It’s politics – not asbestos that clouds UConn's downtown Hartford move - Wait, What?

It’s politics – not asbestos that clouds UConn's downtown Hartford move - Wait, What?:

It’s politics – not asbestos that clouds UConn’s downtown Hartford move

by jonpelto

There must be big money and politics at play behind UConn’s downtown move.

Or as they say at the Legislative Office Building – “You can small a rat with this one.”

On Wednesday the Hartford Business Journal wrote, “The University of Connecticut’s relocation of its West Hartford campus to downtown Hartford has hit a stumbling block as the office building the school is targeting for relocation in Constitution Plaza has several issues including asbestos and space constraints…”

On Thursday the Hartford Business Journal wrote, “The University of Connecticut Thursday morning put a request for proposals seeking 150,000 square feet of office space from landlords in downtown Hartford, as the state’s flagship university looks to relocate its West Hartford campus to the Capital City.

According to the Hartford Business Journal, “UConn officials say moving into the Travelers Education Center is still not out of the question, but the school is now trying to broaden