Hey, Mayor Bill Finch is going to China. Can you blame him? Budget’s a pain in the ass; Cape Verdean community in an uproar over treatment of
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Budget Politics, A Leap Of Faith
This is a kooky budget cycle for several reasons. Mayor Bill Finch wants to avoid a tax increase with reelection next year and State Rep. Chris Caruso
Read moreThe Best Rumors, The Best Deals, Come One, Come All, Plus: The Disappearing Ink Campaign
Grab your scorecards and truth serum. Tonight in Hartford the Connecticut Convention Center transforms into a political gossip factory for the annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey moolah grab where 1400 great
Read moreWho’s The Biggest Sucker? Paging SuBy
Phineas Taylor Barnum died on this day in 1891. He was 80, a prolific number for the era. That guy was no sucker. Well, maybe
Read moreMayor’s Budget Letter
The following is Mayor Bill Finch’s budget letter to the City Council. The mayor writes about state aid reductions forcing a challenging municipal budget, a tax increase
Read moreBudget Relies On Union Givebacks, Plus: Big Wave And Mayor Club Fight, And Himes Endorses Jepsen
Mayor Bill Finch submitted to the City Council Monday night a budget that’s swimming in assumptions, except council members won’t know its details until today.
Read moreWho Will Budge On The Budget?
Have bean counters pulled a rabbit out of their accounting hat? The Easter egg hunt for extra moolah for Mayor Bill Finch’s budget winds down today,
Read moreThe Ringmaster’s Rabbit, Bird Is The Word
In this weekend of resurrection, Mark Lauretti is feeling pretty good. He has endured story after story about the federal government accusing him of a
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