3 p.m. update: Hey, Joe Ganim will be home soon. If you go to www.bop.gov you can check on the release date of federal inmates. Joe’s release date is now July 2010 but he’ll be out sooner should he accept halfway house time which would be available to him in January. The former mayor participated in a BOP-approved substance abuse [...]
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Joe’s Release, Plus: Eleanor, Gee You’re Swell, New Laws And Recession Impact
September 30th, 2009 · 30 Comments · Civil Service
Tags: CT Post·Eleanor Guedes·Jodi Rell·Joe Ganim·Keila Torres Ocasio·Ralph Jacobs
Kicked By A SHU, Plus: State Of Kids, And There’s A Lobster Loose!
September 28th, 2009 · 26 Comments · Education
Paging Anthony Cernera! Mr. SHU president, where are you? It’s great that Sacred Heart University is busting at the arteries, but not so great when the artery splatters the residents of the North End victimized by beered-up students from local rentals and dorms. SHU campus proper is located in Fairfield. Decades ago, following formation by [...]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Michelle Lyons·Sacred Heart University
The Library Referendum: Yes Or No? Plus: Abate Flushed
September 24th, 2009 · 68 Comments · Education, Library
I was looking to create a little trouble Wednesday afternoon. (Yeah, I can’t help myself.) So I called Jim O’Donnell, the genial president of the Bridgeport Library Board, to elicit an update on the November referendum to determine library funding. Voters will decide whether one mil shall be appropriated to fund library services. Basically, one mil in the [...]
Tags: Andy Abate·Bill Finch·CT Post·John Ramos·Keila Torres Ocasio·Michael Feeney·Tom Bucci
Lauretti’s Water Torture, Plus: Gag Order, Peck Flex, And Bridgeport’s Uninsured
September 23rd, 2009 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, State Politics
Okay, give me a show of hands … who among you knows FBI Special Agent Chris Halpin? I do, I do, I do! That would be me, Leonard. I spent a lot of time with Chris in the Joe Ganim case. Ten years ago this week I told Mayor Joe and his personal concierge Paul Pinto [...]
Tags: Alanna Kabel·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Darlene Chapdelaine·Gus Curcio·Jack Hennessy·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·John Rowland·Mario Testa·Mark Lauretti·Michael Voytek·Michelle Lyons·Paul Pinto·Rob Russo·Testo's Restaurant
The Real Deal On Regional Cooperation, Plus: The Carmen Watch, And Gag Me With An Invite
September 25th, 2009 · 35 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Civil Service, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events, State Politics
I love it when area officials get together to pound podiums about the state’s tax structure and froth about regional cooperation. That’s what happened Thursday in Stratford at an event sponsored by the Bridgeport Regional Business Council. Get a load of what Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti said: “There are an awful lot of successes that [...]
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