Presidents
Message
January 2009
Dear
Club Members and Hockey Fans:
It
is with a heavy heart that we start January with the loss of one of our
biggest supporters in our efforts to return NHL hockey to Hartford.
On
Sunday, January 4th, Mike “Mayor Mike” Peters lost his
battle to return to good health and a possible run for mayor.
Mayor Mike was Hartford. Everything
he did was for his family and his beloved City.
If you had a cause to make things better for everyone in
Hartford, Mike was there. We
asked him to emcee our “Bring Back the NHL” rally held at the Atrium
of the XL Center and he didn’t hesitate – he led a strong contingent
of public officials in their support to bring back major league hockey
to Hartford.
More
than just his support, Mike’s warm smile, hearty laugh, and always
positive nature will be sorely missed.
Anyone who ever came in contact with Mayor Mike left their
encounter more upbeat than when they arrived.
We will miss especially Mayor Mike’s greeting of all the
marchers in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade as they passed his restaurant
on Asylum Street.
Having
only personally met Mike several years ago, I can only imagine the hurt
in people who have known him throughout his life.
Mike only knew how to give. He
was never into anything just for Mike, and I think that is what sets him
apart from any other politician – Mike was in it for Hartford and only
Hartford; of course, he believed Hartford extended to the cities and
towns throughout Central Connecticut.
We
can best honor Mike by trying to make Hartford the best it can be;
supporting its events and businesses and doing what is right for our
Capital City. As well as
supporting Mayor Mike’s Foundation for Kids.
If you would like to do something tangible, donate to this worthy
cause he loved. Make your
check payable to Mayor Mike’s Foundation for Kids and mail it to:
Go Hartford! Mayor
Mike’s Foundation for Kids c/o Christopher Peters, Wachovia
Securities, 185 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103.
Mayor
Mike, we love you – “Go Hartford!”
Al
