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Should they or shouldn’t they? Big decision tonight before the full City Council following a vote by the Ordinance Committee last week to abolish the Bridgeport Port Authority. Public hearing at 7 followed by council meeting at 7:30. Recap: Jay Malcynsky, an attorney and high-powered Hartford lobbyist for the port authority, managed to splice onto a [...]
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Port In A Storm
June 22nd, 2009 · 14 Comments · City Council, City Politics, State Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·Chris Dodd·Jay Malcynsky·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·Merrick Alpert·Nancy Hadley
Happy Daddy Day, Plus: Dudes, Agree On Something, Zoo For You, And New Eats Downtown
June 21st, 2009 · 36 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events, State Politics
Hey Yahooy, Town Committee, and all other OIB friends who are dads, even cranky Joel Speedy Gonzalez, even step-dads like me, even honorary dads, a happy day to you. Fire up the grill, get fat and high on protein, sit back watch a little U.S. Open golf action, throw a Frisbie (don’t throw out your back), [...]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Bridgeport Port Authority·Chris Donovan·Denis O'Malley·Discovery Museum·Don Williams·Gregg Dancho·Jodi Rell·Joel Gonzalez·Nancy Hadley
Walk This Way, Talk This Way
June 17th, 2009 · 32 Comments · City Council, Education
As OIB friend Tom Kelly says the city’s legislative lobbyist in Hartford represents the ultimate in jaywalking. One day after it was disclosed that the city’s lobbyist Jay F. Malcynsky had acquired a convenient case of amnesia while pocketing a $55K consulting fee to work on the city’s behalf, City Councilman Bob Troll Walsh wants his contract revoked. [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bridgeport Port Authority·CT Post·Jay Malcynsky·Jodi Rell·John Ramos·John Rowland·Tom Kelly
Committee Votes To Sink Port Authority; Lobbyist Screws City
June 16th, 2009 · 46 Comments · City Council, Library, State Politics
The City Council’s Ordinance Committee voted Monday night to torpedo the Bridgeport Port Authority, the quasi-city agency that receives more than $1 million a year in docking fees, scheduling a public hearing on the matter for next Monday at 7 p.m. Too soon to say when the full City Council will take up the measure because [...]
Tags: Andre Baker·Auden Grogins·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Port Authority·Chris Donovan·Danny Martinez·Denis O'Malley·Discovery Museum·Ed Gomes·Jay Malcynsky·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·Mark Anastasi·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy
Poise Your Battleships, Plus: Finch Statement On Sikorsky Crash, And Moolah From Himes
June 12th, 2009 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events, State Politics
What happened, City Council members are so upset about OIB’s prior post regarding the Bridgeport Port Authority that they want to abolish it? Well, not exactly. A nasty fight is brewing and the details are still coming to light. The short version: The Bridgeport Port Authority and its executive director Joe Riccio don’t get along with [...]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Port Authority·Chris Donovan·CT Post·Discovery Museum·Fred Hall·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·Michele Mount
Debating The Ferry Controversy, Stay Or Move?
June 11th, 2009 · 29 Comments · Development and Zoning
Roughly one million travelers each year traffic the city’s ferry terminal downtown. Many head over to Port Jefferson, Long Island from the city and surrounding suburbs, and some come over from the other side of the pond to work and attend events at the arena and ballpark, and environs. Officials for the Bridgeport and Port Jefferson [...]
Tags: Bridgeport Port Authority·CT Post·Denis O'Malley·Fred Hall·Steelpointe Harbor
Port Authority Tsunami Continues, Full City Council Vote Set For Monday
June 18th, 2009 · 40 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Education, State Politics
Get the lifejackets ready! A special meeting of the City Council has been set for Monday night at 7:30 to act on the Ordinance Committee’s vote to dissolve the Bridgeport Port Authority. A public hearing will take place, before the council meeting, at 7 p.m. A lot is swirling–and will continue to swirl–in the days [...]
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Tags: Bridgeport Port Authority·CT Post·Jay Malcynsky·Jim Himes·Joe Carbone·Joe Riccio