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A report by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is faulting the city’s Fire Department following the death of two firefighters last summer? Maybe OIB readers Ron Mackey and Andy Fardy, retired firefighters, can weigh in on this. Is the report fair? From Dan Tepfer, CT Post.
Entries from May 16th, 2012
Is The FD At Fault?
June 29th, 2011 · 15 Comments · Firefighters, News and Events
Tags: Andy Fardy·CT Post·Dan Tepfer
Police Lieutenant Bailey Files Suit Over Union Dues Conflict
June 28th, 2011 · 14 Comments · Cops, News and Events
Bridgeport Police Lieutenant William “Ron” Bailey, who oversees sick and injury management in the city Police Department, has filed a lawsuit in federal court for what he says is the illegal docking of union dues from his city paycheck. Bailey says he left the union in part because of the treatment he received from union leadership for ”trying [...]
Tags: William "Ron" Bailey
Gomes: Stand With Education Chief
June 28th, 2011 · 13 Comments · City Politics, Education
From Democratic mayoral candidate John Gomes: GOMES CALLS FOR “COMMON SENSE CUTS” TO SUPPORT A QUALITY OF EDUCATION Bridgeport Democratic Mayoral candidate John Gomes urged the parents and community leaders to stand united in support of Dr. John Ramos, Superintendent of Bridgeport Schools and Board of Education staff, but most importantly “to support the children [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·John Gomes·John Ramos
Tractor Stuck In Beach
June 28th, 2011 · 6 Comments · News and Events
CT Post reporter Keila Torres Ocasio has an update to beach concerns at Saints: The Parks Department on Friday drove its heavy equipment onto the sandy area of the St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea neighborhood park and dug up and then replanted beach plugs that some residents say were designed to prevent erosion of the sandspit and to [...]
Tags: CT Post·Keila Torres Ocasio
Foster Weighs In On Beach Erosion At Saints
June 27th, 2011 · 6 Comments · City Politics
Passion is high in Black Rock over beach conditions at St. Mary’s. From Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster: Mary-Jane Foster’s Solutions for Bridgeport Problem: Mayor Finch is unable to strike a compromise over clean up and conservation at St. Mary’s by the Sea.
Tags: Bill Finch·Mary-Jane Foster
Paging Helen Reddy! Why Women Sway Elections
June 27th, 2011 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Women saved Bill Clinton. Women rescued Dick Blumenthal. Women elected Bill Finch Bridgeport mayor over Chris Caruso.
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Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Clinton·Bill Finch·Charlie Coviello·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Hillary Clinton·John Gomes·Linda McMahon·Mary-Jane Foster·Sarah Palin