In East Haven, CT its getting ‘muy caliente’ as Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. is coming under fire for comments he made about his handling of the Hispanic/Latino/Spanish communities after the recent in indictments of four police officers who are accused of harassing, beating and retaliating against Hispanics and the individuals who defended them.
What’s for dinner you ask? “I might have tacos when I go home. I’m not quite sure, yet.”, “I might Spaghetti tonight being of Italian decent.”, “I’ve had ethnic food and when you ask me what I was doing for Latino’s tonight I may go out and have a Latino dinner in the Latino community.” these were all answers from Maturo Jr. but not to the question stated in the beginning of this paragraph.
As you watch the video you begin to realize from the start that this was bound to end in embarrassment for not only Maturo Jr., but for East Haven. I’d say the next step is to hire a PR rep who’s job is to deal with the press since that was obviously not a job requirement for Mayor of East Haven.
In a related note perhaps Maturo Jr. needs to take a lesson from TACO instead of eating them and….
You can view the original video on the WPIX 11 website by visiting the link below:
http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/c7142d48-0ff9-44ba-8fac-701272b56097/News/East-Haven-Mayor-I-Might-Have-Tacos-For-Dinner
