Democratic mayoral candidate John Gomes is off to a potent fundraising start, amassing roughly $100,000 in his effort to unseat his ex boss Mayor Joe
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Category: City Politics
Lamond Daniels Enters Mayoral Race
The 2023 mayoral race is warming up the new year. Add former Finch administration official Lamond Daniels to the formally announced candidates against Mayor Joe
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For New Year, Political Power Play Confronts Mayor And City Council
Heading into the 2023 municipal election cycle a fissure between Mayor Joe Ganim and a City Council majority over the timing of charter revision that
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In Clash With Ganim, City Council’s Charter Examination Falls Short
For a second time the City Council’s efforts to empanel a Charter Revision Commission next year failed, this time by one vote in a Monday
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Bob Walsh, Former City Councilman, Campaign Warrior, Dies
Robert Walsh, the curmudgeonly former City Council member who railed against political elite while serving Bridgeport’s West Side for more than a decade passed away
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Ganim, City Council Leadership At Loggerheads Over Timing Of Charter Revision
The City Council Monday night is scheduled to vote on empaneling a Charter Revision Commission to update the document guiding Bridgeport’s rules and regulations that
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Gomes Supporter Claims Firing Was Political Retaliation, City Says Reorganization Of Office
Maria Pires, who worked in municipal government for more than 30 years and most recently part-time in the tax assessor’s office, says her termination from
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Ganim, Gomes, Moore–The Moving Chess Pieces For Mayor
Mayor Joe Ganim has amassed more than $200,000 for his 2023 reelection campaign well on his way for plenty of dough to make his case
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