Decisions, decisions coming from lots of pols.
Marilyn Moore is considering a primary against State Senator Anthony Musto who defeated her in a close Dem primary in 2008.
Former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy today will officially announce his candidacy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He’s been raising moolah as an exploratory candidate, but will now form a full-blown committee for governor under Connecticut’s dubious public financing system. It’s dubious because a federal judge ruled the state law violates the rights of minority-party candidates. The case is being reviewed by a federal appeals court, and legislators are looking at fixing the law. But will they?
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Tags: Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Joe Lieberman·John DeStefano·Marilyn Moore·Ned Lamont·Rob Russo
Who gets the credit for vanquishing Jodi’s Jail? State Rep. Chris Caruso who led the initial opposition? Mayor Bill Finch who joined in when the neighborhood chorus against became ear-splitting, and put city lawyers on alert for a lawsuit? Jodi Rell herself for realizing that the state’s largest city has enough prisons?
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Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Chris Caruso·Don Clemons·Ed Gomes·Jodi Rell·Mark Lauretti·Rich Paoletto
It appears that Governor Jodi Rell has decided Bridgeport is not the place for a juvenile detention center for girls. She had proposed building a $20 million facility on state-owned property on Virginia Avenue, but then Upper East Side neighbors, led by State Rep. Chris Caruso, screamed no way.
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Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Jodi Rell
Mayor Bill Finch and Congressman Jim Himes were joined today by a bunch of local officials at Knowlton Street and Crescent Avenue as demolition begins on the hulking upright leaves of the Congress Street Bridge.
This is a nice public relations hit for the mayor and congressman. The bridge represented a flashpoint in the 2008 congressional campaign when Himes conducted a press conference to illustrate a symbol of urban decay lacking priority by incumbent Chris Shays. Rule number one: never crash an opponent’s press conference, especially one so unknown at the time. Well, Shays did just that protesting to reporters and confronting Himes that demolition of the bridge was never conveyed as a priority by city leaders. Shays did Himes the biggest favor you can do: turning an ordinary story into a big one.
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Tags: Anthony Musto·Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Chris Shays·Congress Street Bridge·CT Post·Ed Gomes·Jim Himes
Debates, debates, debates. Lots of them on the horizon for a variety of offices in this gargantuan election year.
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Tags: Anthony Musto·Barack Obama·Chris Shays·Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Playhouse on the Green·Rob Russo·Tom Foley
Vote totals were close, but absentee ballots made a difference in the 137th Democratic Town Committee primary.
Winners: Vidal Agosto, Manny Ayala, James Brown, Brigida Diaz, Brendaliz Fontanez, Edna Garcia, Gilberto Hernandez, Lydia Martinez and Maria Rivera. City Councilwoman Lydia Martinez is the queen of absentee ballots. She received twice as many absentee ballot votes (113 total) as anyone on the opposition slate led by Alberto Tito Ayala, former City Councilwoman Maria Valle and Christina Ayala, Tito’s daughter.
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Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Shays·Jim Himes·Maria Valle
