Last Week's highlights

The events at Jenkins Park

There was a lot of news about Jenkins Park, the fight, the police hospitalized and the body cam footage that came out.

Here is a video created that we wanted to share. Realize the video is so violent, tiktok took it down instantly within seconds. 

First let's talk not about what happened... but what we saw.

1. We saw officers pepper spraying the crowd

2. We were told 2 officers were hospitalized. That sounds really bad, right. One went to the hospital because of pepper spray.

3. We see officers grabbing people from behind.

https://www.wtnh.com/video/norwich-police-release-body-camera-footage-o…

https://www.facebook.com/reel/466530396015766

Gales Ferry Planning and zoning - 320 apartment complex

There was a planning and zoning meeting. There are just over 1000 residents currently and the apartments estimate these apartments would bring in 500 or so residents. That does seem substantial. 

The concerns voiced by residents about environment and state of the area are valid.

However, a greater concern is one resident's reply indicating the land was previous the Mayor's and the mayor's wife owns the realty. If you go to the Linkedin of the Hon. Mayor, you will see he was in real estate.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-allyn-iii-30a7107/

How is this not a conflict of interest or legally actionable offense? 

If the mayor of Las Vegas could take heat for hiring her brother's company then, maybe the wife of the sitting mayor could wait on this deal.

If the Mayor will financially benefit from this action perhaps, think about using the precedence of fine.... but the only profit can be $1. NY mayor tried to hire his brother and he could but at $1. So, in this case as long as the mayor's wife profits only $1, we are good! We might even be generous and consider inflation... $2. This seems fair.

NY mayor case:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/nyregion/eric-adams-brother-bernard…