CT Post reporter Amanda Cuda interviews the elusive Downtown Turkey. Should we give the bird a name? Let’s make him an honorary member of the City Council.
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‘Mr. Turkey, I’m Talking To You’
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At my house the annual turkey feast might have called the bird to be served, Tom Turkey. I don’t want to suggest any relation to City Council President Tom McCarthy however, because McCarthy is a very active figure at Council meetings calling for public speakers, fixing a microphone, and greeting Council latecomers while sitting in the ‘finch seat.’
The turkey in the picture appears singularly unresponsive, perhaps taking actual behavioral clues from Council members during the Public Speaking session. He is not fearful of getting smoked and then served in a food establishment certainly.
However, was Amanda Cuda “on assignment” for weeks to cover the turkey? An assignment from Hearst HQ to uncover burning Bridgeport questions? I have noticed the absence of Post reporters at many City meetings, and now I am beginning to understand they may be covering issues with happier story lines, the way Council President McCarthy likes “good news” presentations before 5-10 minutes of actual business, including Referrals to Committees and the call of the Consent Calendar with no discussion and no education for the public present. Does a “hot turkey story” include gravy on an open-faced sandwich? Time will tell.
This is the kind of reporting the Post has been doing for quite a while or at least since they put a couple of turkeys in charge of the paper.
This turkey would fit right in with the turkeys on the B &A committee.
I am curious if the Post questioned whether or not Sacred Heart University attempted to put some of their students at the Holiday Inn downtown. Maybe some of their friends would visit them and use their pool like the 100 students at the Trumbull Marriott. It would have brought some life downtown. Granted, the Marriott is a much nicer location but Downtown is beginning to have some shops, great restaurants, a beautiful old library and of course Housatonic and and an amazing art gallery. The shuttle to Sacred Heart running every hour would have exposed Students to 100s of businesses along Main Street. I am just curious. The Hotel and downtown could have benefited greatly and considering the sometimes bad relations with the City neighborhoods and the school, it could have been a good-will effort. It is just so amazing all of the missed opportunities the City gets. Trumbull Marriott??? Why? Now that would be a story to write about.
Bridgeport is so much more than the Merritt Canteen at 2:30 am on a Friday or Saturday night.
Or morning. But you get my drift.
This is the best piece of on-the-scene journalism I have seen the Post put out in quite a while. And the subject is no slouch either. He seems to know how to imply: “You wanna piece of me?!” Without actually saying anything that may get twisted around for use later. Good job.