Commentary by John Marshall Lee: Democratic values and practices need support at all times but especially when their absence is recognized. One major right in
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Happy 90th Birthday Mary Chapar Moran, Bridgeport’s First Female Mayor
Mary Chapar Moran was the first female to occupy the mayor’s office and the last Republican as well, elected in 1989 defeating incumbent Democrat Tom
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Connecting The Dots To Illicit Coordination Between Dark Money Group And Moore For Mayor
On June 3, founders of the political committee Bridgeport Generation Now Votes publicly endorsed State Senator Marilyn Moore for mayor on the Broad Street steps
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Gen Now Votes Dark Money Group Receives Blowback For Its Absentee Ballot Machinations
They claim brazenly “our organization has a very public history of working to end absentee ballot fraud and abuse in Bridgeport” but leaders of the
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Ganim Endorsed For Another Four-Year Term
Serenaded by chants of “four more years” by supporters and “Joe must go” by opponents, Mayor Joe Ganim Tuesday night won by acclamation the Democratic
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Italian-American Leaders Condemn “Race-Baiting” Depiction Fabricated By Moore-Backed Mayoral Supporters
Chris Caruso, president of the Council of Italian American Societies of Greater Bridgeport and Matthew Guarnieri, president of the Connecticut Italian American Defense League, are
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Caruso To Moore: Denounce And Distance Your Campaign From Controversial Expenditures
Former State Rep. and two-time mayoral candidate Chris Caruso is urging State Senator Marilyn Moore to “publicly denounce and distance her mayoral campaign” from the
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Dark Money Group Signs Out A Blizzard Of Absentee Ballot Applications To Support Moore For Mayor
Last week, Gemeem Davis and Callie Heilmann, leaders of the dark-money organization, Bridgeport Generation Now Votes, walked into the Town Clerk’s Office and signed out
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