Here we are, last day of April and I’m wondering what City Council members will be primaried in September. We know that OIB friend Andy Fardy, that growly pol from the Upper East Side, is poised to run in the 138th District held by veteran council members Bob Curwen and Rich Paoletto. I’ve attempted to reach [...]
Entries from January 25th, 2012
Yo, Let’s Get Some Primaries, Plus: Troll’s Reelection
April 30th, 2009 · 19 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning
Tags: Andres Ayala·Andy Fardy·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·CT Post·Danny Martinez·Maria Valle·Mitch Robles·Ralph Mojica·Rich Paoletto
The Annual School Fight
April 29th, 2009 · 40 Comments · City Council, Education, Interviews, News and Events
Two out of three Bridgeport classrooms are overcrowded. One out of three Bridgeport children enter kindergarten with no preschool experience. Bridgeport is the most underfunded school district in the state of Connecticut. These declarations were posted prominently Tuesday morning on the ballroom wall of the Holiday Inn for the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition’s 2009 Breakfast [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Donna Brazile·Jim Himes
Newsroom Editing, SuBy’s Body Slam, Big Budget Week
April 27th, 2009 · 21 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Media, News and Events, State Politics
Lots of trepidation in the Connecticut Post newsroom. On Friday the paper cut loose Business Editor Pam Dawkins, reporter Aaron Leo and tech editor Todd Hollis among 44 layoffs impacting Hearst-owned papers in Bridgeport, Greenwich, Stamford and Danbury. Greenwich, Stamford and Danbury pubs took the biggest hit in the latest round of layoffs. The larger [...]
Tags: Bill Cummings·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Dan Tepfer·Jim Amann·Keila Torres Ocasio·Linda Conner Lambeck·MariAn Gail Brown·Mike Mayko·Susan Bysiewicz·Tony Spinelli
Friday Night Gossip, I Love It
April 25th, 2009 · 10 Comments · News and Events
Holy traffic jam. Downtown Bridgeport was smoking hot with activities Friday night. Who says suburbanites won’t come downtown? They did Friday night. Mo and I started out at Café Roma on Fairfield Avenue to meet up with OIB friends Barb Delmonico and her hubby Marc, the Republican town chair. It’s incumbent upon me as a [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Bluefish·Café Roma·Épernay Bistro·Michelle Lyons·Playhouse on the Green·Sly Salcedo·The Gallery at Black Rock
We’re Rich, We’re Poor, We’re Rich, We’re Poor, Plus: Weekend Stuff
April 24th, 2009 · 7 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
This nugget was released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce: PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME In 2007 Fairfield County had a per capita personal income (PCPI) of $81,576. This PCPI ranked 1st in the state and was 148 percent of the state average, $54,981, and 211 percent of the national average, $38,615. The 2007 PCPI reflected [...]
Tags: Bridgeport Bluefish·CT Post·Klein Memorial Auditorium·Playhouse on the Green·The Gallery at Black Rock
Legislative Genuflecting, Plus: Play Ball With The Fish
April 23rd, 2009 · 24 Comments · State Politics
The Connecticut Legislature Wednesday night passed the gay marriage bill that essentially codifies the State Supreme Court’s 2008 ruling into law (just in case there was any doubt). The measure came out of the Senate handily Wednesday night with seven senators voting against it (including Waterbury Senator Sam Caligiuri who’s seeking the GOP nomination to [...]
Tags: Bridgeport Bluefish·Chris Dodd·Ed Gomes·Jodi Rell·Sam Caligiuri
UB Good Now, You Hear
April 28th, 2009 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education
The hiring of Mary-Jane Foster as vice president for university relations at the University of Bridgeport places an emphasis on relations, one in particular, that could favorably reconnect UB with the mayor’s office. UB has made a dramatic comeback from 1992 when it was broke, in need of financial assistance and on the verge of closing, [...]
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Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish·George Estrada·Gregg Dancho·Jack McGregor·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·Mary-Jane Foster·Quinnipiac University·Sue Katz·University of Bridgeport