In about four weeks, Mayor Joe Ganim will submit his proposed budget to the City Council that will factor in the grand list of taxable
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Union Contract Sparks Court Battle
The legal fight over a scuttled union contract is playing out in Superior Court with charges and counter charges between City Council President Tom McCarthy
Read moreGomes-Driven Layoffs Impact About 20 City Employees Including Tax Assessor, Health Director
In a financially bloody Friday about 20 city employees, some of them high profile, received layoff notices declaring they’re being let go as a result
Read moreIs There A Sheriff To Call?
That’s one of the questions raised by citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee in his address to the City Council this week. From Lee: The
Read moreBack Row To Front Row–Ganim Talks Budget, Police, Transparency And Development In Business Community Speech
Update: video of speech. Accompanied by a brochure and video presentation, Mayor Joe Ganim on Thursday delivered the annual address to the Bridgeport Regional Business
Read moreGanim Issues Oath To Cadets, Promises More On The Way
Mayor Joe Ganim on Tuesday issued the oath to 29 police cadets in what he says will lead to the hiring of 100 new police
Read moreCapital Plan, Creating Office Of Government Accountability Heading To City Council Committees
Mayor Joe Ganim has trotted out a whole bunch of goodies earmarked in a five-year capital plan worth some $178 million that covers schools, police,
Read moreBorrowing In The Face Of Financial Friction
Financial reports can be a mind-numbing maze of mathematical madness. Citizen budget analyst John Marshall Lee makes it his business to ask questions about what
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