When it comes to city finances OIB posters John Marshall Lee (BEACON2) and Andy Fardy (town committee) are relentless hounds in pursuit. They scour budget books, review city expenditures, make community presentations, meet with Connecticut Post reporters and share reports on OIB. Lee owns an insurance company, Fardy is a retired city arson investigator. Talk [...]
Entries Categorized as 'City Budget'
When Fiscal Watchdogs Bark Do Humans Listen?
January 17th, 2012 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Library, News and Events
Unmuzzling City Finances
January 11th, 2012 · 2 Comments · City Budget, Library
From the Bridgeport Public Library: Bridgeport – City Budgets and Balance Sheets: 101 (a view from the “cheap seats” as a taxpayer …) Thursday, Jan. 12, 6 p.m. North End Branch, 3455 Madison Avenue)
Tags: Andy Fardy·John Marshall Lee
Troll On A Roll–Reconsider Police And Fire Chief Contracts
January 2nd, 2012 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Cops, Firefighters
Former City Councilman Bob “Troll” Walsh has been sharpening his teeth the past few days in letters to his old mates. Does the “Troll” miss the council action? The latest letter urges his City Council representatives Evette Brantley and John Olson who replaced Walsh when he decided to retire in 2011 to pull back “questionable” contracts recently approved [...]
Post Drops Coal In Finch Stocking
December 23rd, 2011 · 23 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Connecticut Post editorial: It is beyond tone deaf, in this time of record unemployment, municipal layoffs, concessions and struggle for the average working taxpayer that Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch would propose pay raises for his inner circle.
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post
Mayor Seeks Charter Revision Commission With Education Focus–Gaudett, Rooney Contracts Approved
December 20th, 2011 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Cops, Education, Firefighters, News and Events
Three weeks into a new four-year term, Mayor Bill Finch is forming a Charter Revision Commission designed to modernize an antiquated City Charter and examine education reform. What does this all mean? Voters must ultimately approve the recommendations made by the commission created by a vote of the City Council. The mayor does not specify what [...]
What’s A Government Position Worth? Check Out These Salaries
December 9th, 2011 · 25 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
What salaries should be set for city officials and unaffiliated employees? Amendments to these positions, roughly 80, are established in a proposed city ordinance that includes chief appointed positions such as police and fire, discretionary appointments of the mayor, department heads, mayoral staff and support positions.
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Step Up Reformers! Public Hearing On Charter Tonight
January 31st, 2012 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, Education, News and Events
Speak up now or forever hold your … whatever. The Bridgeport Charter Revision Commission empaneled by Mayor Bill Finch will conduct a public hearing tonight at 5:30 in City Council Chambers, 45 Lyon Terrace.
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Tags: Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh