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		<title>Shark Attack! Plus: The Best Of The Finest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Finch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you wanna know a secret?
That&#8217;s what State Rep. Brendan Sharkey, also a seasoned Hamden-based land use attorney, would like know on behalf of the Committee to Ungag the People. The peeps have retained Sharkey to probe the private discussions, if any, involving zoning officials and special interests in the decision-making process regarding zoning regs. What could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Daddy Day, Plus: Dudes, Agree On Something, Zoo For You, And New Eats Downtown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denis O'Malley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discovery Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Williams]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Yahooy, Town Committee, and all other OIB friends who are dads, even cranky Joel Speedy Gonzalez, even step-dads like me, even honorary dads, a happy day to you.
Fire up the grill, get fat and high on protein, sit back watch a little U.S. Open golf action, throw a Frisbie (don&#8217;t throw out your back), grab [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, Wake Up! Plus: Ken Hays, The Best Of Bridgeport</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 05:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Don Eversley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was impossible not to notice the public emptiness in City Council chambers Monday night as the city&#8217;s legislative body passed Mayor Bill Finch&#8217;s proposed budget for the year starting July 1.
What a difference a year makes. Last year&#8217;s budget process was all about hooting and hollering, library advocates cranked up about cuts, education supporters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: Sludge Qualifications, Plus: Ease On Down To Playhouse On The Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another new twist to the ongoing saga: As The Sludge Turns.
Word is that the town of Trumbull is on the verge of issuing a request for proposals for potential construction of its very own sewage treatment plant, as Bridgeport and Monroe continue discussions for creation of a regional waste water authority that would pump [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Help For Friends, Plus: Best Of Bridgeport Mary-Jane Foster, And Fish Tix</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Fardy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Nunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Finch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Curwen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Walsh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary-Jane Foster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Feeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quinnipiac University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Paoletto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom McCarthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Sherwood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always nice for a mayor to leave the legislative body a little wiggle room to cut the recommended budget in an election year.
Mayor Bill Finch is not up until 2011, but the City Council will face voters this year. It&#8217;s a lot better when they can say we reduced the mil rate beyond the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will You Help Me, Or What? Plus: Kaye Williams, The Best Of Bridgeport</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Finch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain's Cove Seaport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Silva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolanne Curry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CT Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danny Martinez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Ganim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Fabrizi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Gomes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Mandanici]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaye Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenny Paoletta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M. Evette Brantley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Valle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Moran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Lyons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Paoletto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Brannelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Bucci]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom McCarthy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Help a constituent, make a friend. That&#8217;s the mother&#8217;s milk of popular government.
When you walk into City Hall on Lyon Terrace or the Annex on Broad Street, a constituent services representative will help you with a problem or direct you to the right office . They serve as an extension of the mayor&#8217;s office. Sometimes, the constituent just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Budget, Always The Budget, Plus: The Best Of Bridgeport</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best of Bridgeport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beardsley Zoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Finch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridgeport Bluefish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Hubler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discovery Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gregg Dancho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housatonic Community College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jodi Rell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Mandanici]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lenny Paoletta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary-Jane Foster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quinnipiac University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Bucci]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a crucial budget cycle for Mayor Bill Finch in the worst economy (for most of us) in our lifetime.
I harp on the budget because mayors generally live and die by their budgets. In a few weeks the mayor&#8217;s proposed budget goes to the Bridgeport City Council with major wage and benefit concessions achieved from municipal [...]]]></description>
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