Current Author: Mark Korber
Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.
Hartford and East Hartford Can’t Do It Alone
I’ve been reenergized a bit by Mayor Bronin’s wisecrack several months ago. At an event to promote the Hartford 400 interstate highway design project, someone suggested ...
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LEADERSHIP
I returned to regionalism recently, talking about Mayor Bronin’s recent comments and his general lack of interest in pursuing regional solutions to move greater Hartford forward. ...
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Let’s Talk About Regional Government
I recently attended the MetroHartford Alliance’s Pulse of the Region at Dunkin Park. It was a farewell event of sorts for Mayor Luke Bronin, and it ...
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Talking Frankly about Taxes
A few weeks ago, I wrote an essay expressing my concern that commentators were encouraging us to believe that there is a “housing crisis.” I suspected ...
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Should Connecticut’s Governor Fix Local Problems?
Two recent opinion pieces about housing in the Hartford Courant caught my attention. One, by David Fink, was prominently displayed on December 29. The second, by ...
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We Love Our Football
The Hartford Courant recently published an op-ed piece by John Crisp on a subject near and dear to me: football (“Rethinking Our Undying Love of Football ...
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Robert’s Rules
I’ve been thinking about Robert’s Rules of Order. …. Okay, thanks to the two of you who didn't stop reading. You must be lawyers. Who else ...
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Buffalo Rises, Again
Buffalo. I was born in Buffalo and spent my childhood in Buffalo. Well, I spent my childhood in Eggertsville, just outside Buffalo, on the city line ...
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Beyond van Gogh
Carolyn and I recently visited the immersive experience (their words, not mine) Beyond van Gogh, available at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford through October 23. ...
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Verizon
One of the images that lingers with me from the January 6 demonstration at the Capitol is how casually so many people strolled through the building, ...
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