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Just days from a Superior Court hearing that will decide whether city Democrats will vote in a mayoral primary, an OIB poll conducted by the Merriman River Group www.merrimanriver.com shows a close race between Mayor Bill Finch and challenger Mary-Jane Foster. Finch leads Foster 40 percent to 34 percent with 20 percent not sure and six percent [...]
Entries from May 16th, 2012
OIB Poll: Finch 40, Foster 34–Dem Voters Blame Ayala For Blocking Foster From Ballot
August 26th, 2011 · 41 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Tags: Alan Neigher·Bill Finch·CT Post·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Merriman River Group·Michele Mount·Santa Ayala
OIB Party Tonight
August 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · News and Events
OIB party tonight (Friday) 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Avenue, Downtown. Stop in and say hello.
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Frank Carroll Salutes Mr. Barnum
August 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
From The Barnum Festival: Frank J. Carroll, International Vice President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a Bridgeport native, was selected today by the Board of Directors of the Barnum Festival as the 2012 Ringmaster of the annual celebration.
Tags: Frank Carroll·Seaside Park
OIB Party, OIB Poll, Tax Facts
August 25th, 2011 · 120 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
NOON UPDATE: What a week so far and it ain’t over yet. OIB enjoyed record-shattering visitors on Wednesday. Thank you, everyone. Lots to talk about at Friday’s OIB party starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Bijou Theatre, 275 Fairfield Avenue, Downtown. This place is a gem. Stop in and say hello and also check out the [...]
Tags: Bijou Theatre·Bill Finch·CT Post·Jeff Kohut·Keila Torres Ocasio·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres·Santa Ayala
Post Calls For Ayala’s Head
August 25th, 2011 · 36 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
From the Connecticut Post Editorial Board: Santa Ayala, Bridgeport’s Democratic registrar of voters, should resign. And if she won’t, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and Democratic Town Chairman Mario Testa should come up with the mechanism to make it happen. It is almost beyond comprehension that Ayala, the longtime Democratic registrar, on July 28 knowingly sent [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Santa Ayala
Foster Rally: ‘Reinstate Foster Slate’
August 24th, 2011 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
The fate of placing mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster on the ballot in September is now in the hands of a Superior Court judge who will hear arguments next week to include Foster before voters after Democratic Registrar Santa Ayala made the dubious decision to reject her candidacy. Foster and her slate of candidates filed a lawsuit Wednesday [...]
Message From Pastor Bennett: Wake Up!
August 27th, 2011 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
Anthony Bennett, senior pastor of Mount Aery Baptist Church, weighs in on the state takeover of city schools with an enlightening commentary about the disenfranchisement of voters. From Pastor Bennett: From my faith tradition, there is an often quoted phrase that says “you better use it or lose it.” The point of this phrase was [...]
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Tags: Anthony Bennett·Barbara Bellinger·Bill Finch·Carmen Lopez·CT Post·George Coleman·John Ramos