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It was scheduled and postponed, rescheduled and postponed. Now it is rescheduled again for Tuesday, 6 p.m. Wheeler Room A in front of City Council Chambers, 45 Lyon Terrace. The City Council’s Ordinance Committee will take up tighter regulation on sexually oriented establishments. OneBridgeport http://www.onebridgeport.com comprised of neighborhoods leaders and public officials has been pushing [...]
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Shall We Dance? Ordinance Committee Hearing On Adult Entertainment
May 21st, 2012 · No Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
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Bob Halstead, Ex Finch Roomie, No Longer Tending Community Gardens–Claims Retribution
May 18th, 2012 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning
Bob Halstead has been part of the city’s neighborhood fabric for decades. As founder of the city’s community garden program he was instrumental in transforming vacant eyesores into community pride points. He no longer serves in that capacity, a victim, he claims, of retribution for supporting Mayor Bill Finch’s mayoral opponents. Halstead shares this commentary [...]
Tags: Andy Nunn·Bill Finch·Charlie Carroll·Chris Caruso·John Fabrizi·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Mary-Jane Foster·Michael Feeney·Pleasure Beach
Bike With Bill, Breakfast With Bill
May 16th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch on Friday will ride his bike to work as part of National Bike to Work Day. And you can join him. The mayor will ride his bike from Chris’ Spoke & Wheel, 2355 East Main Street, to the City Hall Annex, 999 Broad Street. If you want to bike with the mayor, arrive at [...]
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Ghostbusters Beware–There’s Ectoplasm In The Budget
May 15th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council
Ectoplasm? Leave it to the indomitable budget busters from BOB (Budget Oversight Bridgeport) to conduct a séance over the city budget. In their latest commentary about the magic that is the city budget, John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy try to shake out the meaning of ghost positions. As for the meaning of “ectoplasm” you’re [...]
‘A Couple Of Loose Ends I’d Like To Tie Up’–Budget Question For Council Members, Defunded Or Eliminated?
May 12th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council
When it comes to the City Council, those budget interrogators John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy are like Lieutenant Colombo coming back for more. In their capacity as charter members of Budget Oversight Bridgeport (BOB) General Lee and his gumshoe budget lieutenant Fardy needle council members about city spending practices. The city’s budget book can [...]
Voters May Decide Question Of Removing Naughty Officials
May 9th, 2012 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Education, News and Events
The city’s Charter Revision Commission is examining a provision for removing elected and appointed officials convicted of crime or found of gross misconduct. A ballot question, if approved by the City Council, will be decided by city voters in November.
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Charter Panel Proposes Changes — Mayoral Appointed School Board, Removal Of Officials For Misconduct
May 20th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
UPDATE, includes link to draft document. As promised, the Charter Revision Commission empaneled by Mayor Bill Finch has recommended a mayoral appointed Board of Education among suggestions in its draft document. The commission also recommends a process for removing elected and appointed city officials for acts of misconduct. Ultimately, all charter questions for the November ballot must be approved [...]
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