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The following consists of excerpts from Thomas MacMillan’s chronicle of a day on the New Haven mayoral campaign trail of CTC President & CEO Matthew Nemerson that appeared in the New Haven Independent. In front of two video cameras in the backyard of his East Rock home, then on the campaign hustings, Matt Nemerson sought to single himself out as the one mayoral hopeful promising he will not raise taxes, period. Just like a manufacturer that can’t raise its prices, the city ha

From the article:  “I want to run for mayor because the next mayor has got to be able to forge a partnership between the unions, between the existing government apparatus, has to be able to explain why New Haven is going to be the next great global small city,” Nemerson, who’s 57, said in an interview Tuesday. He argued that his background—current president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council trade group, former president of New Haven’s Chamber of Commerce (where he

In January 2010, following a several month strategic planning process by the CTC’s board of directors, the Council embarked on a detailed set of efforts we call the Connecticut Competitiveness Agenda Project to help give the next state Governor an intimate view of how high potential technology firms see the world and the advice they have for making Connecticut more competitive. While the full results will not be released for several more weeks, the massive data and meetings r