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Okay, here we go. Mayor Bill Finch is expected to submit his budget to the City Council on Monday for the budget year that begins July 1. TO: ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: FLEETA HUDSON, CITY CLERK RE: BUDGET MEETING SCHEDULE-FY 2011/2012 The Mayor’s Proposed General Fund Budget for FY 2011-2012 is expected [...]
Entries from May 16th, 2012
The Budget, The Budget, The Budget
March 31st, 2011 · 28 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Tags: Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen
No Boogers In My Burgers!
March 31st, 2011 · 13 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
From the CT Working Families Party: BRIDGEPORT — Holding signs with slogans like “No Boogers In My Burgers” and “No Coughing in our Coffee,” the EverybodyBenefits.org campaign for paid sick days legislation held a rally outside McDonald’s at 1900 Fairfield Ave in Bridgeport to highlight the need for paid sick days legislation to protect both the [...]
Tags: Dan Malloy·Maria Pereira
Food World Closes
March 31st, 2011 · 11 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Recent grocery store closures have cost the city more than 100 jobs, according to this piece in the CT Post. Food World IGA closed suddenly two weeks ago–another grocer down in a city where high unemployment and competition have started to chip away at shopping options. “Nobody has any money,” said a man at the [...]
Tags: CT Post
The Correct Contrition For Bob Scinto: Do A Development in Bridgeport!
March 30th, 2011 · 71 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
Developer Robert Scinto is scheduled for sentencing in federal court next week for fibbing to the feds regarding benefits provided to Shelton public officials. Scinto, a Bridgeport kid who had huge successes turning Shelton’s grand into the envy of the state, will try to persuade U.S. District Judge Charles Haight to grant leniency in exchange [...]
Tags: Bob Scinto
A Land Swap For You! Carve Up The City–Abolish The Board of Education
March 29th, 2011 · 83 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning
All this talk about land swaps between Bridgeport and Trumbull has me thinking (always a peculiar thing) back to the days of State Rep. Lee Samowitz. Twenty years ago or so Lee proposed the ultimate land swap. Divide Bridgeport into the suburbs. Before there was a Bridgeport there was a Stratfield. City proper as we know [...]
Tags: Andy Fardy·Auden Grogins·Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Bluefish·Captain's Cove Seaport·Chris Caruso·Ernie Newton·Housatonic Community College·Lee Samowitz·Mario Testa·Nancy DiNardo·Pat Crossin·Pleasure Beach·Sacred Heart University·Sal DiNardo·Seaside Park·Tim Herbst·University of Bridgeport
Can We Nail Down The Regional School Deal?
March 30th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Education
Key officials from Bridgeport and Trumbull negotiating land use issues for a proposed regional science magnet school are scheduled to meet on Friday with former State Senator Andrew McDonald, Governor Dannel Malloy’s legal point person on the project.
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Tags: Andrew McDonald·Dan Malloy·Tim Herbst