Mayor Stewart In His Own Words
The above video was recently uploaded to YouTube and received some attention from NBC30:
The mayor said the call is 2 years old and made during a time when much of Connecticut was underwater, including parts of New Britain. But the conversation is receiving new attention, especially the parts that are laced with profanity and threats.
“There’s an *beep* firefighter out there. I’m ready to go out there and choke this guy. Because, you know, he’s got them riled up like it’s my fault it’s rained eight days in a row,” the mayor continues.
NBC 30 asked Stewart about his comments.
Stewart: “I didn’t say that.” NBC 30: “You didn’t make any threats?” Stewart: “Never ever, ever. So that was fabricated.”
But the recording goes on, and the name-calling continues.
“She’s screaming at me, ‘Want to get votes? Get your *beep*out here.’ And I’m like you *beep*,” the mayor said.
“In crisis situations, people say a lot of things and we regret what we say from time to time, but I didn’t use it in a way that was harmful to anyone in anyway,” Stewart said.
Look. The problem isn’t that the mayor has a potty mouth. I swear all the fucking time. The problem is that Mayor Stewart is using derogatory language to describe his constituents. On tape!
Even if the tape is two years old, he should have known that the conversation he was having with a dispatcher was being recorded. If he didn’t know, then is he really wise enough to be in charge of New Britain?
Assuming that he isn’t so naive as to believe that his conversation with a dispatcher wasn’t being recorded, isn’t it fair to raise questions as to what kinds of things that Mayor Stewart might be saying when he isn’t being recorded? Isn’t it fair to wonder whether Mayor Stewart is really cut out for this job, with all of its ups and downs?
Even though the constituent calls he complains about were coming in at 3am, that’s hardly justification for his remarks. If only being Mayor of New Britain were but a nine-to-five job. I imagine that running a city or town is tough work, and mostly thankless, yet there are still many people willing to do the job.
Mayor Tim Stewart, as revealed by his own actions, is not one of them. He’s said that he won’t run again in 2009 because being mayor isn’t worth the trouble. It’s not supposed to be all sunshine and rainbows anyway. So why not let someone else take a stab at running New Britain? Jim Wyskiewicz is up to it.
Threatening someone isn’t harmful? Thanks for posting this – we need to hear about these incidents.
The guy has no class, and that reflects poorly on New Britain. Hopefully the voters will send him packing.
For those of you who do not know Tim this is his everyday language, specially when he is referring to fire fighters.
Do you ever wonder why the people who worked with him for 18 years never supported him as a candidate? Because we knew that this was the real Tim. The airing of this video on the news came the same day to State officials testifed that Tim made a comment to them, after not getting legislation passed, that “if the fire fighters think they have it bad now, just wait.” This statement is also public record. Tim’s reply was first he didn’t say it, then he said it but meant it differently. He said he meant the fire fighters didn’t have it as bad as others. Ubelievable!
I never wanted to beleive he was really like this even of other stories I heard but one thing thta really bothers me is his insistence that this is a call at 3AM, HELLO, YOU”RE THE FUCKING MAYOR, SOMEONES PISSED OFF THEY ARE PROLLY GONNA CALL YOU IF SOMETHING ISNT GETTING DONE!!!!!
Thank God voters didn’t send him packing, because he actually gets things done. Even if you don’t like his mouth, he’s done more in the last 4 years than anyone had in the previous 30. And I don’t think there was any threat in there. Everyone just wants to make a big deal out of something that really isn’t that significant.