09 03:18
Here's a copy of the election returns from Danbury Read More
2017-11-08 15:59
Photo credit: NewstimesFrom last night, here's video footage of Danbury Mayoral candidate Al Almeida's concession speech Read More
2017-11-08 01:28
Danbury election day thoughts... Turnout: Same or near as 2013 levels... * Most impressive candidate/campaign/MVP award: Farley Santos...it's not even close...seriously... Races to watch:… Read More
2017-11-07 17:22
This morning, members of the media received the following letter Danbury Democratic Town Committee chairman Gene Eriquez sent to city election officials and senior members of the city counci… Read More
2017-11-07 17:22
The Secretary of State office just released the following statement regarding late Danbury Councilman Gregg Seabury's name on the ballot. “This is an emotional time and Secretary Merr… Read More
2017-11-07 05:01
What a mess. The passing of City Councilman Gregg Seabury over the weekend has created quite a situation in Danbury; it is horrible that people who are mourning the passing of Seabury are fo… Read More
2017-11-06 15:58
Over the weekend, long time City Councilman, former Danbury High School teacher, and former 109 District GOP State Rep candidate Gregg Seabury passed away, he was sixty-seven years old. Stat… Read More
2017-11-02 14:27
Last month, the City of Danbury held a dedication ceremony for the new Memorial Park for the city's fallen police officers an fire fighters...here's video footage of the ceremony courtesy of… Read More
2017-10-27 14:47
Last week, had the opportunity to interview Danbury Mayoral candidate Al Almeida and talked about his camapaign and vision for the future of Danbury Read More
2017-10-21 17:29
This should anger the opponents of the OTB proposal in Danbury...The New London Day has the scoop...Sportech Venues’ parent company is up for sale, a development that’s not expe… Read More
2017-10-20 15:25
After a six year hiatus, last night, I made my official return to local politics by filing in as guest host of the Marty Heiser Show. With Election Day less than three weeks away, I sat do… Read More
2017-10-20 14:58
Yesterday, Mayor Mark Boughton made an appearance on “Mornings with Maria” show on the Fox Business channel to make his pitch for Amazon to consider Danbury as the location for t… Read More
2017-10-19 18:57
With the Newstimes municipal election endorsements around the corner, I thought it would be great to give everyone a rare behind-the-scenes look at what happens when candidates face questio… Read More
2017-10-16 12:08
It's been a while since I've done a video posting on the amazing musical talent we are fortunate to have in the Greater Danbury area. From this summer's Taste of Danbury festival at the Gre… Read More
2017-10-08 19:29
This morning, Mayor Boughton was a guest on WFSB's Face the State; the mayor talked about the state of his campaign for governor, his thoughts on the state budget stalemate, and how the inac… Read More
2017-10-08 14:32
SOOOO close... Sorry for the lack of posts...I've been VERY busy making some LONG overdue upgrades to my computer and video arsenal as well as my twelve-year-old local political archive (e… Read More
2017-09-11 13:05
Never forget Read More
2017-08-29 14:37
Do you want to ask Hillary Clinton a question? Well, here's your chance...According to Clinton's website, reformer presidential candidate will be making an ppearance at Costco on Federal Ro… Read More
2017-08-22 13:33
At the moment of totality in Danbury Read More
2017-08-15 13:55
...while documenting and highlighting misinformation/distortions in the Greater Danbury area since 2005...more later Read More
2017-08-14 18:49
More from last night's vigil later Read More
2017-08-01 21:04
The gross incompetence of the Democratic Town Committee's leadership strikes...AGAIN. Last Monday, former mayor and disgraced town committee chairman Gene Eriquez continued his on-going con… Read More
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