In a commentary that also appeared in the Connecticut Post, Mayor Joe Ganim highlights initiatives during his first year back in office. A year ago
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2017 Key Year For City Council, School Board And Ganim
Who says the off-cycle 2017 election season will be a yawner? We posed this question four years ago–the last municipal off-season campaign year–and it was
Read moreMunicipal Sales Tax On Table For Upcoming State Legislative Session
Senate President Martin Looney, prior to his kidney transplant on Tuesday, filed a series of bills for the legislative session that starts in two weeks
Read moreA City, A State, A Nation Face Financial Challenges
Nearly six months into the budget year, citizen financial scrutineer John Marshall Lee asked the City Council a series of questions to consider Monday night.
Read moreWhat’s Ganim’s Grade On Government Reform His First Year Back?
During the 2015 comeback campaign Joe Ganim rolled on a deodorant to mask a past that had forced him from office in 2003: public support from
Read moreBudget Migraine, So, You Wanted To Be Mayor Again?
Finances: Ganim’s first year back. It was the perfect contrast for Joe Ganim. On the 2015 comeback trail, the former mayor needed to drive a
Read moreWhere’s Wilbur Chapman? ‘C’mon, Wilbur’
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Earlier this year some City Council members sought to trim the budget by defunding the $120,000 public safety adviser job
Read moreGanim Chews On Bird And Budget
What does a mayor do as he’s digesting Thanksgiving overload? Chew on his next budget. Mayor Joe Ganim’s upcoming budget cycle could bloat more indigestion,
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