Entries Categorized as 'City Politics'
State Rep. Charlie Stallworth, an early Joe Ganim appointee who left city service about a year ago after a falling-out with the mayor, has returned as a consultant to the Civil Service Office with the task of recruiting minority candidates for an upcoming police test. He’ll be paid $2,500 for the next month with a […]
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Tags: Charlie Stallworth·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·Rowena White·Shante Hanks·Sue Katz
This long, strange trip for City Council in the North End 133rd District will finally come to a close. Tuesday night district Democrats voiced loud and clear their support for endorsed candidates Michael DeFilippo and incumbent councilwoman Jeanette Herron who ran up nearly a three to one win over challengers Anne Pappas Phillips and former […]
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Tags: Aidee Nieves·AJ Perez·Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo·Testo's Restaurant
Voting is underway at Blackham and Madison schools for the Democratic primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District between party endorsed Michael DeFilippo and Jeanette Herron challenged by former State Rep. Bob Keeley and zoning commissioner Anne Pappas Phillips. What a long, strange trip this has been since last September with campaigning […]
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Tags: Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Michael DeFilippo
UPDATE: Keeley bails. Former State Rep. Bob Keeley may have thrown his so-called running partner under the bus by “mailing my candidacy in” but Anne Pappas Phillips says she’s not quitting on Tuesday’s primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District. Talk about cutting and running. Keeley left a voice message for his […]
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Tags: Anne Pappas Phillips·Auden Grogins·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo
A history and civics teacher at Bassick High School is challenging Democratic incumbent Marilyn Moore in Connecticut’s 22nd State Senate District that covers about one third of Bridgeport, all of Trumbull and a portion of Monroe. Republican Rich Deecken is a member and past chairman of the Trumbull Planning and Zoning Commission. His website here.
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Tags: Marilyn Moore·Rich Deecken·Sacred Heart University
Days prior to a third Democratic primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District, that mischievous former State Rep. Bob Keeley says he’s using his run as a platform and not necessarily to win. As he puts it “I have been mailing my candidacy in” for the greater cause of stopping “corruption.” Is […]
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Tags: Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Michael DeFilippo
Less than a week from a third Democratic primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District, about 100 voters have requested absentee ballots, according to the Town Clerk’s office. Of those about 50 so far have been returned so a good majority of the absentee requests will be counted Tuesday night in a race […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo·Tom McCarthy
His fundraising ability was underestimated during his 2015 mayoral comeback. His fundraising prowess has been once again questioned as he now runs for governor. But Mayor Joe Ganim reports that he has raised roughly $525,000 so far in his gubernatorial bid, an average of roughly $100,000 a month since his formal entry into the race. […]
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Tags: Joe Ganim·Ned Lamont
Rev. Stallworth Back In The Ganim Fold–Assisting With Minority Police Recruitment
April 17th, 2018 · 41 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Civil Service, Law Enforcement, News and Events, State Politics
State Rep. Charlie Stallworth, an early Joe Ganim appointee who left city service about a year ago after a falling-out with the mayor, has returned as a consultant to the Civil Service Office with the task of recruiting minority candidates for an upcoming police test. He’ll be paid $2,500 for the next month with a […]
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Tags: Charlie Stallworth·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·Rowena White·Shante Hanks·Sue Katz