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EspañolEDDIE PéREZ (POLITICIAN)
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'Eddie Alberto Pérez' (born 1957, in Corozal, Puerto Rico) became the first Latino mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
Born in Corozal, Puerto Rico, Mr. Pérez arrived in Hartford in 1969 with his family. As a youth, he was a gang member, a source of ongoing controversy. However, with the help of Maryknoll Father Thomas Goekler, he turned his life around. He graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1976. Goekler and "Big Brother" David Lowery encouraged his interest in community service.
In the 1970s, Perez was a founding memember of the Ghetto Brothers street gang. That he formed with his brother and two friends. They wore bright yellow and purple jackets and staked the North End as their turf. And though he was younger than the rest of his crew, they followed him. In those days, he was known on the street as "The Professor." Dealing exclusively in violence and drugs, the gang terrorized the North End of Hartford. The group was affiliated with the original Ghetto Brothers from the Bronx, New York, with close ties to neighboring Puerto Rican gangs.
In the 1980s, Perez's Ghetto Brothers closely affiliated themselves with the more known Latin Kings street gang. A group that terrorized the city of Hartford for more than three decades. Turf wars, drive-by shootings, robberies, and countless murders. Drug dealing was the key ingredient that fueled this gang, and Eddie Perez's Ghetto Brothers and followers assisted.
In 1978, Pérez took a job as a VISTA volunteer to address tenant issues in Hartford's North End. That position led to his role as the founder of O.N.E./C.H.A.N.E. Eventually, he earned an Associate’s Degree from Capital Community Technical College. In 1986, he became the Director of MASH (Make Something Happen), a welfare-to-work effort for families in public housing.
In 1989, Trinity College chose him as its first Director of Community Relations. While working full time in that position, Perez completed a degree in economics at Trinity, and became the college's Associate Vice President of Community and Government Relations in 1994.
In June of 1999, he became President and Executive Director of the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (SINA), an organization initiated by Trinity and Hartford Hospital. Under his tenure, it completed its $112 million Learning Corridor and undertook its $220 million Neighborhood Initiative. These programs have been described as national models for comprehensive community revitalization.
Pérez was elected as the first Latino mayor of Hartford in 2001. Under 2002 changes to the city charter, he became the CEO of Hartford. He was re-elected in 2003.
Perez has also put in place one of the largest WiFi networks in the USA. The WiFi effort has the goal of closing the digital divide in one of the poorest cities in the country. [1]
His tenure as mayor included his becoming a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[2],an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.
Since his tenure as mayor Perez has come under fire for possible corruption. Land deals, and no-bid contracts to friends, employing city contractors for personal use are just some of the allegations pending. The city has seen a large increase in street violence and improvements to areas of the city that would not benefit ie Pope Park, all are additional happenings that are making people talk.
In August 2007, Perez announced that his home had been searched by investigators probing work done on his home by a contractor who had received city business. [1]. It is unclear what effect this may have on Perez's re-election bid this year.
★ List of famous Puerto Ricans
1. Welcome to Wireless Hartford!
2. Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Coalition Members Retrieved on June 11, 2007
★ Hartford's Mayor
★ Mayors Against Illegal Guns homepage
'Eddie Alberto Pérez' (born 1957, in Corozal, Puerto Rico) became the first Latino mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
| Contents |
| Youth |
| Career I |
| Career II |
| Mayor |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
Youth
Born in Corozal, Puerto Rico, Mr. Pérez arrived in Hartford in 1969 with his family. As a youth, he was a gang member, a source of ongoing controversy. However, with the help of Maryknoll Father Thomas Goekler, he turned his life around. He graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1976. Goekler and "Big Brother" David Lowery encouraged his interest in community service.
Career I
In the 1970s, Perez was a founding memember of the Ghetto Brothers street gang. That he formed with his brother and two friends. They wore bright yellow and purple jackets and staked the North End as their turf. And though he was younger than the rest of his crew, they followed him. In those days, he was known on the street as "The Professor." Dealing exclusively in violence and drugs, the gang terrorized the North End of Hartford. The group was affiliated with the original Ghetto Brothers from the Bronx, New York, with close ties to neighboring Puerto Rican gangs.
In the 1980s, Perez's Ghetto Brothers closely affiliated themselves with the more known Latin Kings street gang. A group that terrorized the city of Hartford for more than three decades. Turf wars, drive-by shootings, robberies, and countless murders. Drug dealing was the key ingredient that fueled this gang, and Eddie Perez's Ghetto Brothers and followers assisted.
Career II
In 1978, Pérez took a job as a VISTA volunteer to address tenant issues in Hartford's North End. That position led to his role as the founder of O.N.E./C.H.A.N.E. Eventually, he earned an Associate’s Degree from Capital Community Technical College. In 1986, he became the Director of MASH (Make Something Happen), a welfare-to-work effort for families in public housing.
In 1989, Trinity College chose him as its first Director of Community Relations. While working full time in that position, Perez completed a degree in economics at Trinity, and became the college's Associate Vice President of Community and Government Relations in 1994.
In June of 1999, he became President and Executive Director of the Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (SINA), an organization initiated by Trinity and Hartford Hospital. Under his tenure, it completed its $112 million Learning Corridor and undertook its $220 million Neighborhood Initiative. These programs have been described as national models for comprehensive community revitalization.
Mayor
Pérez was elected as the first Latino mayor of Hartford in 2001. Under 2002 changes to the city charter, he became the CEO of Hartford. He was re-elected in 2003.
Perez has also put in place one of the largest WiFi networks in the USA. The WiFi effort has the goal of closing the digital divide in one of the poorest cities in the country. [1]
His tenure as mayor included his becoming a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[2],an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino.
Since his tenure as mayor Perez has come under fire for possible corruption. Land deals, and no-bid contracts to friends, employing city contractors for personal use are just some of the allegations pending. The city has seen a large increase in street violence and improvements to areas of the city that would not benefit ie Pope Park, all are additional happenings that are making people talk.
In August 2007, Perez announced that his home had been searched by investigators probing work done on his home by a contractor who had received city business. [1]. It is unclear what effect this may have on Perez's re-election bid this year.
See also
★ List of famous Puerto Ricans
References
1. Welcome to Wireless Hartford!
2. Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Coalition Members Retrieved on June 11, 2007
External links
★ Hartford's Mayor
★ Mayors Against Illegal Guns homepage
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