So you’re a city firefighter and you feel like you’ve done your part to help dowse the flames of city red ink. City bean counters have
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Jodi’s Early Retirement, Dan and Ned Pitch City Pols, Plus: Schmoozing Downtown
Jodi Rell’s offering state employees an early retirement plan to save money, so she thinks. Maybe she should do us all a favor and include herself
Read moreMayor Shows His China Chops
Hey, Mayor Bill Finch is going to China. Can you blame him? Budget’s a pain in the ass; Cape Verdean community in an uproar over treatment of
Read moreThe Preservation Pilot Prince, Plus: Gutzon’s Gusto
Update: New link to city website is up under Government, here. Nice to be a pilot with your own plane. Morgan Kaolian, octogenarian extraordinaire, has
Read moreZoning Officer Suspended
Bridgeport Zoning Officer Dennis Buckley has been suspended with pay from his city position pending an investigation of a sexual harassment accusation by a city employee. Buckley
Read morePolitical Advice From MOM, Plus: Is Dick Chicken?
John Gomes is challenging Mayor Bill Finch, his former boss. Is Gomes’ run for the Democratic mayoral nomination next year sour grapes for getting canned? Or
Read moreSusan B. Freefalling
It will get worse before it gets better for SuBy. More from John Lender, Hartford Courant: 0
Read moreCockadoodle Doo! Red Rooster John Gomes Enters Mayoral Race, Who’s Next?
John Gomes, former director of the city’s government-efficiency CitiStat Program, is the first to officially declare his candidacy for mayor, and his former City Hall
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