Federal agents rounded up a bunch of reputed regional mobsters today allegedly involved in a major sports gambling operation. Check out the nicknames in this release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: ALLEGED ORGANIZED CRIME ASSOCIATES AMONG 20 CHARGED WITH OPERATING ILLEGAL GAMBLING BUSINESSES IN CONNECTICUT Twenty individuals, including alleged associates of the Gambino Crime Family [...]
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Bridgeport Lawyers Abound In Donovan Campaign Federal Probe
June 13th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
This is water torture time for Connecticut Speaker of the House Chris Donovan whose Democratic campaign in Connecticut’s 5th Congressional District is in the cross-hairs of a federal investigation that so far has charged Donovan’s ex-finance director Robert Braddock Jr. with conspiring to hide campaign contributions connected to a piece of legislation involving a tax [...]
Gomes And Musto Weigh In On Education “Loan”
June 13th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Education, News and Events
From State Senators Ed Gomes and Anthony Musto Senators Gomes & Musto Say Education Measures Will Benefit Bridgeport State assistance will fill Bridgeport’s education budget hole, support the Lighthouse After School Program HARTFORD – Senator Ed Gomes (D-Bridgeport, Stratford) and Senator Anthony Musto (D-Bridgeport, Trumbull and Monroe) announced early this morning that two important education [...]
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The School Board’s Leap Of Faith For A Loan
June 13th, 2012 · 14 Comments · Education, News and Events
With the General Assembly in special session, CT Post reporter Ken Dixon wrote this: One measure up for approval would provide a $3.5 million loan to the Bridgeport school board if it allows the state education commissioner to select the three finalists for Bridgeport school superintendent or its chief financial officer. If the city lives [...]
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Ciocci Versus Musto
June 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
Republican State Senate candidate Chadwick Ciocci has brought on Philip Purciello to manage his challenge against Democratic incumbent Anthony Musto who represents all of Trumbull and portions of Bridgeport and Monroe in Connecticut’s 22nd Senatorial District. One of the immediate challenges for Purciello is helping Ciocci, a member of the Trumbull Town Council, qualify for [...]
Jennifer Gondola’s Police Footage
June 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, Cops, News and Events
It’s been a wild 10 days for Bridgeport city employee Jennifer Gondola who made news after New Haven cops confiscated her phone after she filmed a police arrest. Our friends at the New Haven Independent report the latest. Jennifer Gondola began Wednesday in state court, proceeded to a meeting with the FBI, then went home [...]
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