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Republican Town Chair John Slater is urging attendance at a rally on Saturday, 1:30 p.m. in front of City Hall Annex to protest Mayor Bill Finch’s budget proposal that calls for a 2.7 mil increase representing more than $400 to the average city homeowner. The City Council will vote on the mayor’s spending package Monday [...]
Entries Categorized as 'City Politics'
City GOP Organizing Rally To Protest Finch’s Budget
May 2nd, 2012 · 12 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·John Slater
Moses, The Ministers And Ganim
April 20th, 2012 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Trying to reclaim his old State Senate seat, Ernie Newton is receiving support from several members of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, a coalition of city clergy that has a long history of influencing the vote. Former Mayor Joe Ganim, popular in African American and Latino neighborhoods, is also supporting the Moses of his peeps. Newton and [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Bill Finch·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Verna Kearney
Judge Sets BOE Special Election September 4
April 18th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education, News and Events
Superior Court Judge Salvatore Agati today ordered a special election for four Board of Education seats September 4, the date after Labor Day. Agati set the date per order of the Connecticut Supreme Court as part of its ruling overturning state control of city schools.
Tags: Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·Kenneth Moales·Michelle Black Smith-Tompkins·Salvatore Agati
Map Wars–NAACP To Challenge Senate District Changes
April 13th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Get ready for another election challenge. Officials with city and state branches of the NAACP say they will file a legal challenge to a redistricting plan of neighboring State Senate Districts that they claim unfairly impacts minority voters in incumbent Ed Gomes’ district.
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton
Ayala Fronts Newton In Early Fundraising
April 11th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
State Rep. Andres Ayala is off to a fast start raising money as he eyes the seat occupied by State Senator Ed Gomes. The latest financial disclosure period that ended March 31 shows Ayala has raised more than $12,000 in an exploratory committee that he can roll into a candidate committee. Ernie Newton, who’s seeking to [...]
Murphy Schmooze At Testo’s
April 30th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Locked in a delegate battle with former Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz for the Democratic Party endorsement for U.S. Senate, Congressman Chris Murphy made his way tonight to Testo’s Restaurant, the epicenter of city politics owned by Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa, for a meet and greet with city Dems. Murphy and Bysiewicz are putting [...]
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Tags: Andres Ayala·Bill Finch·Chris Murphy·Danny Roach·Dottie Guman·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Susan Bysiewicz·Testo's Restaurant·William Tong