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I’m wondering what OIB readers think about our elected officials. Certainly, there’s opinion aplenty about Mayor Bill Finch and some others on a regular basis. What about Congressman Jim Himes? Yeah I know, much too soon to make a representative judgment based on four months in office. What about about those herculean leaders on the Bridgeport [...]
Entries from May 16th, 2012
How’s Finch Doing After 18 Months? Plus: Brownfield Bucks
May 15th, 2009 · 31 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Civil Service, Cops, Development and Zoning, Education
Mayor Bill Finch has just about reached his first 18 months in office. Where did the time go? Former Mayor John Fabrizi would love to fast forward to 2011, the next mayoral cycle, to regain his job. But can he? That raises another question: what kind of shape is Finch in? Much better than a year ago when [...]
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Civil Council Passes Budget
May 12th, 2009 · 25 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics
What a bunch of party-poopers. On a night the City Council lowered Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed mil rate a smidge and increased the tax collection rate a smidge in overwhelmingly passing the central parts to the mayor’s budget, there was no yelling, no screaming, no real name-calling. Nothing. What a bore. What happened to the days when [...]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Andy Fardy·Andy Nunn·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Mark Anastasi·Michael Feeney·Michelle Lyons·Paul Timpanelli·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy
Council Budget Vote, Plus: Dodd ‘Don’t Mess With My Wife’
May 11th, 2009 · 17 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Library, Media, State Politics
3:30 p.m. update Will it be the Monday night fights or just another boring budget session? The City Council meets tonight to act on Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed spending package for the budget year starting July 1, a revaluation implementation year that features a mixed bag of tax increases, cuts and status quo for taxpayers depending [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Chris Dodd·Chris Healy·Hartford Courant
Dodd’s Looking For Friends, Plus: Zoo Tix For You
May 19th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Four years ago at this time when Ned Lamont was a dot on the public radar screen, Joe Lieberman seemed like a lock to be the Democratic standard bearer for U.S senate. But when you scratched the surface, the seething serial Democratic primary voters wanted to rip out Joe’s throat. I’m talking about anti-war advocates, [...]
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