If nothing else former Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas is a valiant campaigner. This time will the payoff reach the mountaintop of Chicago politics?
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Category: Analysis and Comment
The Politics Of An Election-Year Budget
With the legislative session underway and Governor Ned Lamont weeks away from his budget proposal, municipal leaders are poised to lobby the governor and state
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Marilyn Moore Enters Mayoral Race Again, This Time Not The Favorite
State Senator Marilyn Moore, who came close to defeating Mayor Joe Ganim in a 2019 Democratic primary, is once again running for Bridgeport’s highest municipal
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Restaurant 29 Markle Court The Talk Of The Town (In More Ways Than One), “Always With Love”
For those of us who knew him, worked for him, admired him (a few of us left), how would the late Erwin “Tiny” Markle, Bridgeport’s
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The Money Race For Mayor–Ganim, Gomes, Daniels
In the race for the mother’s milk of politics, Mayor Joe Ganim’s reelection campaign has raised roughly $235,000, closest opponent John Gomes $100,000 and Lamond
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Hot Rod, Cheap Trick Taking Downtown Train To The Amp
It’s time to take the Downtown Train to Bridgeport. One of Rod Stewart’s signature songs was penned by another with an unusual set of pipes,
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Ethan Book Steers A New Ride–Father, Limo Driver, Politician, Passes Away At 74
Whether the dapper dude behind the wheel of a stretch limo or stretching his counter-culture oratory skills in the corridors of City Hall and at
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Chief Porter Steps Up To Build Community Engagement
With a measured, reassuring approach Police Chief Roderick Porter is showing–what his predecessor rejected–community outreach builds bonds between residents and law enforcement. Each Tuesday morning
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