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From Mayor Finch: Two City Firefighters Die in Line of Duty Two City firefighters died while fighting a fire at 41 Elmwood Ave., on Saturday afternoon. Lieutenant Steven Velasquez was pronounced dead at St. Vincent’s Medical Center and Firefighter Michel Baik was pronounced dead at Bridgeport Hospital. Velazquez had just been promoted to lieutenant in [...]
Entries from May 16th, 2012
Sanity Prevails, Charges Dropped Against Pete Finch
July 23rd, 2010 · 25 Comments · Cops, News and Events
No revelation here, eh? From CT Post: The state Friday dropped criminal charges against Peter Finch, the Bridgeport mayor’s son, who had been accused of stealing a street sign in the aftermath of last month’s tornado. “The state would have been unable to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intended to permanently deprive the [...]
City Places Housing Code Chief On Paid Leave
July 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · News and Events
City Councilman Richard Paoletto, the acting director of the city’s Housing and Commercial Code Enforcement Department, has been suspended with pay effective Monday until completion of a review by the city’s Labor Relations Department. The suspension stems from a city employee who has filed a sexual harassment complaint. The allegation comes from an employee with [...]
Tags: Rich Paoletto
The Soap Opera, Taste Of Honey, Blonde Banshee, And The Super’s Ed Contract
July 22nd, 2010 · 25 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, State Politics
In the ongoing soap opera As The Layoffs Turn (hopefully there won’t be any), it doesn’t appear pink slips will be issued this week. Looks like the city is close to finalizing the savings it needs to begin closing an $8 million budget gap as a result of negotiations from uniformed services without layoffs, the largest piece coming from [...]
Tags: Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Chris Shays·Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Ramos·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·M. Evette Brantley·Ned Lamont·Quinnipiac University·Santa Ayala
How Are Your AB Muscles? Let Us Vote Early, Plus: Should Lamont Debate Malloy?
July 21st, 2010 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Say absentee ballot in Bridgeport, and it was money in the bank. (The question was whose bank account?) Say absentee ballot and you wondered just how many voted from St. Michael’s Cemetery. Hey, what’s wrong with a few dead guys voting? Ah yes, Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz is reminding voters absentee ballots are ”available for any Connecticut voters [...]
Tags: Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Joe Lieberman·Lydia Martinez·Mario Testa·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Paul Ganim·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Foley
The Bridgeport Connections, Sizing Up Malloy-Lamont Fight, Plus: Mayor’s Community Forum
July 20th, 2010 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Three weeks to Tsunami Tuesday and counting. The state’s largest city is a player in the Democratic gubernatorial primary battle between Dan Malloy and Ned Lamont, and an eclectic group of city pols–sometimes together, sometimes not–are split among one of the men who could become governor. Let’s start with Ned. A contingent of political players who include [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·George Bush·Jim Callahan·Jodi Rell·Joe Gaudett·Joe Lieberman·John DeStefano·John Gilmore·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Nancy Wyman·Ned Lamont·Ralph Ford·Tom Foley·Tom McCarthy
Poise Your Tents (And Tokes) The Vibes Touches Down
July 23rd, 2010 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Hey, GOTV is next week. No, not Get Out The Vote. Gathering Of The Vibes. The annual hippie fest returns to Seaside Park, the waterfront gem gifted to the city by P.T. Barnum and designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. How many pols will show up this year to schmooze voters? So what that so many [...]
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Tags: Dan Debicella·Dick Blumenthal·Gathering of the Vibes·Jim Himes·Linda McMahon·Morgan Kaolian·Ned Lamont·Peter Schiff·Rick Torres·Rob Simmons·Seaside Park