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Why didn’t former House Speaker Jim Amann just take the money and run? The Bridgeport native, who will announce his candidacy for governor next week at The Klein, got his hand caught in the media mouse trap after announcing he’d accepted a $120,000 job, as OIB reported last week, to tell new House Speaker Chris [...]
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Amann’s Amateur Hour
January 21st, 2009 · 23 Comments · State Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Jim Amann·Jodi Rell·Klein Memorial Auditorium
Forum To Flush Out Issues, Plus: Amann Speaks For $120K
January 16th, 2009 · 23 Comments · City Budget, Development and Zoning, News and Events
What’s going on with the controversial proposal to tie a sewer line from Monroe to Trumbull that’s hooked into Bridgeport? An effort is at hand to build public support for this thorny issue. Quick background: Shelton-based developer Robert Scinto has a plan to relocate the Jewish Home for the Elderly from Fairfield to property he owns [...]
Tags: Bijou Square·Bob Scinto·David Carson·George Estrada·Jim Amann·Michael Feeney·Paul Timpanelli·Phil Kuchma·University of Bridgeport
Finch Flexes Muscles Over Cars, Plus: BOE Skids Mayor’s Request
January 16th, 2009 · 22 Comments · City Budget
Mayor Bill Finch has jammed the brakes on city take-home vehicles. I haven’t seen a mayor other than Joe Ganim achieve this much mileage stripping away the city fleet from city employees that don’t need them. Finch, in fact, has taken a major step beyond Joe who pounced on the issue during the 1991 mayoral campaign [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·Mary Moran
Can You Spare Some Coal?
January 15th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Media, News and Events
Baby, it’s frozen tundra out there. How frozen is it? State Rep. Chris Caruso bonfired his failed legal briefs to keep Mayor Bill Finch warm. Democratic Town Chairman Mario Testa set his restaurant on fire to give predecessor John Stafstrom an arson case. City Councilman Bob Troll Walsh brewed a cup of hot chocolate (with a [...]
Tags: Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Keeley·Chris Caruso·CT Post·David Carson·John Mayer·John Stafstrom·Keith Rodgerson·Mario Testa·Michael Daly·Tom McCarthy
Food Fight And The State Of City Dems, Plus: Finch Announcement Re Health Centers
January 14th, 2009 · 9 Comments · City Budget, City Politics
Wow, stop the presses. The governor gave up a day’s pay on Tuesday. How many hundreds of Bridgeport city employees are collecting unemployment, gave up a week’s pay or have agreed to zero salary increases for a couple of years at the urging of Mayor Bill Finch? Jodi’s symbolic gesture to state employees in her [...]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Chris Shays·Dottie Guman·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Rob Russo
You Can Always Go Downtown, Plus: Big Mac Blogs From Inauguration And Mayor Comments On Barack’s Day
January 20th, 2009 · 23 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Media
Do you want a job? The Downtown Special Services District is looking for a “managing director.” A number of OIB friends have applied for the position such as William Murphy, a guy who knows how to get things done, former community-relations guru for United Illuminating and current staffer for the Barnum Festival; and Nancy Hadley, [...]
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Tags: Auden Grogins·Barack Obama·Bijou Square·Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Chris Caruso·Jim Amann·Jim Buchanan·John Fabrizi·Nancy Hadley·Paul Timpanelli·Phil Kuchma·Tom McCarthy·WICC