Larry Merly, city attorney under former Mayor Tom Bucci in the 1980s, was the barracuda of the administration. He ferociously took on protective nimbys in
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Category: Analysis and Comment
For Marilyn Moore, Mayoral Campaign Defections Have Already Begun
Politics is nuttier than a jar full of Goobers. Here today, gone tomorrow, maybe even return. It’s a whiplashed breeding ground for mental illness. East
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The Sound Is A Wonderland–John Mayer Returning Home To Headline Seaside Park Music Festival
Guitar wizard John Mayer is returning home to headline the Sound On Sound music festival the weekend of Sept. 30 and Oct 1. Born in
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Backed By Overtime, Cops Command List Of Top 100 Municipal Wage Earners For 2022
It’s the yearly ritual of an understaffed Police Department. Officers, led by overtime, once again dominate the list of 100 highest municipal wage earners for
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Mayoral Candidate Gomes: Clean It Up!
Democratic mayoral candidate John Gomes, coming off a mighty fundraising quarter, is also taking it to the streets to highlight city blight on his Gomes
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What Life Was Like At 4 A.M.–State Rep. Chris Rosario’s Call To Extend Alcohol Sale Hours In Bars
The booze brickbats are pouring into the legislative process, the duality of grocery and liquor stores leading the way. Grocery stores, limited to selective beer
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Former Bridgeport School Chief Paul Vallas Takes His Campaign Valiance To Streets Of Chicago
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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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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