Dick Update: What a nutty few days. I’m dizzy. Tuesday night Bridgeport Town Committee members endorsed incumbent state reps for reelection including (OMG) State Rep.
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A Game Of Chicken? Plus, Guber Money Matters, But It’s Not The Only Thing, And Fedele’s Boughton Fountain
More than 70 layoff slips for city teachers are poised and ready to go. Sucks to lose your job. But when you’re a BOE official stuck
Read moreOIB Party Skinny: The Candidates, The Budget And Concession Demands, Plus: New Trees For Saints
The chatter and juniper were flowing at the OIB party at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn. Lots of discussion about State Comptroller Nancy Wyman agreeing to serve as
Read moreCaruso: Anyone But Bysiewicz, Plus: MalloyMan, And Council Approves Budget With Big Hole
Afternoon update: You think the scoreboard keeper at Fenway Park is paying attention? That’s nothing compared to the scorekeepers in Connecticut politics these days. Every endorsement triggers
Read moreThe Budget Vote, Jimmy’s Vote And Party Note
Yikes. Work on the city budget is hardly finished, although the full City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on the $494 million spending plan
Read moreLet’s Get Back To Normal, City Finances, And We Need To Party
Happy Stinko de Mayo from my cat Stinky. Okay, with Times Square bomber news dominating, on to more mundane matters: city finances. The city’s issuing
Read moreThe BOE Sedatives, Plus: Zoo Tix For You
Update: Check out the photos Local Eyes posted from Mayor Finch’s Shanghai! What’s going on around here? No one’s mad? No yelling. No screaming. No
Read moreThe Budget: Carrot Or Stick? Plus: Jimmy’s HQ Opening
So you’re a city firefighter and you feel like you’ve done your part to help dowse the flames of city red ink. City bean counters have
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