For years the city’s legislative delegation has been criticized for its lack of harmony to drive home more state dollars. This latest session seems to
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The Volatility Of Pension Payments
To most observers, analyzing the municipal budget is a serpentine exercise in frustration. What’s fixed? What isn’t? What can be chopped? What must stay? Even
Read moreThis Way To The Easel–Third Graders Quiz Mayor Joe And We Learn Something
Leave it to third graders to ask the most basic–but to the point–questions. Do you get mad? What did you want to be growing up?
Read moreCity Council Committee Approves Sale Of Eight Acres Of Golf Course Land To Sacred Heart For $4 Million
UPDATE: The City Council’s Contracts Committee Wednesday night by a 5-0 vote approved the sale of eight acres of “excess” golf course property at Fairchild
Read moreLooking At Financial Reflections
Some people look at a mirror and like what they see. Others, not so much. Addressing the budget process, citizen fiscal reflector John Marshall Lee asked
Read moreProposed Sale Of Excess Park Property Will Receive Public Hearing
A proposal by Sacred Heart University to purchase eight acres of wooded-wet property from Fairchild Wheeler that hosts two municipal golf courses will be referred
Read moreFore! SHU Wants Piece Of Golf Course Land, Park Board Approves Veterans Memorial For SHU Tennis Courts, Roach: Great Deal For The City
UPDATE, initial story reported lease instead of sale. The burgeoning Sacred Heart University wants to purchase roughly eight acres of wooded-wetland property from the Bridgeport-owned Fairchild
Read moreCity Council Passes Budget Contingent On State Spending
The Bridgeport City Council Monday night unanimously approved a city spending plan of roughly $550 million that includes a $1.5 million contingency for additional education
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