Looking at bright spots for Mayor Joe Ganim’s tight primary win over John Gomes there are several areas including the East Side precincts from top
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Gomes: This Fight Is Not Over
News release from John Gomes: Today, John Gomes vowed he will continue his campaign on behalf of the voters of Bridgeport. History repeated itself on
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For Ganim, A Sobering Outcome
A win is a win is a win, right? Mayor Joe Ganim’s unofficial primary win, his second consecutive reelection scare, comes certainly with sobering numbers.
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A Cigar, Prediction And Puff Of Smoke – John Gomes’s Absentee Ballot Primary Redux
Four years ago, a prescient John Gomes talked about absentee ballots as insurance against a machine-vote deficit. He was then assistant chief administrative officer supporting
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Primary Vote Turnout Thin At Midway Point
At the midway point of the Democratic primary for mayor, voting turnout across city precincts is anemic, even in the traditionally higher voting areas such
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Timber! Tumble The South End Smokestack, Please – But, Be Careful
OIB raconteur Douglass Davidoff knows all about the candy-striped smokestack that so many want chopped down as a start to clean up the decommissioned powerplant
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CT Post Editorial Page Chief Hugh Bailey Gets It Right
I wrote this when the Connecticut Post wrote that. Readers offline emailed me, maybe you’re a bit strident? Others wrote, it’s about time. I don’t
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Pereira’s AB Break-In Undercuts Gomes Campaign Narrative – Police Pereira Probe Underway
On Thursday morning City Councilwoman Maria Pereira, a supporter of mayoral candidate John Gomes, breached the vacated home of an elderly woman in search of
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