Former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, a leading contender for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, steps into the Pol Pod, and he’s not bashful about what he’d do as governor including weighing in on Governor Jodi Rell’s proposed juvenile detention center for girls on the Upper East Side. It doesn’t belong in Bridgeport, he says.
Entries from January 25th, 2012
Malloy In Pol Pod, Says He’s Prepared To Lead, State Should Be City Partner, Plus: Jacobs Nears Settlement
January 29th, 2010 · 44 Comments · Civil Service, Development and Zoning, Interviews, News and Events, State Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·David Dunn·Ed Gomes·Housatonic Community College·Jodi Rell·Joe Lieberman·Joseph's Steakhouse·Ned Lamont·Ralph 'n' Rich's·Ralph Jacobs
Can We Talk Mayoral Campaign?
January 27th, 2010 · 19 Comments · City Politics, State Politics
In Bridgeport politics it doesn’t matter your shape, size, color, ethnicity … everyone’s gotta get their pound of flesh. And sometimes a public opinion poll can make you a player. The state’s largest city has never had an African American mayor, and some city pols have decided to find out who might be a leading [...]
Tags: Andre Baker·Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Carmen Lopez·Charlie Tisdale·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Don Clemons·Ernie Newton·Gregg Dancho·Hartford Courant·Jim Holloway·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Marilyn Moore·Merriman River Group·Paul Ganim·Susan Bysiewicz
It’s So Joe, The Return Of Ganim, Plus: Mario’s Mission And It Ain’t Just Bread Ned
January 22nd, 2010 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Welcome home, Joe. Full disclosure: I was Joe Ganim’s campaign manager. Private sector clients paid me a nice buck because of my relationship with him. Joe wanted a piece of the action. I screwed up. Joe and I had a falling out in the fall of 1999 because I decided not to play ball anymore. I [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Housatonic Community College·Jasper McLevy·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·Joe Lieberman·Joel Gonzalez·John Rowland·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Matty's Corner·Michelle Lyons·Ned Lamont·Paul Pinto·Quinnipiac University·Testo's Restaurant·University of Bridgeport
Himes’ First Year, And Weicker’s Big Ones
January 26th, 2010 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
How’s Jim Himes doing? A little more than a year after gentleman Jim surfed the Obama wave into Congress, almost not a day passes that I don’t receive an ice-pick-in-the-ear news release from some Republican Party organization hammering Himes for supporting most everything Barack and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi have proposed to resurrect the economy. Every [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Chris Shays·Congress Street Bridge·Dan Debicella·Housatonic Community College·Jim Himes·Joe Biden·Joe Lieberman·John McKinney·Lowell Weicker·Nancy Pelosi·Rob Russo