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Entries from May 16th, 2012

How About Before 2010, Plus: Hoping Quick Cure For Curwen And Meeting On The Lake

August 20th, 2009 · 64 Comments · News and Events, State Politics

Will these pols make up their minds! If the Dems had done this from the beginning maybe there’d be a deal. Do they have any clue? From Ken Dixon of the Connecticut Post: HARTFORD – One step forward, then another step back, is the way the precarious budget talks with Gov. M. Jodi Rell are teetering, [...]

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The Politics Of Ethics

August 19th, 2009 · 27 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, Library

Bridgeport Port Authority, Civil Service, Bridgeport Public Library. All three agencies have or will be keeping Mayor Bill Finch busy. Add another one to the list hizzoner wants to shape: Bridgeport Ethics Commission. Nearly two years into his mayoralty, Finch is looking to replace members whose terms have expired or will expire by the end of the [...]

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Committee Urges Mayor To Gag Greg, Plus: What Happened To The Money!

August 18th, 2009 · 36 Comments · City Politics, Development and Zoning, Library, National Politics, News and Events

The Committee To Ungag The People, a community group making a lot of noise through silent protests, wants Mayor Bill Finch to remove Associate City Attorney Greg Conte from serving as legal counsel to the Planning & Zoning Commission. They say Conte has gummed up the works. See details in a letter the organization sent to Finch [...]

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The Library Flap

August 17th, 2009 · 51 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Library, News and Events

Get ready for the library showdown. This one’s gonna be a page turner. The official complaint is Liberate Libraries Committee vs Alma Maya, Town Clerk of the City of Bridgeport. Liberate Libraries Committee is a political action committee formed to push the passage of a library budget referendum. Library Board President Jim O’Donnell, an attorney, [...]

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Library Board Goes To Court, Plus: Being Mayor, No Walk In The Park

August 14th, 2009 · 58 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, Library, News and Events, State Politics

Weekend update: The Bridgeport Library Board is taking the city to court to bring a voter referendum that could determine a funding level for city libraries. OIB friend Sly Salcedo, an attorney and member of the library board, filed a complaint in Bridgeport Superior Court on Friday. A report from Sly: “I filed papers in [...]

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Primary Fever, The Riccio Plan And The Rell Bell

August 13th, 2009 · 35 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, State Politics

5:30 p.m. update: Okay, here’s the City Council primary lineup for September 15. District 135: Peter Clarke and Mary McBride-Lee have qualified to challenge incumbents Warren Blunt and Richard Bonney. So has Isa Mujahid who is running solo. District 136: Mark Trojanowski, running solo, was certified to take on incumbents Angel DePara and Carlos Silva. [...]

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The Risk Of Changing Spots, Plus: Willard And Ben

August 12th, 2009 · 54 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics

Congressman Jim Himes will not be easy to knock off in 2010. The first-term Democrat will have several million to dump in his reelection effort and the support of Barack to juice an urban turnout. That’s not stopping Republicans from lining up to try to reclaim Connecticut’s Fourth Congressional District that the GOP held for nearly 30 years [...]

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