Punxsutawney Phil calls for early spring. Winter Storm Nemo doesn’t oblige. The menacing Blizzard of 2013 left devastation throughout the city, overwhelmed Public Works crews, imprisoned residents in their own homes with drifts of snow four and five feet and higher. Mayor Bill Finch called in the National Guard for help, hired private contractors from outside Connecticut, issued a travel ban and urged citizen cooperation and patience.
As a result of city’s response to storm, residents conduct vent session in City Council chambers.
Republicans throw snowballs at city’s snow removal response.
The editorial board of the Connecticut Post writes “whatever planning occurred was a nightmare, a city of largely rutted, slippery byways more reminiscent of a medieval village than the state’s largest city.”
Roughly 250 city employees inside the Morton Government Center were evacuated after a package containing a grenade was discovered. State Police Bomb Squad was on the scene.
Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez supports banning city employees from serving on City Council, urges state legislative committee to free people from shackles of conflict of interest.
Bob “Troll” Walsh, the former resident curmudgeon on the Bridgeport City Council, says votes can be bought and sold as a result of city employees serving on the city’s legislative body, something prohibited by the City Charter but allowed through a loophole in state law.
Chief of municipal lobbying group vomits on State Rep. Jack Hennessy’s reform bill, sides with gravy train interests.
Bryan Norwood, Bridgeport’s former top cop, resigns Richmond, Virginia chief job over Chris Brown flap.
The University of Bridgeport’s online degree programs named among the top in the nation, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Online Education Programs.
Local NAACP leader says the Bridgeport Police Department should install dashboard cameras in patrol cars to guard against police abuse.
H&R Block reports Bridgeport is the proud owner of the number-one tax burden in the country.
To show Valentine’s Day love for visitors, admission to zoo half price on weekend.
State Rep. Jack Hennessy joins neighbors to oppose expansion of restaurant owned by Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa.
NAACP activists protest South End coal plant.
Bobby Valentine named athletic director of Sacred heart University.
State Rep. Auden Grogins receives National Humane Society’s legislator of year award.
State NAACP chief claims red light cameras unfairly target minorities.
Vice President Joe Biden visited Connecticut to discuss gun control, Governor Dan Malloy “outlined a plan for common sense gun violence prevention that I believe can serve as critical first steps in our efforts to make Connecticut safer.”
