On paper Mayor Joe Ganim shows roughly $85,000 on hand to primary opponent John Gomes’ $2,350, at the close of the latest quarter reporting period
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Category: City Politics
After Pereira’s “The Pig” And “Piglets” Rant Can Gomes Survive Campaign Trichinosis?
Two weeks from the Democratic mayoral primary redo the media mood has shifted from absentee ballot machinations to swinish insults directed at police. That’s the
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Police Union Chief: Councilwoman Pereira Must Resign For Calling Officers “Piglets”
The chorus of stakeholders calling for Maria Pereira’s resignation is growing louder, the latest from Michael Salemme III, president of AFSCME Local 1159 Bridgeport Police
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Chief Porter: Don’t Target My Officers – Pereira Spreads More Repugnance On WICC Airwaves, Gomes Juggles Quagmire
Troubled City Councilwoman Maria Pereira took to the airwaves Friday morning of WICC’s Melissa Sheketoff – with a rebuttal from Mayor Joe Ganim – to
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Faith Leader Condemns Pereira’s Racist Remarks
Dr. Khaled Elleithy, president of the Bridgeport Islamic Community Center, writes in a letter to Mayor Joe Ganim, “I am writing to express the deep concern
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“The Pig” – Gomes Key Supporter, City Councilwoman Maria Pereira, Calls Chief Porter ‘The Pig’ In Off-The-Rails E-Mail Following Council Meeting
By Bridgeport’s political standards even this is a bomb. Tuesday night was designed for solidarity amidst Middle East disharmony, a resolution by the City Council
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Home Stretch For Democratic Primary Do-Over
Three weeks to the January 23 Democratic mayoral primary redo. How did we get here? It started more than a year ago when John Gomes
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“Watch What Happens To You” – The Halloween Fracas That Led Mayor Finch To Fire John Gomes – Does Gomes Have Temperament To Be Mayor?
It started with a wild Halloween party in 2009 at the Cape Verdean Association, and ended early morning with the arrest and subsequent government firing
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