From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: Make that a $500,000 driveway the city has built for millionaire developer Manuel “Manny” Moutinho by Sikorsky Memorial Airport. A legal settlement to end one of the more bizarre events in Bridgeport history nearly fell apart Thursday. A judge refused to sign it after learning the city will pay $30,000 […]
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Judge Radcliffe Questions Legal Settlement For Road To Manny’s Mansion
April 17th, 2014 · 4 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Tags: CT Post·Dale Radcliffe·Dan Tepfer·Manny Moutinho·Sikorsky Memorial Airport
Should City Council Stipends Be Spent On Charities?
April 14th, 2014 · 25 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Each of the 20 members of the City Council can access a $9,000 annual stipend presumably to be used in accordance with their duties as members of the budget-making and legislative body. Citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee, although a proponent of charitable organizations, writes city councilors are misusing taxpayer money on behalf of needy […]
Watchdog To City Council: Taxpayers Are Underdogs, Stop The Waste
April 8th, 2014 · 9 Comments · City Budget, City Council
Citizen budget watchdog John Marshall Lee in his address to the City Council Monday night urged councilors to cut, cut, cut waste, starting with their stipends. His comments follow: Tonight is a special night. The UCONN Huskies an underdog at many points this season has fought its way to the NCAA finals. I will be […]
If You Were A City Council Member, What Would You Slash From Mayor’s Budget?
April 8th, 2014 · 36 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
You are in charge. You have the power. You can fillet the mayor’s proposed spending plan. We had a little give and take in a prior post about the veracity of the City Council (past and present) cutting Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed $522,966,587 budget. What would you cut to hold the line on taxes? You […]
Tags: Bill Finch
City Council To Receive Budget, Interim School Chief ‘Shocked’ By Mayor’s School Funding
April 7th, 2014 · 26 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed $522,966,587 budget will be officially submitted to the City Council tonight (Monday). The spending plan that calls for a hike of just under one mil representing a roughly $120 tax increase on the average city homeowner will be referred to the Budget and Appropriations Committee co-chaired by Sue Brannelly and Mike Marella.
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Linda Conner Lambeck·Mike Marella·Sue Brannelly
Mayor’s Budget Proposal Calls For Modest Increase
April 3rd, 2014 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
UPDATE: includes proposed budget here. Mayor Bill Finch has submitted a $522,966,587 spending plan to the City Council that calls for a modest hike of just under one mil representing a roughly $120 tax increase on the average city homeowner if approved by the city’s budget-making body. The council will officially receive the budget at […]
Public Hearings Set For Mayor’s Proposed Budget
April 17th, 2014 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
What will the City Council do with Mayor Bill Finch’s budget plan? The mayor has submitted a $522,966,587 spending document to the City Council that calls for a modest hike of just under one mil representing a roughly $120 tax increase on the average city homeowner if approved by the city’s budget-making body. The budget […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Mike Marella·Sue Brannelly