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Repeat After Me … Plus: Follow Me, Follow You, Party Time, And Zoning War

November 30th, 2009 · 35 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events, State Politics

Newly elected City Council, Board of Education members and city sheriffs will be sworn-in to office during ceremonies scheduled for Tuesday 7 p.m. in City Council chambers on Lyon Terrace. I always marvel that Bridgeport public officials receive the oath of office on “Lyon” Terrace where truth-telling is such a virtue. Everyone is allowed to choose [...]

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Bird Is The Word

November 25th, 2009 · 24 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics

Nice touch by city firefighters and Mayor Bill Finch visiting P.T. Barnum Apartments in a campaign to bring fire safety information door to door to residents following the fire that killed a woman and her three kids. This is a week for giving and saying thanks. Well, also a lot of taking back for Governor Jodi Rell [...]

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Mayor And Murphy, Plus: Merrick In Pol Pod

November 24th, 2009 · 26 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Interviews, News and Events, State Politics

Mayor Bill Finch has provided additional details in the hiring of former Chief Administrative Officer Dennis Murphy on a consulting basis. Murphy will be paid $24,000 in what is expected to be a roughly six-month assignment to enhance management-labor relations. See Finch news release below: Mayor Finch Continues Efforts to Professionalize City Workforce (November 23, [...]

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Bull Ramos, Or Is Ramos Full Of Bull? Plus: Turkey Of The Year Nominations

November 23rd, 2009 · 18 Comments · City Budget, Education, News and Events, State Politics

Whoa, Superintendent of Schools John Ramos doesn’t hold back in the e-blast he sent the other day as he braces for a confrontation with Mayor Bill Finch over control of the Board of Education. The BOE will have a new look with outgoing City Council member Leticia Colon and former council member Pat Crossin entering [...]

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Mayor Addresses Labor Pains, Plus: Public Hearing Video, Bucks For Bridgeport Projects, And Post Office Saved

November 20th, 2009 · 51 Comments · City Politics, Development and Zoning, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics

Mayor Bill Finch recognizes he has serious labor-management issues so in an effort to build a bridge between city employees and his office he has called on an old friend for assistance. Dennis Murphy, who served as chief administrative officer under former Mayor Joe Ganim and then moved on to direct labor relations for the city [...]

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You’re Making Me Dizzy, My Head Is Spinning …

November 19th, 2009 · 22 Comments · Education, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics

Afternoon Update (Or as Tommy Roe put it:) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Round and round and round she goes where she stops does anyone know? Tonight, in the Carousel Building on the grounds of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, a public hearing will take place on Governor Jodi Rell’s plan to place a juvenile detention [...]

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On A Roll In Black Rock, And Épernay Party Time!

November 18th, 2009 · 29 Comments · City Politics, News and Events, State Politics

Minority party representation. That was part of my pitch to a sweet gathering Tuesday night at the Black Rock Library discussing Bridgeport government, how it’s supposed to work and how it really works. Lots of OIB friends attended, and I met a bunch of new folks in town eager for city information. State Senator Ed Gomes, [...]

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