UPDATE: meeting cancelled. The Board of Education is scheduled to meet Monday night and presumably take up the “Board member vacancy election,” according to the agenda, to fill the term of State Rep. Andre Baker who was elected as a Democrat in 2013. The leading Democratic candidates to fill the spot appear to be former State […]
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Another Board Of Education Showdown Looms Monday
September 11th, 2016 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education, News and Events
Tags: Andre Baker·David Hennessey·Dennis Bradley·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Hector Diaz·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Phil Smith
McGregor: Trump A Crudely Prejudiced Bigot … I’m With Her
September 7th, 2016 · 24 Comments · Analysis and Comment
The thought of voting for a Democrat, unless of course it’s his wife, is something of a stomach churner for U.S. Marine Jack McGregor. Semper fi, always faithful, is a dedicated McGregor mantra in life. But Donald Trump is a different animal; he’s not a Republican, he’s not even a Democrat, he’s a demagogue, a […]
Tags: Bridgeport Bluefish·Donald Trump·Hillary Clinton·Jack McGregor·Mary-Jane Foster
HUD Urges Ganim To Blowtorch Housing Authority Board
September 1st, 2016 · 27 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
The regional director of the federal Housing and Urban Development wants Mayor Joe Ganim to “replace the mayoral appointments to the Board (of the Bridgeport housing authority) within a period not to exceed 30 days,” asserting a “history of board member interference in the daily operations of the agency and the inappropriate use of their authority to […]
Shake-up Looms Over Troubled Housing Authority
August 31st, 2016 · 38 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Law Enforcement, News and Events
Rudderless at the top, crime challenged and guideline glitched, the agency that oversees a $51 million budget serving the housing needs of 12,000 residents could experience a major shake-up in the coming weeks as power struggles between board members and staff have gained greater scrutiny by the federal Housing and Urban Development that funds it.
Worse In Hartford? Connecticut’s Bleeding Cities–Stafstrom: It Doesn’t Matter Who Is Worse Off … State Has Ignored Cities
August 29th, 2016 · 59 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, News and Events, State Politics
The mil rate in Bridgeport is 54. In Hartford it’s 74–ouch–by far the highest in the state. Mayor Joe Ganim’s spending plan approved by the City Council calls for $4 million in union concessions to balance the budget, some of which he has achieved. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin’s budget anticipates $15.5 million in municipal givebacks. […]
Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Dick Blumenthal·Hartford Courant·Housatonic Community College·Joe Ganim·Lowell Weicker·Mary Moran·Steven Stafstrom·Tom Bucci
Donald Trump’s Favorite Hobby–Lying
September 16th, 2016 · 73 Comments · Analysis and Comment, National Politics, News and Events
In light of the latest Donald Trump fabrication revealed (everyone has a hobby, right?). After five years as the chief promoter of the false idea that President Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States, Donald Trump admitted on Friday that the president was–and claimed credit for putting the issue to rest, we present an OIB […]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Donald Trump·Hillary Clinton·Joe Ganim·John Stafstrom·Steve Wynn