Financial watchdog John Marshall Lee, in his latest OIB commentary, raises a series of questions about city bean counters’ financial accountability. School doors will once again open in Bridgeport in less than four weeks. Just a reminder that 13 months ago the elected Board of Education (BOE) in a majority vote decided to close down [...]
Entries from May 22nd, 2013
General Lee: Public Financial Attention Deficit Disorder
August 6th, 2012 · 6 Comments · City Budget, Education
Tags: John Marshall Lee·Paul Vallas
Ciocci Shares Economic Platform For State Senate Run
August 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment · City Politics, State Politics
Trumbull Town Councilman Chad Ciocci is the Republican candidate for State Senate challenging Democratic incumbent Anthony Musto in Connecticut’s 22nd District that covers all of Trumbull and portions of Bridgeport and Monroe. News release from Ciocci: Trumbull – Chadwick Ciocci, Candidate for State Senate in the 22nd District (Bridgeport, Monroe and Trumbull) and Majority Leader [...]
Lighthouse Summer Program At Marin School Extended
August 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Education, News and Events
From Mayor Finch: Mayor Bill Finch today announced that the City’s Lighthouse Summer Program at Luis Muñoz Marin School will be extended through August 10. The Mayor, Police Chief Gaudett and Superintendent Vallas made the decision to extend the program in response to the recent spate of violence on the City’s East Side.
Tags: Bill Finch·Joe Gaudett·Paul Vallas
Newton Cranks Up Campaign Message Of Redemption And Opportunity
August 6th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
One week to go until the Aug. 14 Democratic primary for State Senate. This is the first of three OIB posts examining what the respective campaign camps of Ernie Newton, Andres Ayala and Ed Gomes must do to win. When Ernie Newton hears he cannot win the Aug. 14 Democratic State Senate primary against two [...]
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Tags: Alvin Penn·Andres Ayala·Bill Finch·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·Hartford Courant·Wall Street Journal