As the City Council closes in on a budget vote, citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee shared some thoughts Monday night with the budget and
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Packed Education Crowd Provides Earful For City Council
From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: Supporters of the school district’s $255.9 million budget proposal aimed to fill the City Council Chambers to capacity during a
Read moreCity Council Members Encouraged To Dig For Dollars
Citizen budget scrutineer John Marshall Lee was among the speakers at the public hearing for the proposed school board and library budgets. From Lee: Budget
Read moreOuch! Declining Income Tax Revenue Could Expand State Deficit
More messy financial news from Hartford as cities and towns await final state assistance to plug into their local budgets–lower than anticipated state income tax
Read more‘Mr. Mayor, You Got Your Second Chance, Now Pass It On’
Board of Education member Howard Gardner writes in a commentary that appeared first in the Connecticut Post Mayor Joe Ganim must extend his second-chance message to
Read moreSchool Chief Aresta Johnson, Others, Implore Council’s Budget Committee For More Education Dough
On a night the public was invited to speak about Mayor Joe Ganim’s $542 million proposed budget, most delivered passionate appeals for additional education spending
Read moreGeneral Lee Pulls Out Boots For Public Hearing
Citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee was among the taxpayers addressing city counselors at a budget public hearing Tuesday night, and brought with him his
Read morePereira Promises Political War If Schools Not Funded
She ends her letter with “warmest regards” but school board member Maria Pereira made clear in a letter to Mayor Joe Ganim and incumbent city
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