Bill Finch needs some momentum in his mayoralty, an economic development initiative to call his own, or maybe revive a languishing project than can provide a spark. The mayor has scheduled an announcement for Tuesday afternoon with Bridgeport Landing Development LLC, developers of Steelpointe Harbor, to provide an update. Maybe they can actually plant a shovel [...]
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Where Are The Cranes?
August 31st, 2009 · 38 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Tags: Andres Ayala·Bill Finch·Jim Himes·Keith Rodgerson·Ralph Jacobs·Steelpointe Harbor·Steve Krauchick
Why Can’t We Be Friends? Plus: Judge Underhill Dumps Public Financing, And Mayor’s Storm Warning
August 28th, 2009 · 123 Comments · City Politics, Education, State Politics
Mary-Jane Foster Rina Bakalar Dottie Guman And now Carolanne Curry These women all supported Bill Finch’s mayoralty in 2007, worked their fannies off, in fact, to help him squeeze out a 270-vote victory over State Rep. Chris Caruso. And, one by one, for one reason or another they are no longer part of the Finch administration [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Bill Finch·Carolanne Curry·Chris Caruso·Dick Blumenthal·Dottie Guman·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Paul Timpanelli·Rina Bakalar·Sly Salcedo·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Kelly·University of Bridgeport
Liberate The Library! Plus: Rell’s Budget, Tax Cuts, Tax Hikes
August 26th, 2009 · 51 Comments · Library
4:30 p.m. update: Do you know why I call this webzine Only In Bridgeport, named for my book of the same name? Because of one-of-a-kind stories. Yeah baby, the underdog Liberate Libraries Committee fighting the city attorney’s office won a court victory in its quest to have voters decide whether one mil should be appropriated [...]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Gregg Dancho·Sly Salcedo·Tom McCarthy
A Dunn Deal, Plus: Judge Sides With Library Supporters
August 25th, 2009 · 56 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Civil Service, Library
5:30 p.m. update: David Dunn, former labor relations director under Mayors John Mandanici and Tom Bucci, has been appointed by Mayor Bill Finch as acting personnel director for civil service replacing the fired Ralph Jacobs. Finch can appoint him on an acting basis pending approval by the Civil Service Commission that blowtorched Jacobs for not playing [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Alma Maya·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·CT Post·David Dunn·John Mandanici·Ralph Jacobs·Tom Bucci
Civil Service Cans Jacobs, Plus: Library Statute Wars
August 21st, 2009 · 65 Comments · City Politics, Civil Service, Library
Saturday update: The Bridgeport Civil Service Commission Friday afternoon, at the urging of Mayor Bill Finch, fired Personnel Director Ralph Jacobs citing breach of city loyalty and setting up a legal battle over control of the historically non-political position. At issue was one charge in which commission members say Jacobs overstepped his authority when he urged a legal [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Eleanor Guedes·Jim Himes·Mike Devlin·Ralph Jacobs·Rosa Correa·Tom Bucci
The Candidate Watch, Library On Ballot
August 27th, 2009 · 54 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Library, News and Events
For the past couple of weeks we’ve been consumed with civil service and library fights. Wake up, Leonard! City Council primaries will take place September 15 in four districts. Tyreke Bird has added some spice to the race in the 138th District after his arrest for an alleged assault. Not a lot of details on [...]
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Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·Andy Fardy·Angel DePara·Ann Barney·Bob Curwen·Carlos Silva·Dottie Guman·Isa Mujahid·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Mark Trojanowski·Rich Paoletto·Sly Salcedo·Tyreke Bird·Warren Blunt