Following the announcement of an FBI probe, Mayor Joe Ganim on Tuesday took disciplinary action against his appointed Public Facilities Director John Ricci for turning
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Category: Law Enforcement
Carmen Lopez Pages Mr. Ed (Adams)–Work Horse Or Show Horse?
Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez in an OIB commentary is paging retired FBI agent Ed Adams who was hired by Mayor Joe Ganim to
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Four Years Ago Ganim Apologized In Stallworth’s Church–Is Rift Real Or Imagined?
On January 1, 2015 in the East End church of Rev. Charlie Stallworth, Joe Ganim launched his historic comeback for mayor with his first public
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2019 Campaign Preview–Ganim’s New Year’s Treatise
Grab a cup of joe (or beverage of your choice) and take a gander at Mayor Joe Ganim’s observations about the state of the city
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Campaign Fencing, The Battle Over Public Safety
Public safety is ground zero for a mayoral campaign, especially in Connecticut’s largest city so often vulnerable to the mercurial nature of law enforcement. Some
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Arrest Made In Clinton Howell Murder
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: A teenager in custody in connection with an earlier assault at Central High School was charged Monday with the fatal
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Newton Drops Stop And Frisk, ‘I’ll Figure Out Another Way’
Following a backlash from his community and in consultation with Connecticut NAACP Chief Scot X. Esdaile, City Councilman Ernie Newton says he’ll drop his call for the
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Pastor Gaston: Flabbergasted And Appalled By Newton’s Stop And Frisk Proposal
The Rev. Dr. Herron Keyon Gaston, associate director of admissions at Yale Divinity School, is senior pastor of Summerfield United Methodist Church on the East
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