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Entries from January 25th, 2012

Russo Drops Out, Endorses Debicella, Plus: Boys Club Fight Looms

April 29th, 2010 · 13 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, State Politics

Former Bridgeport State Senator Rob Russo dropped out of the race for Congress today and endorsed Shelton State Senator Dan Debicella for the Republican nomination in Connecticut’s Fourth Congressional District, a 17-town region that takes in the state’s largest city and heavy GOP Fairfield County suburbs.

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Ned: Casino Not A Priority, Plus: Sizing Up The Guber Race

April 28th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics

I chatted with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont this morning after the governor candidates’ forum at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn. I asked him to state his position with respect to a casino for the city. I had wondered if city pols, led by Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa, were pushing him to a position he didn’t [...]

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The Smell Of Ink, Plus: New Trees For Saints

April 28th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Media, News and Events, State Politics

I’ll be checking out the gubernatorial forum this morning at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn. Stay tuned for a report. A new community print newspaper, yes a publication with ink on paper (as opposed to knuckleheads like me with a web handle) debuts this week. Look for The Independent in your local stores, shops and bars. [...]

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Moore V. Musto II

April 27th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics

In 2008, Marilyn Moore came close to defeating Anthony Musto in a state senate Democratic primary. She’s gearing up again.

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How Does People’s United Park Sound?

April 27th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events, State Politics

Light up a cigar. Fill a champagne flute. Make a bubble bath. Philip Sherringham is gone. Ciao. Adios. See ya. The rogue chief executive of Bridgeport-based People’s United Bank, who built himself a Taj Mahal office, lined his floors with carpets that could buy a small mansion, fitted his doors with frost-covered arrogance and told bank employees [...]

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Mario’s Lamont Dice Roll

April 26th, 2010 · 33 Comments · City Politics, News and Events, State Politics

Update: A casino debate? Again? Yup. Leave it to Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa to create a wedge issue as he pushes his flock to endorse Ned Lamont for governor. Fifteen years after the state legislature derailed a casino for Bridgeport, Mario’s trying to persuade district leaders Lamont will support a casino for the city (along [...]

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Tom Buzi

April 24th, 2010 · 24 Comments · Analysis and Comment

Sorry to hear of the passing of Bridgeport native and former Monroe First Selectman Tom Buzi who had been battling cancer for a few years. He was 59.

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