This is one of my favorite weeks. St. Patrick’s Day Wednesday and St. Joseph’s Day Friday, and then the first day of spring.
While St. Patrick dealt with snakes (wouldn’t he do well in politics?), St. Joseph is the patron saint of Sicily where my father was born. Sicilians prayed to the spouse of Mary to end [...]
Entries Categorized as 'City Council'
Lots Of Gas From State Budget Crash, Plus: The Ministers Of Defense
March 15th, 2010 · 19 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Library
Tags: Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Hartford Courant·Jodi Rell·Klein Memorial Auditorium·Marian Evans
Love Is In The Air, Acclaim For Mario, Plus: Shays On Sohn Plea, And Meet David Walker
March 5th, 2010 · 39 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education, Events, State Politics
Weekend Update: Can you believe it? Mario Testa was reelected by acclamation by the 90-member Democratic Town Committee Thursday night. No opposition. No screaming. No food fights at Mario’s restaurant. Yes, let’s all join hands and sing around the campfire. City politics has become a little too quiet. Please, someone start a good rumor. I’m getting ill. [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Shays·Dan Malloy·Honey Parziale·Housatonic Community College·Jim Himes·Mario Testa·Mike Sohn·Ned Lamont·Pat Crossin
AB Heaven, Plus: How Grand Is Your List? And Himes Donates Rangel Bucks To His Peeps
March 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, Events
Vote totals were close, but absentee ballots made a difference in the 137th Democratic Town Committee primary.
Winners: Vidal Agosto, Manny Ayala, James Brown, Brigida Diaz, Brendaliz Fontanez, Edna Garcia, Gilberto Hernandez, Lydia Martinez and Maria Rivera. City Councilwoman Lydia Martinez is the queen of absentee ballots. She received twice as many absentee ballot votes (113 total) as [...]
Are You On The Top 100 List? Plus: Council Approves New Test Fees
March 2nd, 2010 · 22 Comments · City Council, Civil Service, Cops, Education
Always fun to examine the list of top 100 city employee wage earners. As usual Board of Education employees lead the pack from 2009 fronted by Superintendent of Schools John Ramos’ $235,000. Hey Super, I wanna be your friend! Mayor Bill Finch is woefully behind at number 61 on the list.
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Walsh·John Ramos
East Side AB-racadabra, Plus: Merrick’s Time To Bloom
March 1st, 2010 · 19 Comments · City Council, City Politics, State Politics
Get ready for Tuesday’s tussle.
You know what they say about East Side politics? I went to a Democratic town committee meeting there the other day and a hockey game broke out. Well, the East Side is known for high sticking, body checks and oh baby, absentee ballots. Do you believe in magic? A couple of hundred absentee [...]
Tags: Angel DePara·Chris Dodd·Danny Martinez·Dick Blumenthal·Linda McMahon·Maria Valle·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Merrick Alpert·Testo's Restaurant
Big Mac In Charge Of Fort, Plus: How About Some Juicy Rumors? And The Liquor Lobby’s Screwy Driver
February 12th, 2010 · 40 Comments · City Council, Education, Events, State Politics
Update: Oh My God! Big Mac in charge. Amnesty for all! From Mayor Bill Finch:
Mayor Finch to Have Scheduled Surgery
Will recuperate at home next week
BRIDGEPORT, CT (February 12, 2009) – Mayor Bill Finch is having outpatient surgery today at Bridgeport Hospital, and will be released later today. He will be recuperating at home over the [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Bill Finch·Charlie Tisdale·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Don Eversley·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Marian Evans·Marilyn Moore·Mary Moran·Pat Crossin·Tom Bucci·Tom McCarthy