As the City Council moves closer to voting on Mayor Bill Finch’s $520 million budget proposal, you have one last chance to speak for or
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General Lee Harbors Budget Review
When it comes to the city budget, financial watchdog John Marshall Lee is like a dog gnawing on a bone. Once he starts it’s hard
Read morePaging Zombie Land–Can Mojica Drum Up The Mojo For A City Council Challenge? Election Year For The Council
Former City Councilman Ralph Mojica has filed paperwork to try to reclaim his former seat on the city’s legislative body challenging incumbents Denese Taylor-Moye and
Read moreSearching For Light In Sherwood’s Budget Forest–Can A Tax Hit Be Avoided?
During the Joe Ganim mayoral years (November 1991 to April 2003) the city’s fund balance, or financial reserve, grew to more than $50 million that
Read moreFinch: Blockheads Got It Wrong, Bridgeport Not Highest Taxed
Mayor Bill Finch submitted this commentary to the Connecticut Post challenging H&R Block’s assertions that Bridgeport is the highest-taxed city in the country. Much has
Read moreCommisserate With Evette Brantley About Taxes At West Side Council District Meeting
West Side City Councilwoman Evette Brantley proclaimed the other day she will not vote for a budget this year that includes a tax increase. In
Read moreThe City Council’s Leap Of Faith On The Budget
You talk to City Council members and they’ll tell you the state’s budget process has more moving parts right now than a shell game. How
Read moreTaxed To The Max, Councilwoman Brantley’s Ready To Sell And Get Out–General Lee Tells Council ‘You Fail As Fiscal Watchdogs’
Last week City Councilwoman Evette Brantley told OIB she was going to vote against Mayor Bill Finch’s budget proposal and in fact any tax increase
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