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DeStefano calls for city decorum

Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, February 6, 2007

As Mayor John DeStefano Jr. strode into the Board of Aldermen’s chambers Monday night to deliver his annual State of the City speech, there was a slight but telling change from past addresses: In lieu of the traditional contingent of aldermen, five New Haven children surrounded the mayor as he walked toward the podium.

The decorative shift was fitting. In DeStefano’s 14th consecutive address — his first since losing the gubernatorial campaign — the mayor spent most of his speech discussing the need for change in New Haven and outlining new policies for helping troubled youth and...

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