Facing a key first quarter fundraising deadline March 31, Mayor Joe Ganim and allies rallied the troops Wednesday night at Brewport packing more than 300
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Rev. Smith Goes To City Hall Embracing Faith, Community Service And A Contrarian
City faith leader Sara Smith, senior minister of Bridgeport’s United Congregational Church, was overwhelmingly backed by City Council members Monday night to fill the vacated West
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Ganim To Host Fundraiser In Advance Of Key Campaign Finance Report
This is crunch time for mayoral candidates and their respective campaign treasurers to bank fundraising bucks with first quarter finance reports due in April. Mayor
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Information Seeking Is A Circuitous Process When Lawyers Involved
Any time lawyers get involved in something everything gets involved. For years–rather than the Communications Department, for example–the City Attorney’s Office has been trusted with
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Is No Labels An Insurance Policy Against A Trump-Biden Rematch?
The political organization No Labels has been around for more than a dozen years with a core message to deliver sanity in the face of
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“Scarred” And Barred, Ex-Chief Perez Recalls Inhumane Incarceration–Plus: Ganim Had ‘Nothing To Do’ With Perez’s Crimes
Update–Perez: Ganim had nothing to do with his crimes. “The mayor had nothing to do with it,” Perez testified last month in state Superior Court
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Legislative Watchdog Notes Senator Moore’s Ethics Hypocrisy
While raising money for her own campaign for mayor, State Senator Marilyn Moore is boosting bucks for Hartford mayoral candidate John Fonfara, Senate chair of
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Gomes Swells Mayoral Campaign Treasury At Fundraiser
If anyone thinks Democratic mayoral contender John Gomes’ first foray into fundraising was a fluke–raising $100,000 in the month of December–the summer flounder has bulged
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