The City Council’s Budget & Appropriations Committee chaired by Scott Burns and Ernie Newton has begun its deliberations over Mayor Joe Ganim’s spending plan for
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Category: City Budget
For Your Review: The Mind-Numbing Municipal Budget (Good Luck)
Attention pencil pushers, bean counters, accountants, couch potatoes plopping laptops in your laps: gaze at Mayor Joe Ganim’s proposed spending plan now in the hands
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Watch: Ganim Announces Budget, No Tax Increase
Mayor Joe Ganim took to Facebook live on Monday to share some details of his municipal spending plan that holds the lines on taxes in
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Budget Season Commences In Mayoral Election Year, Ganim Plan Holds Line On Taxes
This week the City Council will be in possession of Mayor Joe Ganim’s budget proposal that will hold the line on taxes in this mayoral
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Supporters Fill Ganim Fundraiser–Testa: Campaign Against Ganim A Vendetta
Facing a key first quarter fundraising deadline March 31, Mayor Joe Ganim and allies rallied the troops Wednesday night at Brewport packing more than 300
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No Snowfall Bulges Financial Windfall For Public Works Budget
With the official start of spring just 24 days away, Bridgeport has compiled a record-breaking trace of snow saving the Public Facilities Department $500,000, according
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City’s Grand List Of Taxable Property Increases Slightly
It’s not the windfall desired, but the city’s grand list of taxable property expanded slightly allowing city bean counters to tap another $1 million or
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Credit Rating Agencies Validate City’s Improved Finances
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post City officials–and taxpayers–got some good financial news this week, with two of the three key credit rating agencies boosting Bridgeport’s
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