“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 'Library'
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
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 [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Honey Parziale·John DeStefano·John Fabrizi·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Peter Schiff·Ralph Ford·Susan Bysiewicz
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, [...]
Tags: Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·John DeStefano·John Rowland·Lowell Weicker·Mario Testa·Matty's Corner·Ned Lamont·Rick Torres·University of Bridgeport
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 [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Jim Himes·Max Medina·Pat Crossin
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 [...]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Jodi Rell
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 [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dick Blumenthal·George Jepsen·Jim Himes·Lenny Paoletta·Pat Crossin·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom McCarthy
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 [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Carmen Lopez·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Ernie Newton·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Mario Testa·Paul Ganim