Closing a school is rarely easy. Dunbar School in the East End is on the chopping block as Superintendent of Schools John Ramos must cut expenses as he deals with yet another flatline budget. A couple of Board of Education members have suggested Black Rock School should close before Dunbar. Can you imagine if that were a possibility? [...]
Entries from February 19th, 2012
Paul Ganim Responds To Eviction
June 1st, 2011 · 20 Comments · News and Events
OIB reported on Tuesday a landlord eviction action brought against Bridgeport Probate Judge Paul Ganim for lack of rent payment. Ganim statement:
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To Tell The Truth: When Is A City Budget Balanced?
June 1st, 2011 · 15 Comments · City Budget, City Council
John Marshall Lee, who organized a city watchdog group to sit through City Council budget meetings, files this essay on the heels of the non-partisan Institute for Truth in Accounting report /institute-for-truth-in-accounting-citys-billion-dollar-burden/ that questions the budget numbers of city bean counters. Lee addresses a central question: when is a budget balanced?
Gomes: Jam Brakes On Take-home Vehicles
June 1st, 2011 · 20 Comments · City Budget, City Politics
From Democratic mayoral candidate John Gomes: GOMES CALLS FOR AN END TO “CARGATE” Bridgeport Democratic Mayoral candidate John Gomes stated today that, “The number of official City of Bridgeport cars in use by employees is an obscene waste of taxpayer money and the Mayor should stop this feeding at the trough immediately.”
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Coviello Claims Judah Epstein Makes Millions In City Legal Fees
June 1st, 2011 · 5 Comments · City Politics
Democratic mayoral candidate Charlie Coviello has issued a followup statement to rival Mary-Jane Foster’s freedom of information disclosure regarding millions in city legal work paid to lawyers supporting Mayor Bill Finch’s reelection. The city did not disclose legal fees paid to lawyers for a few city-related agencies such as the Water Pollution Control Authority which receives [...]