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Entries Categorized as 'City Budget'

Lots Of Gas From State Budget Crash, Plus: The Ministers Of Defense

March 15th, 2010 · 19 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Library

This is one of my favorite weeks. St. Patrick’s Day Wednesday and St. Joseph’s Day Friday, and then the first day of spring.
While St. Patrick dealt with snakes (wouldn’t he do well in politics?), St. Joseph is the patron saint of Sicily where my father was born. Sicilians prayed to the spouse of Mary to end [...]

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Love Is In The Air, Acclaim For Mario, Plus: Shays On Sohn Plea, And Meet David Walker

March 5th, 2010 · 39 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education, Events, State Politics

Weekend Update: Can you believe it? Mario Testa was reelected by acclamation by the 90-member Democratic Town Committee Thursday night. No opposition. No screaming. No food fights at Mario’s restaurant. Yes, let’s all join hands and sing around the campfire. City politics has become a little too quiet. Please, someone start a good rumor. I’m getting ill. [...]

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AB Heaven, Plus: How Grand Is Your List? And Himes Donates Rangel Bucks To His Peeps

March 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, Events

Vote totals were close, but absentee ballots made a difference in the 137th Democratic Town Committee primary.
Winners: Vidal Agosto, Manny Ayala, James Brown, Brigida Diaz, Brendaliz Fontanez, Edna Garcia, Gilberto Hernandez, Lydia Martinez and Maria Rivera. City Councilwoman Lydia Martinez is the queen of absentee ballots. She received twice as many absentee ballot votes (113 total) as [...]

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Don’t Forget The Library Money, Plus: Russo Rangels Himes And SuBy’s Legal Credentials

February 25th, 2010 · 24 Comments · City Budget, Library, State Politics

As city bean counters build a budget to submit to the City Council in early April, the spending plan that begins July 1 will include a new key item, $6.9 million to support library services approved last year in a referendum by city voters.

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BOE Bucks And Pissy Pols

February 24th, 2010 · 13 Comments · City Budget, Education, National Politics, State Politics

Last year the Board of Education gave back $4 million to help ease the city’s deficit pain. Don’t expect that to happen again. In fact, the BOE finance leader is requesting a 10 percent increase.

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Jodi’s Bridgeport Bucks And Jail Extension, Plus: SuBy For Pooper Scooper, And Malloy’s Take On Rell

February 3rd, 2010 · 24 Comments · City Budget, Development, State Politics

Afternoon Update: Gov. Jodi Rell’s proposed 2010-11 budget that begins July 1 plugs in $189,568,331 for Bridgeport’s Statutory Formula Grant, roughly $1 million less than the current year. Slot money from gaming facilities is roughly the same, $6,109, 924. Education Cost Sharing the same, $164,195,344. Pilot payment (payment in lieu of taxes) for state owned [...]

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Blumenthal Casts Doubt On SuBy, Plus Steel Language, And Live And Die By The Budget

February 2nd, 2010 · 46 Comments · City Budget, City Politics, Development, State Politics

Afternoon Update: Yikes! Be careful what you request.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal dealt, at the very least, a public relations blow to Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz who wants Dick’s job as he seeks Chris Dodd’s U.S. Senate seat. SuBy asked Dick for an opinion: does she have the legal professional qualifications to run for [...]

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