UPDATE, includes link to unofficial results here: Veteran slates in Black Rock, North End, West Side and East Side were victorious on Tuesday while challenge slates in three other districts picked up a number of seats for election to the 90-member Democratic Town Committee. Seven of 10 districts had primaries. Absentee ballots made the difference […]
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Working Families Chief: We’re Not Involved In Town Committee Primaries
March 2nd, 2014 · 34 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
Lindsay Farrell, executive director of the Connecticut Working Families Party, issued this statement on Friday. “Any speculation that the Working Families Party is involved in elections for Democratic Town Committee is untrue. Some registered Democrats in Bridgeport who have supported Working Families are backing any number of candidates for the DTC. That is their right […]
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Former Town Clerk Hector Diaz
February 25th, 2014 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Hector Diaz Sr. had an easy authority about him. When you talk about decency, a quiet leader, he’s at the top of the list of distinguished city officials. Hector served as town clerk from 1983 to 2007 (when he retired) with a break from 1989-91. He passed away over the weekend in Florida.
Tags: Alma Maya·Bill Finch·Charlie Tisdale·Hector Diaz·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta
Newton Weighs Run: “Don’t Count Out The Moses Of His People”
March 6th, 2014 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Former Democratic State Senator Ernie Newton, awaiting word from the court this month on his lawyer’s motion to dismiss criminal charges for alleged campaign finance law infractions, is preening over Tuesday’s Democratic Town Committee results he says continues his coalition-building in neighborhoods.
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Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Don Clemons·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·Marilyn Moore