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Mayoral Race 2015
or leverage the development?
It's obvious that Downtown North is being
developed, and that's an awesome thing. As it
relates to the baseball stadium, I'm somewhat
concerned as to the process and the commu-
nity not being more involved in the process, but
as it stands now, it's happening.
I'm more of a solutions-oriented person, so I
think we need to get past how it came about and
get more into what are we going to do now to
make sure that it works and it works for every-
one to lessen the concerns of the community
who feel as though it will be the individuals who
live here working concessions and those who
don't working more in the managerial positions.
I wouldn't look to improve the development
myself. I would look for the community's input
as to how do we improve it and how do we
move forward. I don't believe a mayor should
operate in a vacuum. I believe we should look
to other individuals, whether it be seniors or
business owners who are already operating
there, coming together, collaborating, we need
to do more of that.
What must Hartford do to attract more
businesses?
First we need to make sure that the busi-
nesses we already have here are doing well.
I would also like to see more support for
Hartford residents who want to start their
own businesses.
I would also be looking at crime. Are things
being done to reduce the crime in the commu-
nity? I would be looking at the schools. Right
now, we have a lot of parents, I'm one, who are
not too happy about what's happening with our
school system.
I would be looking at places of entertain-
ment. Is there going to be something to do
when I close down my business at 5 or 6
o'clock? Does the whole city continue to close
down at 5? All of those will be things that I
would look at and I think those are things that
need to be discussed and addressed as we look
at bringing in new businesses.
What should happen with the XL Center?
I would hate to see it go away. It's almost a
part of who we are as a community. But I do
think something needs to happen in order for
us to be more competitive. As of right now,
everyone goes to Mohegan Sun and Fox-
woods if they are looking for a venue.
So yes, I wouldn't want to see it go away,
but I wouldn't want to see a whole lot of
resources going to it either when we're
already struggling financially. I just think
that there are other things that are of more
importance right now. n
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