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.
Entries Categorized as 'Civil Service'
Are You On The Top 100 List? Plus: Council Approves New Test Fees
March 2nd, 2010 · 22 Comments · City Council, Civil Service, Cops, Education
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Walsh·John Ramos
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
Now What? Plus: Caruso And House Leader Ask Jodi To Delay Juvenile Vote
October 29th, 2009 · 23 Comments · City Politics, Civil Service, Development, Education, Political Analysis, State Politics
3:30 p.m. update: The poll results for Mayor Bill Finch are lousy, but not politically fatal.
What can he do about it? Take advantage of his strengths. Bill looks good and sounds good and when he actually believes in something he can sell it. The problem for Bill has always been focus. Too many distractions that [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Don Eversley·Jodi Rell·John Ramos·Ralph Jacobs
