Briefly: Morehead to run again for Ward 22 seat 4.02.09
Just over a year ago, Rev. Drew King, a Ward 22 staple who fought for drug rehabilitation programs, minority rights and Yale’s expansion into Dixwell, issued a bombshell statement — all because of one mean Georgia hot dog: “I’m resigning,” he wrote.
Yale students alarmed by recent shootings in surrounding neighborhoods may soon be asked to join other community members in being more proactive about ensuring their own safety.
Ward 22 Alderman Greg Morehead said he wants to keep his new Web site basic. But its development reflects a larger trend — a rise in aldermanic involvement on the Internet. Several New Haven aldermen have increased their presence online in recent months through the use of Web sites, blogs and e-mail lists, which legislators use to communicate better with their...
But before the polls closed Tuesday night, most New Haven residents interviewed said they knew the extra campaigning was not necessary — not because Calder’s and Morehead’s victories were clear, but because no one bothered to vote.
The stage wasn’t quite as packed with candidates as the recent 2008 presidential debates, but the decision by all five Ward 22 and Ward 2 aldermanic candidates to set aside their differences and sit side-by-side for a forum Tuesday night at the Afro-American Cultural Center was a first in Yale-New Haven political history.