It could have been a lot worse. More than three years ago ex City Councilman Michael DeFilippo was charged with falsifying voter registration cards and
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Category: City Politics
For Councilman Castillo, Another Election Complaint, Another Criminal Investigation
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The state’s top criminal prosecutor is scrutinizing whether a city councilman already facing trial on election fraud charges from 2019 interfered with
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Wake Up! Democratic State Rep. Rosario Offers Solutions To Winning Back Latino, Working-Class Voters
Bridgeport State Rep. Chris Rosario, a State House deputy speaker who represents Connecticut’s largely Latino 128th District, writes in this commentary winning back key voting
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Senator-Elect Sujata: We Did This Together
She beat the boys from Bridgeport in a Democratic primary then won the general election against Republican Chris Carrena to fill the seat of a
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City Employee Fired In Fallout From Absentee Ballot Investigation
The city’s Labor Relations Department on Wednesday notified Wanda Geter-Pataky of her employment termination following a lengthy review by a lawyer hired by the city
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Welcome To Madison Scare Garden
Following fallout from Sunday night’s bro-bash at Madison Square (or is it scare?) Garden members of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus
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“A Disgrace To The City Council” – Councilman Matt McCarthy Calls On Alfredo Castillo To Resign
Black Rock City Councilman Matt McCarthy is the first to call for the resignation of councilman Alfredo Castillo writing in the OIB comments section: Alfredo
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Decision About City Employee’s Role In Drop-Box Controversy To Be Announced Within Days
She enjoys supporters, she faces detractors and now after more than one year on paid administrative leave from her $65,000 yearly position following leaked surveillance
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