City fiscal observer John Marshall Lee, in his latest address to the City Council Monday night, offers a series of questions concerning the expenditure of taxpayer dollars. From Lee: A CT Post reporter recently indicated that an important issue facing you this evening will be about the renaming of streets, the need for such coming […]
Entries Categorized as 'City Budget'
A New Year, A New Set Of Questions For City Council
January 7th, 2015 · 8 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Tags: CT Post·John Marshall Lee
Knock, Knock, Budget Committee, Anyone Home?
November 11th, 2014 · 3 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Citizen fiscal scrutineer John Marshall Lee has arguably attended more City Council budget committee meetings than some of its members. He chronicles the attendance records of budget committee members, including the lack of a quorum on Monday. From Lee: There is only one body in Bridgeport that is charged with looking after taxpayer dollars. It […]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Anne Kelly-Lenz·Bass Pro Shops·Denese Taylor-Moye·Enrique Torres·Howard Austin·John Marshall Lee·Lydia Martinez·Mike Marella·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Trish Swain
The City Council’s Higher Standard
November 4th, 2014 · 1 Comment · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee addressed the City Council Monday night, offering a question: “If you were giving yourself a report card today, what grade might you assign to your behavior and accomplishment?” From Lee: Tonight we meet on the eve of Election Day, of special importance to those running for State Office. Three […]
Tags: John Marshall Lee
Paging William Bendix, ‘What A Revolting Development This Is’
October 22nd, 2014 · 1 Comment · City Budget, City Council
In his latest address to the City Council Monday night that highlights the city’s legal battle over tax payments of the trash-to-energy plant run by Wheelabrator, citizen financial watchdog John Marshall Lee declares in a Life of Riley moment, ‘What a revolting development this is.” From Lee: Let’s consider the economics of Bridgeport and the […]
Tags: John Marshall Lee
IRS Considers Call To Examine City Council Stipend Expenditures
October 20th, 2014 · 19 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
An official with the Internal Revenue Service has notified Black Rock resident Jennifer Buchanan, host of the Bridgeport Now cable access show, it is considering her request for the agency to examine taxpayer-financed stipend expenditures of City Council members she claims are not ordinary in the course of their duties such as “payment to cell […]
Tags: Jennifer Buchanan
Torres Seeks Moratorium On Tax Breaks
October 5th, 2014 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events
City Councilman Rick Torres, who’s considering a third mayoral run, has submitted a resolution to the city’s legislative body that calls for a “Moratorium on Tax Abatements, Expansions and or Proliferations of any Not-For-Profit Organization.” His request will be referred to the Economic and Community Development and Environment Committee at Monday night’s City Council meeting. […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Enrique Torres
Foster Hits Finch On Hypocrisy
January 28th, 2015 · 60 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education
In what could be a prelude to another run for mayor this year, 2011 Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster cites “examples of the cultural DNA of political corruption that has wholly permeated and consumed the operations of this administration.” From Foster: Mayor Bill Finch needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror before […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·Mary-Jane Foster