The first meeting of the Charter Revision Commission created by Mayor Bill Finch and the City Council will take place tonight (Tuesday). As we await a ruling from the Connecticut Supreme Court regarding the legality of the state takeover of city schools, the mayor wants the commission to focus on education initiatives. For background on [...]
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Charter Revision Commission To Hold First Meeting
January 24th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Education
Tags: Bill Finch
When Fiscal Watchdogs Bark Do Humans Listen?
January 17th, 2012 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Library, News and Events
When it comes to city finances OIB posters John Marshall Lee (BEACON2) and Andy Fardy (town committee) are relentless hounds in pursuit. They scour budget books, review city expenditures, make community presentations, meet with Connecticut Post reporters and share reports on OIB. Lee owns an insurance company, Fardy is a retired city arson investigator. Talk [...]
Is Minority Party Representation On The Table For Charter Revision? Mike Garrett Says It Should Be
January 11th, 2012 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Education
Update with Mike Garrett comments: The seven-member Charter Revision Commission will look at reshaping the way school board members are chosen, among other items. The Bridgeport Board of Education is currently an elected body on hold as a result of state control of city schools that has created an appointed commission. Could a hybrid of elected [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·George Estrada·John Fabrizi·Mario Testa·Mary Moran·Mike Garrett·University of Bridgeport
Finch Names Members To Charter Revision Panel
January 10th, 2012 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Education, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch has appointed seven Bridgeport residents to serve on a new Charter Revision Commission designed to modernize an antiquated City Charter and examine education reform. The members include a former Republican town chairman, an executive at the University of Bridgeport, a city pastor and the mayor’s deputy chief of staff.
Tags: Bill Finch·George Estrada·John Fabrizi·Mary Moran·Mary-Jane Foster·Ruben Felipe·University of Bridgeport
City Council Scales Back Pay Increase Ordinance
January 4th, 2012 · 56 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
The City Council Tuesday night approved a controversial pay scale for about 80 non-classified city employees, but with an amendment eliminating language in the ordinance that authorized the mayor to increase salaries by 15 percent beyond the outer range of the salary grid.
Tags: Andre Baker·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Carlos Silva·CT Post·Ernie Newton·John Gomes·Keila Torres Ocasio·Marilyn Moore·Mary-Jane Foster·Michelle Lyons·Rich Paoletto·Tom McCarthy
Public Hearing Tonight–Big Mac’s Red Meat Gauge
January 3rd, 2012 · 35 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
8:45 p.m. update: A testy crowd of more than 100 showed up at City Council Chambers for the public hearing conducted by the Ordinance Committee of the City Council featuring a number of speakers against the proposed pay raises for about 80 non-classified city employees. Speakers included 2011 mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster, city clerk candidate Marilyn [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Ernie Newton·John Gomes·Marilyn Moore·Mary-Jane Foster·Tom McCarthy
John $taf$trom’s UConn Coup
January 31st, 2012 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, State Politics
Former Democratic Town Chair John Stafstrom is a happy man today. Who could blame him? The attorney for Bridgeport-based Pullman & Comley structured the agreement that eventually led to the approval Monday by the State Bond Commission of $291 million for Maine-based Jackson Laboratory to construct a new building and create upwards of 300 bioscience jobs at the University of [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Dennis Murphy·John DeStefano·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·University of Connecticut