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Do Results Match Finch’s Rhetoric

August 23rd, 2010 · 36 Comments · City Budget, City Politics, Civil Service, Development, Library, Political Analysis

“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, [...]

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Who’s Your Caddie? Plus: Schiff On Ballot

June 21st, 2010 · 18 Comments · City Politics, Library, Political Analysis, State Politics

An interesting configuration of local pols, sometimes friends, sometimes not, are lining up behind their respective Democratic candidates for governor.
Ned Lamont received the backing of the entire Bridgeport delegation at the state party convention last month. Some delegates went with the flow to be cooperating members of Team Lamont led by Mayor Bill Finch and Democratic Party Chair Mario Testa, even [...]

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Rick Being Rick, When Mario Blew Up The Convention, Himes’ Bounty And Zoo Tickets!

May 14th, 2010 · 26 Comments · Education, Events, Library, Political Analysis, State Politics

Weekend Update: What? Former Bridgeport GOP Town Chair Rick Torres said something controversial at a forum for Fourth District Congressional candidates? No way. Rick wouldn’t say something controversial, would he?
The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations criticized the statements by Torres, who said, referring to Muslims while discussing illegal immigration, “It turns out, [...]

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The Budget: Carrot Or Stick? Plus: Jimmy’s HQ Opening

April 23rd, 2010 · 13 Comments · City Budget, Education, Events, Library

So you’re a city firefighter and you feel like you’ve done your part to help dowse the flames of city red ink. City bean counters have submitted a budget with a nearly $7 million hole, according to City Councilman Bob Curwen, co-chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, anticipating roughly $4 million in employee givebacks to help close the [...]

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Mayor’s Budget Letter

April 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · City Budget, City Council, Cops, Library

The following is Mayor Bill Finch’s budget letter to the City Council. The mayor writes about state aid reductions forcing a challenging municipal budget, a tax increase to support the voter-approved library referendum, the need for municipal employee concessions, and a spending plan less than last year. What he doesn’t mention is $25 million in pension obligations not [...]

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Budget Relies On Union Givebacks, Plus: Big Wave And Mayor Club Fight, And Himes Endorses Jepsen

April 6th, 2010 · 16 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, Library, Political Analysis, State Politics

Mayor Bill Finch submitted to the City Council Monday night a budget that’s swimming in assumptions, except council members won’t know its details until today. The budget book hadn’t been printed in time for the council meeting. The council, as its custom, referred the mayor’s budget to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, which will conduct [...]

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Budget Impact On Finch’s Reelection, Himes’ Ear-Splitting Constituents

March 29th, 2010 · 19 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Cops, Library, Political Analysis

One week away until Mayor Bill Finch submits his recommended spending plan to the City Council for the budget year that begins July 1. That’s when City Council Budget Co-Chairs Bob Curwen and Angel DePara get a crack at it before it goes to the full council.
The budget will include more dough for city libraries per a [...]

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