Oh baby, if you want instant cash in an election year what do you do? Sell City Hall. And City Hall Annex too. The city
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Whew! Dannel Spares Ed Grants–What About Other Funding?
The last thing Mayor Bill Finch wants in an election year is state funding cuts. Governor Dannel Malloy told city mayors he won’t mess with
Read moreLook Out! Forbes: Bridgeport On The Brink
From Forbes Magazine. Just what Mayor Finch needs in an election year. Is the writer Daniel Fisher full of it? If so shouldn’t Finch correct
Read moreA Finch Cabinet Meeting?
Gomes: Flush Sewer Proposal
Mayor Bill Finch is leaning on the towns of Trumbull and Monroe to join the city in a regional wastewater authority that would process sludge in the state’s largest
Read moreMurphy Appointed Deputy Commissioner Of Labor
Dennis Murphy, former chief administrative officer for the city, has been appointed deputy commissioner of the Department of Labor by Governor Dannel Malloy. Murphy is
Read moreFrightening: Malloy’s Budget Impact
When a governor says spending cuts will take priority over tax hikes, municipal chief executives say pass the whiskey bottle. Governor Malloy, for now at least, is
Read moreSprinkle, Sprinkle City Budget
Fairy dust. Artificial numbers. Sleight of hand. Phony declarations. Dubious accounting. Ah, it’s a mayoral election year, and the first order of hocus pocus is
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