“Together we are making Bridgeport the cleanest, greenest, safest most affordable city, with schools and neighborhoods that improve each year” … Mayor Bill Finch
Like it or not everything Mayor Bill Finch does within the next year will be measured against the declaration above that he includes on just about every news release, statement, correspondence, etc.
Well, [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Civil Service'
Do Results Match Finch’s Rhetoric
August 23rd, 2010 · 36 Comments · City Budget, City Politics, Civil Service, Development, Library, Political Analysis
Tags: Bill Finch·Ralph Jacobs
Are You On The Top 100 List? Plus: Council Approves New Test Fees
March 2nd, 2010 · 22 Comments · City Council, Civil Service, Cops, Education
Always fun to examine the list of top 100 city employee wage earners. As usual Board of Education employees lead the pack from 2009 fronted by Superintendent of Schools John Ramos’ $235,000. Hey Super, I wanna be your friend! Mayor Bill Finch is woefully behind at number 61 on the list.
Jacobs’ Rich, Ned’s Bridgeport Pitch, And Dick’s Barack Ditch
February 17th, 2010 · 14 Comments · City Council, Civil Service, Development, State Politics
The City Council approved a financial termination agreement Tuesday night hammered out by city lawyers and former Mayor Tom Bucci who represented ousted Civil Service Personnel Director Ralph Jacobs.
Jacobs will receive $155,000, $90k within 10 days, followed by another $65k next January. Bucci will receive $15,000 in legal fees and Jacobs gets another $8,000 for [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·David Dunn·Dick Blumenthal·Harding High School·Jodi Rell·Ned Lamont·Ralph Jacobs·Tom Bucci
Will Moore Be More? Plus: Stipend Relief, And Malloy Spanks Ned On Sick Leave
February 8th, 2010 · 18 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, State Politics
Update: Marilyn Moore is a pistol. A pol with passion. And I say pol in the best sense of the word (some pols don’t like being called pols), a bright feisty force you want on your side in a fight.
Tags: Andy Abate·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·CT Post·Dan Malloy·John Fabrizi·Marian Evans·Marilyn Moore·Ned Lamont·Ralph Jacobs·Tom Bucci
Jacobs’ Financial Ladder
February 1st, 2010 · 36 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, State Politics
Sweet! New month, a short month, time to think pitchers and catchers, spring arrives next month. Will Phil see his shadow on Tuesday? And will Ralph see the money? And exactly how much loot?
Ralph being Ralph Jacobs, canned by the Civil Service Commission last year as personnel director for something called “breach of city loyalty.” [...]
Tags: Andy Abate·Bill Finch·David Dunn·DebraLee Hovey·Jasper McLevy·Jim Himes·Joe Riccio·Ralph Jacobs·Rob Russo·Rudy Marconi·Tim Herbst
Malloy In Pol Pod, Says He’s Prepared To Lead, State Should Be City Partner, Plus: Jacobs Nears Settlement
January 29th, 2010 · 44 Comments · Civil Service, Development, Events, Interviews, State Politics
Former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, a leading contender for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, steps into the Pol Pod, and he’s not bashful about what he’d do as governor including weighing in on Governor Jodi Rell’s proposed juvenile detention center for girls on the Upper East Side. It doesn’t belong in Bridgeport, he says.
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·David Dunn·Ed Gomes·Housatonic Community College·Jodi Rell·Joe Lieberman·Joseph's Steakhouse·Ned Lamont·Ralph 'n' Rich's·Ralph Jacobs
The Power Of Residency
December 8th, 2009 · 26 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, Cops, Events
How much juice do unions have in city elections?
It ain’t like it used to be. OIB has had a few intriguing exchanges the past few weeks about city unions losing their political influence–particularly police and fire employees that had been electoral powerhouses–as more of them have moved out of the city. I checked with the city and [...]
Tags: Auden Grogins·Bijou Square·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·David Dunn·Épernay Bistro·John Fabrizi·Nick Panuzio·Phil Kuchma·Ralph Jacobs·Rob Russo·Rudy Marconi