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Norwalk: Courting Hispanic Voters

September 21st, 2007 · 50 Comments

According to the Hour, local officials are looking for Hispanic voters. Who knew they were missing?

Democratic Town Committee Chairman Galen Wells said language barriers and lack of information have prevented her party from efficiently reaching out to the Hispanic community.

“The thing that I want to figure out is, we have a lot of volunteers now who speak really good Spanish and say they want to volunteer in the Hispanic community, but at this point I don’t think we have a good way to find the Hispanic voters other than thumbing through the registry and finding Hispanic surnames,” she said.

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Tags: In the News · Norwalk

Norwalk: Garbage Picker Nabbed For Drug Deal

September 21st, 2007 · 4 Comments

What’s not to love in this crime caper? The Hour reports that:

Rafael Collazo, 40, had concealed $200 worth of crack packaged for street sale under the belly fat that hung over his belt while working as a garbage collector at the show

From now on, instead of thinking about Relacore and stubborn belly fat, I’ll be thinking about crack. But that is not enough to make this story one of my all time favorites. It’s got all the mixings of a Carl Hiaasen thriller all right here in good old Norwalk. You see, a confidential informant tipped off Norwalk’s finest. You can imagine the scene:

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Tags: In the News · Norwalk