Opposing a property tax increase, Black Rock resident David Walker, the former U.S. Comptroller General, writes in a letter to City Council President Tom McCarthy,
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Free At Last! Dawn Norton, City Finance Director, Heading To New Canaan With Big Smile
Dawn Norton, interim finance director for Bridgeport, has been appointed chief financial officer for the Town of New Canaan. April 27 is scheduled to be
Read moreNewton, Ayala Hunting For Delegates–Ayala’s New Job
Former State Sernator Ernie Newton and State Representative Andres Ayala are schmoozing district delegates this week for support at the Democratic Party convention May 21.
Read moreFinch Disses Black Rock: ‘Those People Have Got To Stop Complaining About Their Taxes’–Will Voters Complain About Mayoral Power In November?
Mayor Bill Finch is a hoot. Leave it up to the mayor to puke up verbally what’s in his head. Five months into his second
Read moreSimon Says … Tune In To Sonny Fox And Lombard Show
Get ready for the back talk. OIB posters John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy will be guests of those two grumpy warriors Jim “Sonny” Fox
Read moreWill The Mayor Draw A Line In The Sand Over School Spending?
The Bridgeport City Council has four weeks to mess with Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed budget that calls for $7 million more for city schools and
Read moreCrunching Numbers In The City Budget
Where can the City Council cut the budget and maintain an increase in education spending? City fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee, who regularly attends city
Read moreFriday The 13th Election Phobia–The Complexity Of Setting A School Board Vote
Next Friday the 13th, legal parties with input from elections officials will appear before Judge Salvatore Agati in Waterbury Superior Court to figure out how to shoehorn
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