Last week State Rep. Antonio Felipe, House chair of the Housing Committee and City Councilwoman Eneida Martinez were among city officials who joined advocates at
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Category: City Council
Dissension Explodes: Entire Slate, Including Pereira, Withdraws From Town Committee District Primary
Maria is Maria. Tony is Tony. That would be City Councilwoman Maria Pereira and leader of the New Movement Party Tony Barr, two political personalities
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Watch: The Thursday Night Fights – City Council Committee Bumps Pereira As Meeting Presider For Nieves
It’s called the Miscellaneous Matters Committee, but Thursday night it was the missile-aneous shatters committee judging by the number of verbal missiles heaved in City
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Read Pereira’s Quid Pro Quo Letter – Requirements For Council President Votes – Herron: I Signed Nothing, That Would Be Illegal
Prior to the vote for City Council president between Aidee Nieves and Jeanette Herron in late December, City Councilwoman Maria Pereira drafted a demand letter,
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Donnybrook Explodes Between Pereira And Nieves Over City Council Committee Agenda – Spat Floods Inboxes
It was just a matter of time before disagreement between two spirited members of the City Council spilled out to an email wave flooding the
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“No Permanent Friends And No Permanent Enemies In Politics” – Check Out DTC March Primaries, Foes Barr And Pereira On Same Slate
Four of 10 Democratic Town Committee Districts will host primaries March 3 to determine the configuration of the 90-member body that conducts party business, endorses
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Airport Upgrades, Rejected Drone Contract On City Council Agenda
The next City Council meeting will take place Tuesday due to the MLK holiday. A joint council committee early last week overwhelmingly rejected a contract
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Senator Gaston Rebukes City Council For Abandoning Drone Program Financed By The State
See associated story here Statement from State Herron Gaston: Recent complaints that Hartford has failed to adequately fund Bridgeport overlook an uncomfortable fact: Bridgeport itself
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