The City Council’s Ordinance Committee voted Monday night to torpedo the Bridgeport Port Authority, the quasi-city agency that receives more than $1 million a year
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Poise Your Battleships, Plus: Finch Statement On Sikorsky Crash, And Moolah From Himes
What happened, City Council members are so upset about OIB’s prior post regarding the Bridgeport Port Authority that they want to abolish it? Well, not exactly.
Read moreLine Up Council Candidates, Plus: Stratford’s Piggy Pols, And Bridge Loot
Here we are in June, just a month or so before respective districts of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee meet to endorse candidates for City
Read moreLong Weekend, Tons Of Chatter
Memorial Day weekend with lots of picnic discussion: State Supreme Court orders unsealing of documents relating to sexual abuse cases the Diocese of Bridgeport spent
Read moreYou Have The Power
I’m wondering what OIB readers think about our elected officials. Certainly, there’s opinion aplenty about Mayor Bill Finch and some others on a regular basis. What
Read moreHey, Wake Up! Plus: Ken Hays, The Best Of Bridgeport
It was impossible not to notice the public emptiness in City Council chambers Monday night as the city’s legislative body passed Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed
Read moreCivil Council Passes Budget
What a bunch of party-poopers. On a night the City Council lowered Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed mil rate a smidge and increased the tax collection
Read moreCouncil Budget Vote, Plus: Dodd ‘Don’t Mess With My Wife’
3:30 p.m. update Will it be the Monday night fights or just another boring budget session? The City Council meets tonight to act on Mayor
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