For all the meowing (me included) about the city’s historically low 18 percent election turnout last week, some cities and towns in Connecticut actually made the state’s largest city with the largest registration in the state look like the running of the bulls. Okay okay, some of the respective municipal chief executives running unopposed led to tiny participation in those communities but why let the facts get in the way when it comes to feeble turnout?
The Connecticut Secretary of the State’s website www.sots.ct.gov/sots/site/default.asp has posted updated winners and losers and turnout figures from around the state. The statewide average turnout was 30 percent. Hartford’s turnout, a riotous 16.20 percent, actually trailed Bridgeport. New Haven, which had a competitive mayoral race, produced a 25 percent turnout. A bunch of small towns: Hebron, Lyme, Madison, Plainfield and Sterling were among the state’s turnout bottom dwellers.
Turnout for area towns? Trumbull, 48 percent; Monroe, 33 percent; Easton, 33 percent. Want to see the stats for yourself? Check these out, election results followed by turnout figures.
What happened to the real Lennie Grimaldi???
These postings lately have been so lame, either aliens abducted him and some phony Lennie is posting this SH_T or Lennie has suffered some brain damage.
There is no juice on this juicy web–bizarre!
For me, brain damage is natural.
And Lennie, to your post the other day, City Councilman Andre Baker out-polled the Mayor in the East End in the Democratic Primary.
Now those are results that should give other politicians reason to pause.
Yes, in the primary, but not the general. Reap, according to the official general election tally provided by the registrar for the 139th District, Harding and Dunbar schools combined: Finch 851, Andre Baker 796. Andre ran strong in the general, but not quite ahead of the mayor.
That would be a pause for a sanitary cause. Congratulations Andre!
Does Lennie have moves like Jagger?
Grin: Like a python engorged with prey, Bridgeport politics almost always moves slowly after an election. I’m guessing it won’t be until after Christmas before the voters are fully digested and the python starts slithering off again.
But it won’t be until Christmas before the voters are fully disgusted. That could be any day now.
Lennie, Andre Baker primary numbers are more impressive because he ran ahead of the mayor and he supported MJF.
With Robert Walsh no longer a City Councilman, Andre Baker is now the lone voice on the City Council who will not rubber stamp everything the mayor wants.
*** Guess next to last is better than last, no? ***