Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday Connecticut will offer $22 million in municipal bonds to help finance a new store for outdoor retailer Bass Pro Shops at the Steel Point redevelopment area. The sale of the general-obligation bonds through Connecticut Innovations Inc., the state’s financing arm, is expected the week of May 5, according to Moody’s […]
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State Selling Bonds To Help Finance Bass Pro Construction
April 15th, 2014 · No Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Christina Ayala: I’m Running–Rosario Poised For Endorsement
April 15th, 2014 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
If State Rep. Christina Ayala’s to win a second two-year term she’ll have to wage a primary against Chris Rosario, the city’s director of Anti-Blight and Illegal Dumping, who has formed a candidate committee (see here) raising money to qualify for the state’s Citizens Election Program of publicly funded campaigns. Ayala has only recently formed […]
Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·Andres Ayala·Bill Finch·Brendan Sharkey·Christina Ayala·Santa Ayala
Should City Council Stipends Be Spent On Charities?
April 14th, 2014 · 23 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Each of the 20 members of the City Council can access a $9,000 annual stipend presumably to be used in accordance with their duties as members of the budget-making and legislative body. Citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee, although a proponent of charitable organizations, writes city councilors are misusing taxpayer money on behalf of needy […]
Police Make Arrest In Groping Case
April 14th, 2014 · No Comments · Cops, News and Events
From Bill Kaempffer, public safety spokesman: Detectives have secured an arrest warrant charging a city man with approaching and groping two high school students on separate occasions in the East Side.
Game On! Moore Matches Musto In State Senate Fundraising
April 12th, 2014 · 13 Comments · City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Democratic State Senate candidate Marilyn Moore posted a strong fundraising quarter, according to her campaign filing with the State Elections Enforcement Commission, as she seeks to unseat three-term State Senator Anthony Musto in Connecticut’s 22nd District that includes portions of Bridgeport, Monroe and all of Trumbull. Her filing shows she has raised nearly $10,000 in […]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Marilyn Moore
Shipping Out Of Downtown, Zoners Back New Ferry Location In East End
April 15th, 2014 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events
It was a rocky process that included legal battles and prior site rejection, but the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company that provides daily service to and from Port Jefferson New York, won approval from the Zoning Commission Monday night to relocate its Downtown terminal to Seaview Avenue across the harbor in the East End.
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Tags: Bass Pro Shops·Brian McAllister·Chuck Willinger·CT Post·Steelpointe Harbor·Webster Bank Arena