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So you’re a city firefighter and you feel like you’ve done your part to help dowse the flames of city red ink. City bean counters have submitted a budget with a nearly $7 million hole, according to City Councilman Bob Curwen, co-chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, anticipating roughly $4 million in employee givebacks to help close the [...]
Entries from May 16th, 2012
The Budget: Carrot Or Stick? Plus: Jimmy’s HQ Opening
April 23rd, 2010 · 13 Comments · City Budget, Education, Library, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Jim Himes·Max Medina·Pat Crossin
Mayor Shows His China Chops
April 21st, 2010 · 51 Comments · City Budget, Development and Zoning
Hey, Mayor Bill Finch is going to China. Can you blame him? Budget’s a pain in the ass; Cape Verdean community in an uproar over treatment of fired CitiStat chief, mayoral candidate John Gomes; black community wondering who will be the new health director following departure of Marian Evans now that the application deadline has passed; unions [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·John Gomes·Marian Evans
The Preservation Pilot Prince, Plus: Gutzon’s Gusto
April 20th, 2010 · 35 Comments · Development and Zoning, State Politics
Update: New link to city website is up under Government, here. Nice to be a pilot with your own plane. Morgan Kaolian, octogenarian extraordinaire, has a passion for Pleasure Beach in photos and phonetics, as he writes to the Park Board in an appeal for preservation.
Tags: Beardsley Park·Bob Scinto·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Morgan Kaolian·Ned Lamont·Playhouse on the Green·Pleasure Beach·Seaside Park
Zoning Officer Suspended
April 19th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Development and Zoning
Bridgeport Zoning Officer Dennis Buckley has been suspended with pay from his city position pending an investigation of a sexual harassment accusation by a city employee. Buckley has worked in the city Zoning Office for more than 20 years. He is the chief zoning official for the city. The agency comes under the umbrella of the Department of Economic Development headed [...]
Tags: Don Eversley
Susan B. Freefalling
April 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · State Politics
It will get worse before it gets better for SuBy. More from John Lender, Hartford Courant:
Jodi’s Early Retirement, Dan and Ned Pitch City Pols, Plus: Schmoozing Downtown
April 22nd, 2010 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events, State Politics
Jodi Rell’s offering state employees an early retirement plan to save money, so she thinks. Maybe she should do us all a favor and include herself … now, before it’s too late and the state sinks into Iceland. The leading Democratic candidates for governor Dan Malloy and Ned Lamont are wondering how much more damage the [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Jodi Rell·John DeStefano·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont