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Summary of BOA Final Budget Vote: “Let Them Eat Cake”

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Read the summary of the Board Of Alder meeting last evening on the City’s 2010-11 Budget and see how they voted.

The Waffle House? Call the Alders and ask them for a ZERO increase

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

BOA Finance Committee Voting to Recommend Tax Increase with FAVORABLE recommendation

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Who Waffled?

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Who Waffled in the end and gave it not just a pass but a thumbs up?
They just forgot the pom poms.

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See how they voted in past budget cycles

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NAME

PHONE VOTE
Andrea Jackson-Brooks 4-D Andrea Jackson-Brooks

Ward4@newhavenct.net

 

H:203-776-0502 Increase Taxes
Jorge Perez 5-D Jorge Perez

Ward5@newhavenct.net

 

H:203-562-4373 Increase Taxes
Frances Clark 7-D Frances T. Clark

Ward7@newhavenct.net

 

H:203-772-4455 Increase Taxes
Roland Lemar 9-D

Roland Lemar

Ward9@newhavenct.net

 

H:203-507-7869 Increase Taxes
Justin Elicker 10-D Justin Elicker

Ward10@newhavenct.net

 

H:203-500-2969 Decrease Taxes
Maureen O'Sullivan-Best 11-I Maureen O’Sullivan-Best

Ward11@newhavenct.net

H:203-467-9783 Increase Taxes
Stephanie Bauer 14-D

Stephanie Bauer

Ward14@newhavenct.net

H:203-785-0065 Increase Taxes
Migdalia Castro 16-D Migdalia Castro

Ward16@newhavenct.net 

 

H:203-777-6835 Increase Taxes
Greg Morehead 22-D

Greg Morehead

Ward22@newhavenct.net

Ward22 website

H:203-507-7766 Wasn’t Allowed to Vote
Yusuf Shah 23-D Yusuf I. Shah

Ward23@newhavenct.net

H:203-507-7679 Increase Taxes
Carl Goldfield 29-D Carl Goldfield

Ward29@newhavenct.net

 

H:203-782-2064
W:203-787-9222
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But Its Not Over Yet

Contact one (or many) of the Alders above and tell them to vote for no increase in taxes at the final BOA Budget Vote, on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 7:00 pm.

Call your alderperson and tell them to hold the line on no tax increase

Monday, May 17th, 2010

There are signs that Alderpersons will ignore a historic petition of over 1000 names and make a compromise. Let them know how you feel about a tax hike in the worst economy since the great depression. Even DeStefano agreed to sign the petition (but then refuse) and sent out campaign literature only a few months ago touting that people can’t take a tax increase in this economy. Has the economy gotten better? Why is there now a proposed increase of between 9-20+%? That range which is often ignored by the media is directly from the Mayor’s own Management and Budget Office. We didn’t compute it, twist it, or massage it. Straight from Management and Budget. The reason they don’t say it to the press, is that they are trying to pull a fast one. Don’t let your alderperson try to sneak away from the true increase for some people of over 20% in this economy.

See the NHR article in todays paper
See the Op-Ed from yesterday’s paper on the BOE

Call Justin Elicker at 203-500-2969

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Lets put the pressure on Justin Elicker, BOA Finance Committee Member. Let him know how you feel about the budget or how a 9-20% tax and rent increase will effect your life. Be nice, but be clear and ask him to join over 1000 people who signed the petition.

Justin Elicker 10-D Justin Elicker

Ward10@newhavenct.net

 

192 Willow Street 06511-2531 H:203-500-2969

How Will Your Alderperson Vote? Check Back update: Tuesday, May 18

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Updated

FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS to vote on Mayors PROPOSED Budget Tuesday, May 18, 7pm City Hall.
Shah (Chair), Clark (Vice-Chair), Perez, Goldfield, Jackson-Brooks, Castro, Lemar, Morehead, Elicker, Bauer, O’Sullivan-Best

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See how they voted in past budget cycles

PHOTO WARD

NAME

ADDRESS ZIP CODE PHONE
Andrea Jackson-Brooks 4-D Andrea Jackson-Brooks

Ward4@newhavenct.net

 

102 DeWitt Street 06519-2131 H:203-776-0502
Jorge Perez 5-D Jorge Perez

Ward5@newhavenct.net

 

24 Cassius Street 06519-2313 H:203-562-4373
Frances Clark 7-D Frances T. Clark

Ward7@newhavenct.net

 

320 Audobon Court 06511-1203 H:203-772-4455
Roland Lemar 9-D

Roland Lemar

Ward9@newhavenct.net

 

6 Eld Street 06511 H:203-507-7869
Justin Elicker 10-D Justin Elicker

Ward10@newhavenct.net

 

192 Willow Street 06511-2531 H:203-500-2969
Maureen O'Sullivan-Best 11-I Maureen O’Sullivan-Best

Ward11@newhavenct.net

54 Foxon Street 06513-2320 H:203-467-9783
Stephanie Bauer 14-D

Stephanie Bauer

Ward14@newhavenct.net

55 East Pearl Street 06513-4309 H:203-785-0065
Migdalia Castro 16-D Migdalia Castro

Ward16@newhavenct.net 

 

203 Saltonstall Avenue-Court Cottage 06513-4250 H:203-777-6835
Greg Morehead 22-D

Greg Morehead

Ward22@newhavenct.net

Ward22 website

13 Frances Hunter Drive 06511-3604 H:203-507-7766
Yusuf Shah 23-D Yusuf I. Shah

Ward23@newhavenct.net

59 Gilbert Avenue 06511-5331 H:203-507-7679
Carl Goldfield 29-D Carl Goldfield

Ward29@newhavenct.net

 

25 Roydon Road 06511-2806 H:203-782-2064
W:203-787-9222

Alderman Sergio Rodriguez Makes Case for a Smaller Budget

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Alderman Sergio Rodriguez makes a case for a smaller budget in this letter to the BOA Finance Committee. Is your Alderperson onboard? Ask your Alderperson to sign our petition to reduce the budget by 10%. We have a hard copy of the petition circulating asking Alderpersons to sign the petition. Ask your Alderperson to sign.

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/NewHaven/petition.html

Poster Campaign

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Please help keep up the pressure on our Board of Alders by posting these posters in your home, office and car windows. We have a variety to choose from and we have FREE hard copies available of the I Can’t Afford To Love New Haven. We just need to know where to drop them off. Feel free to print some out from our PDF version.

Send us a picture of one of our posters!!!

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Thank You

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Thank You

We had a very successful turn out last evening and even won over the people turned out by the Mayor. Lets keep up the pressure to have the Board of Aldermen send the budget back to the Mayor.

Come Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @ 6:30 pm

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Final Public Hearing On The Budget. Bring Friends

City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06511