When you’re outgunned nearly 10 to 1 by the city’s Democratic registration, it’s hard to bore through the party layers. But this is an election
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General Lee Covers Budget Session
City fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee Wednesday night attended the first session of the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee as the city’s legislative body
Read moreHave You Calculated Your Tax Increase? Mayor’s Proposed Budget Now Loaded On City Website
Mayor Bill Finch has submitted a $520 million spending plan to the City Council for the budget year starting July 1 that reflects the second
Read moreNational NAACP Powerwashes Local Branch, Orders Reorganization
Dissension within the ranks of the Greater Bridgeport NAACP branch as well as non-compliance processing financial information have reached such a boiling point the National
Read moreCity Council To Receive Budget On Monday–Curwen Finally Resigns
UPDATE, Curwen resignation: On Monday Mayor Bill Finch will submit his budget proposal to the City Council for the spending plan that begins July 1 in
Read moreSchool Board Member Bobby Simmons Suspended From NAACP For Rules Violations, Denies Charges
Bridgeport Board of Education member Bobby Simmons has been suspended as a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, accused of
Read moreA Piece Of The Rock, Mayor In The Neighborhood
Days before he submits his budget proposal to the City Council, Mayor Bill Finch Wednesday night met with a select group of Black Rockers to
Read moreEversly’s No Little Snoozy, Highlights Accomplishments
No one can accuse former city development chief Don Eversley of backing down. Eversley, who’s taken all kinds of heat from OIB posters, defends his
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