Hey, you want to be executive director of the Bridgeport Port Authority? If all goes according to plan, as of today Joe Riccio is no longer serving in that role. I’m betting with Riccio out the port authority lives. Another question: will Mayor Bill Finch seek to overhaul the five-member commission? The mayor has a [...]
Entries from January 25th, 2012
How Do You Like Your Port? Plus: Dough For Health Centers
June 30th, 2009 · 22 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning
Tags: Adam Wood·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·Don Eversley·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·Joe Riccio·John Fabrizi·John Marsilio·Maria Valle·Marian Evans·Mike Freimuth·Nancy Hadley
The Budget Cramps, Plus: Fireworks!
June 27th, 2009 · 17 Comments · State Politics
Doesn’t look like we’ll have a state budget ratified by July 1, the day the new fiscal year begins for cities and towns across Connecticut. When the state doesn’t have a budget, bean counters on the local level get the cramps. Local budgets are based in part on state revenues and just how much communities will [...]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Beardsley Zoo·Bob Keeley·Chris Dodd·Dan Malloy·Discovery Museum·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·John McKinney·Merrick Alpert·Rob Russo·Rob Simmons·Sam Caligiuri·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Foley·Tom Kelly
Saluting P.T. And Friends
June 26th, 2009 · 41 Comments · City Council, News and Events, State Politics
Bridgeport … where the circus never left town My late great friend James G. Clark, that genial wordsmith for the Connecticut Post and others, could certainly turn a phrase. That line is right up there with GOP operative Phil Smith’s dandy … Some towns play political softball, some towns play hardball … in Bridgeport they play [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·CT Post·James Clark·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·Phil Smith·Seaside Park·Susan Bysiewicz
Why No Signature?
June 25th, 2009 · 26 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events, State Politics
Monday night the Bridgeport City Council voted to blowtorch the Bridgeport Port Authority. Why hasn’t Mayor Bill Finch announced (as of Wednesday night) that he’ll sign the ordinance into law? He wants to make sure that decision doesn’t come back to ax him in the ass. Specifically what revenues/grant money could the city lose as a [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·Jay Malcynsky·Joe Riccio·Keith Rodgerson
Council Shoots Horse, Places Saddle On Finch, Plus: Shooting Update, And Himes’ Homeland
June 23rd, 2009 · 52 Comments · City Council, Cops, Development and Zoning, State Politics
1:30 p.m. update: The Bridgeport City Council voted 13-6 Monday night to abolish the Bridgeport Port Authority. Now what? Mayor Bill Finch gave the council a lot of rope to dictate action in dissolving the PBA. He can always blame the council if scuttling the port authority becomes more trouble than it’s worth. But then [...]
Tags: Andy Nunn·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·Jay Malcynsky·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·Mike Freimuth
You Crashing Mario’s Party?
June 24th, 2009 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics
Anyone attending the Democratic Town Committee extravaganza Thursday night at the restaurant of venerable Town Chair Mario Testa? Ah the food, the wine, the rumors, the gossip, the lies. Should be a whole bunch of it dished out at the DTC fundraiser. City Clerk Fleeta Hudson will be honored for her long service to the [...]
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Tags: Andy Fardy·Ann Barney·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Port Authority·Chris Caruso·Isa Mujahid·Joel Gonzalez·Kevin Monks·Mario Testa·Rich Paoletto·Warren Blunt