Rick Torres, former Republican candidate for mayor and Congress, wants to be the next Connecticut GOP chair. Rick is super conservative as Connecticut Republicans go,
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Mayor’s Budget To City Council
News release from Mayor Finch regarding city budget: Mayor Finch Sends Budget Proposal to City Council; $468 million budget reduces spending by $1.3 million Mayor
Read moreThe Politics Of Election Budgets
UPDATE: Mayor Bill Finch submitted his election-year budget to the City Council Monday night that is expected to produce a minimal or no tax increase. Link to
Read moreWant Your Street Paved? Contact Curwen
Bridgeport City Councilman Bob Curwen, co-chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, who’s also on the city payroll, sent this out today to his peers. Yes
Read moreBridgeport, Trumbull Move Closer To Land Swap For Regional School
Brokered by Andrew McDonald, Governor Dannel Malloy’s chief legal counsel, Bridgeport and Trumbull have moved a step closer to ironing out a land swap to
Read moreGomes: Reform CitiStat Culture
Democratic mayoral candidate John Gomes, former director of the city’s government-efficiency CitiStat program, weighs in on the state of the department he once managed. A
Read moreRedrawing Political Lines, No Sniffing In My District!
This process should be fun to watch. PUBLIC HEARING, SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING The Special Committee on Redistricting will hold a Public Hearing
Read moreFoster: Dude, Show Us The Documents–How Much Dough For Lawyers?
When you issue a Freedom of Information request to Bridgeport’s City Attorney’s Office, the lawyers there don’t exactly do backflips to accommodate. About four weeks ago Mary-Jane
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