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Alanna Kabel, deputy chief administrative officer in charge of the Community Development Block Grant Program, has notified the city she is leaving for a job with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. www.chfa.org I don’t know Alanna well. She has been, from time to time, a lightning rod on OIB. Email alerts came hot and heavy about her [...]
Entries from May 16th, 2012
Kabel From Alanna: See Ya!
January 28th, 2011 · 43 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Good Grief, My Old Garage Collapsed
January 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · News and Events
The structure caved in on the left is the garage to my former house in Monroe. If you can get to the roof of your garage and house clear it off. Try a roof rake. Hopefully no one was injured.
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Gomes: Flush Sewer Proposal
January 26th, 2011 · 33 Comments · City Budget, City Politics, Development and Zoning
Mayor Bill Finch is leaning on the towns of Trumbull and Monroe to join the city in a regional wastewater authority that would process sludge in the state’s largest city. Monroe has no sewers and wants to open up development. Trumbull has sewers, but no treatment plant. An agreement would create a mini municipality with bonding authority to purchase the wastewater infrastructure of Bridgeport [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·John Gomes
Another Snow Emergency, Will It Ever End!
January 26th, 2011 · 9 Comments · News and Events
From Mayor Finch: Mayor Finch Declares Snow Emergency Beginning at 5 p.m. Today In force until 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 No Parking on Snow Emergency Streets; Alternate Side of the Street Parking in Force on All Other Roadways Until Further Notice Due to the impending winter storm, Mayor Bill Finch has declared a snow [...]
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Frightening: Malloy’s Budget Impact
January 26th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget
When a governor says spending cuts will take priority over tax hikes, municipal chief executives say pass the whiskey bottle. Governor Malloy, for now at least, is saying cuts must trump tax hikes to close a projected $3.67 billion shortfall he inherited. This is not welcome news for Mayor Bill Finch in an election year. Please governor, urges [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy
Murphy Appointed Deputy Commissioner Of Labor
January 26th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, News and Events
Dennis Murphy, former chief administrative officer for the city, has been appointed deputy commissioner of the Department of Labor by Governor Dannel Malloy. Murphy is the spouse of John Stafstrom, former Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee chairman, an early supporter of Malloy’s run for governor. Murphy has tons of experience negotiating union contracts, a key task [...]
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Tags: Dan Malloy·Joe Ganim·John Stafstrom·Lowell Weicker·Mary Moran·Tom Bucci