The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee is examining each department budget for potential cuts as the days wind down to vote on Mayor Bill Finch’s $520 million spending plan that calls for a $400 tax increase for the average homeowner. Wednesday night council members debated a haircut for the mayor’s budget but moved on at [...]
Entries Categorized as 'City Budget'
Budget Battle–Is There An Appetite To Cut? If So, What?
May 9th, 2013 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Cops, Education
Residents Rail Against Tax Increase At Public Hearing–David Walker: City At Crossroads
May 9th, 2013 · 88 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee Tuesday night, with roughly 80 people in attendance, conducted the last of its public hearings in City Hall as the city’s budget-making committee prepares to vote on Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed $520 million spending plan before it goes to a full vote of the city’s legislative body next [...]
When Public Hearings Were Jammed, Plus: The Scratchy Relationship Between Mario Testa And Ex-School Chief Jim Connelly, A Study In Political Pragmatism
May 7th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education, News and Events
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee has set a tentative date Saturday to vote on Mayor Bill Finch’s $520 million spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1. The full council is tentatively scheduled to vote on the budget May 13, but in the world of the city’s legislative body dates, times [...]
Final Public Hearing On The City Budget Tuesday
May 6th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Pay more taxes or pay less? A public hearing will take place Tuesday 6 p.m. before the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee in the City Council Chambers, 45 Lyon Terrace regarding Mayor Bill Finch’s $520 spending plan for the budget year starting July 1. If you support a tax increase here’s your chance to [...]
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Big Mac’s Having A Ball
May 5th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, News and Events
One Last Chance To Squawk About The City Budget At Public Hearing
May 2nd, 2013 · 7 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
As the City Council moves closer to voting on Mayor Bill Finch’s $520 million budget proposal, you have one last chance to speak for or against the city’s spending plan. The neighborhood action group Citizens 4 A Better Bridgeport is urging attendance at the Budget and Appropriations Committee’s public hearing Tuesday 6 p.m. in City [...]
Tom White: City Government Is A Morally Compromised Institution
May 9th, 2013 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Former City Councilman Tom White has an interesting perspective on how the city’s legislative body works. White, the council’s legislative liaison for several years, was whited out of the budget last year for trying to reform the way it conducts business, according to a federal lawsuit he brought against the city several months ago represented [...]
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