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Goldson vies to be mayor

Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Six months before the Nov. 3 New Haven municipal elections, only one individual has officially declared that he will challenge Mayor John DeStefano Jr.: Darnell Goldson, who confirmed Sunday night that he will enter the race as an Independent.

Goldson originally disclosed over a year ago that he planned to run, but has since then held off on making an official announcement in the hopes that former state representative Bill Dyson would run for the office, he said. But now that 68-year-old Dyson has confirmed that he will not enter the race, Goldson said it is his duty to challenge...

#1 By T.R 2:06p.m. on March 24, 2009

New Haven is in need of a "Rudy Guilliani." Elections in New Haven has become a joke.

#2 By y11 10:12p.m. on March 24, 2009

Excellent article!

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