Okay, I’m counting on my OIB field reporters for help on this. A few days ago, driving by Winthrop School in the North End, I came upon this condo/apartment-type complex going up right next to the school. The appearance of the structure is reminiscent of the days in the mid 1980s when condo complexes were [...]
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Shoo SHU’s Shoe
March 31st, 2009 · 20 Comments · Development and Zoning, Education, State Politics
Tags: Eddie Perez·Ernie Newton·Joe Ganim·John Rowland·Sacred Heart University·Tom Bucci
Will You Help Me, Or What? Plus: Kaye Williams, The Best Of Bridgeport
March 30th, 2009 · 39 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, City Council, Media
Help a constituent, make a friend. That’s the mother’s milk of popular government. When you walk into City Hall on Lyon Terrace or the Annex on Broad Street, a constituent services representative will help you with a problem or direct you to the right office . They serve as an extension of the mayor’s office. Sometimes, the [...]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Bill Finch·Captain's Cove Seaport·Carlos Silva·Carolanne Curry·CT Post·Danny Martinez·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Gomes·John Mandanici·Kaye Williams·Lenny Paoletta·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Valle·Mary Moran·Michelle Lyons·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom Bucci·Tom McCarthy
Tribal Warfare, More Sludge News, And Gene The Machine
March 26th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Cops, Development and Zoning, Interviews, State Politics
This means war. From the Hartford Courant: The Mohegan Indian tribe is threatening to withhold millions of dollars in slot-machine payments to the state if the legislature approves a plan to ban smoking at the casinos. In strongly worded letters to Gov. Rell and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal tribe officials said Wednesday that a pending bill to [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dick Blumenthal·Gene O'Neill·Hartford Courant·Jasper McLevy·Jodi Rell·Tom Bucci
Try These Handcuffs, Plus: Puff The Magic Legislature, and Sikorsky Clipped
March 25th, 2009 · 28 Comments · News and Events
Okay class, give me a show of hands. No, better yet, puke up some names. If you could choose anyone on the planet to bond with via handcuffs whom would you pick? The woman who was arraigned in Bridgeport Superior Court for her novel approach to reconciliation–handcuffing her husband to herself while he was sleeping and then [...]
Tags: Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Chris Caruso·City Lights Gallery·Congress Street Bridge·Épernay Bistro·John Stafstrom·Keith Rodgerson·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Michele Mount·Tom McCarthy
Stuck In The Middle With Doo, Plus: The City Council In DC
March 24th, 2009 · 6 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Development and Zoning, State Politics
Gerry Rafferty, sing! Well I don’t know why I came here tonight I got the feeling that something ain’t right I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right Here I am, stuck in the [...]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Carlos Silva·Chris Dodd·Congress Street Bridge·Danny Martinez·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·Joe Lieberman·Leticia Colon·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Valle·Mark Anastasi·Michelle Lyons·Nick Panuzio·Paul Pinto·Pleasure Beach·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
The Budget, Always The Budget, Plus: The Best Of Bridgeport
March 23rd, 2009 · 12 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
This is a crucial budget cycle for Mayor Bill Finch in the worst economy (for most of us) in our lifetime. I harp on the budget because mayors generally live and die by their budgets. In a few weeks the mayor’s proposed budget goes to the Bridgeport City Council with major wage and benefit concessions achieved from [...]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish·Bruce Hubler·Discovery Museum·Gregg Dancho·Housatonic Community College·Jodi Rell·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Mary-Jane Foster·Quinnipiac University·Tom Bucci
Local Pols Say Sam’s The Man
March 27th, 2009 · 64 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
Let’s look into the OIB crystal ball. The potential lineup of top-tier candidates leading the gubernatorial line for the 2010 election has some intriguing possibilities, and Bridgeport pols will have a say in how the lines are shaped. The potential Dem line: Susan Bysiewicz, Dan Malloy or Jim Amann for governor, Chris Dodd U.S. Senate, Jim Himes U.S. Representative. [...]
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Tags: Anthony Musto·Chris Dodd·Chris Shays·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Ella Grasso·Jim Amann·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·John DeStefano·John McKinney·John Rowland·Lowell Weicker·Rob Russo·Rob Simmons·Sam Caligiuri·Susan Bysiewicz