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Hartford Stadium Critic Says Snowy Council Meeting Broke State Law

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A rendering of the planned minor league baseball stadium.

A vocal opponent of Hartford's baseball stadium effort is taking issue with last week's city council meeting -- the one that was held as a blizzard approached.

City hall was closed, there was a parking ban, the governor had declared a state of emergency, and police wanted folks off the roads. But the city council nevertheless went ahead and held its meeting to approve the Hartford Stadium Authority.

Lawyer Ken Krayeske has filed a complaint with the state's Freedom of Information Commission, alleging that residents were denied the right to attend a meeting of a public agency -- in this case, the city council.

Here's the complaint.

Jeff Cohen started in newspapers in 2001 and joined Connecticut Public in 2010, where he worked as a reporter and fill-in host. In 2017, he was named news director. Then, in 2022, he became a senior enterprise reporter.

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