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		<title>The City&#8217;s Marketing Turbine, BAM! Plus: Mayor&#8217;s Buyback Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;m a broken record on this, a city such as Bridgeport must promote its assets, destination points, business successes. The strategy behind rolling out a campaign must also complement the creative presented to the public.
The city, in conjunction with the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, has financed a three-month marketing campaign with most of the dough dedicated to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Budget&#8217;s Royal Flush?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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Mayors, for the most part, live and die by budgets. If you think the city budget is bleeding red this year wait until next year when Mayor Bill Finch&#8217;s election is on the line. So city bean counters are searching for new revenue sources.
Yeah baby, whoever thought poop could be a major revenue source. It can. That&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Leader Files Ethics Complaint Against City Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Republican Town Chair Marc Delmonico filed a formal complaint Friday with the city&#8217;s Ethics Commission charging the Bridgeport City Council with receiving improper benefits from promoters of the Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park.
The City Charter and Code of Ordinances addresses several areas the GOP leader cites in his complaint, including:
2.38.030 Standards of conduct.
B. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP To File Ethics Complaint</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could it be? The local GOP is waking up? City Republicans are expected to file a formal complaint this week with the city&#8217;s Ethics Commission challenging free VIP passes, worth hundreds of dollars, offered to City Council members by promoters of Gathering of the Vibes.
At issue is access council members had to the four-day hippie festival [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Mac Defends Council Mates, Poising Your Vote, And Thespian Magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[City Council President Tom McCarthy came to the defense of council members in how OIB has portrayed acceptance of free VIP passes to the Gathering of the Vibes, the annual hippie fest on the shores of Seaside Park.
Big Mac on Sunday told OIB that Vibes promoter Ken Hays has a contractual obligation to allow council members access to assess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Slam Vibes Freebies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you believe it? Republicans in Bridgeport are speaking up. I told them to send out the news release to all the usual media outlets. Let&#8217;s see if anyone beyond OIB does something. From the local GOP:

BRIDGEPORT REPUBLICAN PARTY CALLS ON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO NOT ACCEPT VIP PACKAGES TO GATHERING OF THE VIBES OR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You VIP Vibe Groovy? Just Ask City Council Members</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jodi Rell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John DeStefano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Wyman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ned Lamont]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIP Update: Who&#8217;s attending the Gathering of the Vibes? The annual hippie fest along the Seaside Park waterfront in tribute to the late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia kicks off today for four days of music, love (we hope) and peace (perhaps a pipe).
How many city officials will get in for free? And what say you about [...]]]></description>
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