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Trinity College, Ghetto Brothers,; Buying "Town and Gown" Goodwill?
Topic Started: Jan 27 2009, 07:44 PM (537 Views)
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I read the item on the Media Roundup and noticed that the AP said Eddie Perez was a Democrat. I wanted to confirm that. I did. (When the AP omits the party of an indicted official, you can make book that they omitted "Democrat" so it can be inferred.)

But then it got interesting, at least as Wiki tells the story now.

Durham recruited its Police Chief from this fine city.

Key words: Trinity College. Community Activist. Organized Crime. Bribery. Corruption. Trinity College. Hospital. Town and Gown relations. Newspaper. And, the capstone: "The organization ultimately absorbed nearly a quarter of Trinity's endowment and over a hundred-million dollars from the Hospital in an urban renewal program."



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Eduardo Alberto Perez (born 1957) is an American politician and the present Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to entering politics, Perez worked a variety of jobs ranging from organized crime during his youth to a community activist as he matured. In 2007, Perez was brought before a grand jury on unresolved charges of corruption.

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Youth

Perez was born in Corozal, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican family who would later emigrate to the United States in search of a better life for their children. Perez grew up in the North End of Hartford and quickly began to associate with the Ghetto Brothers, an organized crime syndicate which supported Puerto Rican nationalism and was especially involved with the then fledgling Puerto Rican Socialist Party.
[edit]Career

In 1989, Trinity College appointed Perez as Director of Community Relations in order to establish better relations with the local community. Despite serving in this post for several years, Trinity is still viewed as having some of the worst town and gown relations in the nation. [1]
In 1999, Perez became the President of the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, an organization sponsored by Trinity College and Hartford Hospital. The organization ultimately absorbed nearly a quarter of Trinity's endowment and over a hundred-million dollars from the Hospital in an urban renewal program.
[edit]Mayor

Perez was elected as the first Latino mayor of Hartford in 2001. Under 2002 changes to the city charter, he became the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Hartford. He was re-elected in 2003. Since his tenure as mayor Perez has come under fire for alleged corruption. However, he was endorsed by the Hartford Courant for re-election in 2007 and beat multiple opponents to win a primary and general election.[2]
In summer 2007, Perez announced that his home had been searched by investigators probing work done on his home by a contractor who had received city business.[3]
On January 27, 2009, an arrest warrant was filed for Perez's arrest on bribery, fabricating evidence, and conspiracy to fabricate evidence.[4] The warrant alleged that Perez had work done on his home by city contractor Carlos Costa, who was also arrested.[5] Perez turned himself in to state police, stating that he had a lapse in judgement but did nothing illegal, and vowed that he would not step down as Hartford's mayor.[6]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Perez_(politician)


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Hartford's latino population is majority Puerto Rican and has been since they started emigrating to NYC and then Hartford, whew, many years ago. The city has always been corrupt in one way or another. Trinity College is an upscale college (over 180 years old) that is similar to what Duke is to Durham as far as students and city relations. Tuition is about 24 000 a year for a normal 15 credit hours. Housing is extra.
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