Is State Senator Anthony Musto afraid? Does he have a backbone? Is he a puppet of Bridgeport’s political profiteers? OIB has received numerous copies of letters from constituents of Musto urging him to support the government reform bill sponsored by his Democratic peers in the State House Jack Hennessy and Auden Grogins that would prohibit [...]
Entries Categorized as 'State Politics'
Is Musto Spineless? Reform-minded Constituents Wonder About His Backbone In Pursuit Of Judgeship
May 21st, 2013 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Tags: Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Brendan Sharkey·Jack Hennessy
Sharkey Supports Blood Sport, Wimps Out On Bridgeport Reform Bill
May 7th, 2013 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
It’s amazing how politicians rationalize stuff. Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey says he’s just fine voting for the blood sport of extreme fighting because it needs to be regulated. But when duty called to support a conflict of interest bill that would ban (and regulate) city employees from serving on the Bridgeport City Council [...]
Walsh Tells Musto To Grow A Spine On City Council Reform Bill, ‘Will You Roll Over And Play Dead Or Find Courage?’
May 3rd, 2013 · 30 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Former City Councilman Bob “Troll” Walsh writes he will actively campaign against State Senator Anthony Musto if Musto does not support the state legislative bill that would bar city employees from serving on the City Council. Many of Musto’s Bridgeport constituents, such as Walsh, are urging Musto to find some backbone instead of caving in [...]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bob "Troll" Walsh·CT Post·Jack Hennessy·Joe Ganim
Don’t Harp On Bridgeport! New Haven Bombshell Changes Elm City Mayoral Race
April 22nd, 2013 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Whoa, one day after OIB reports about State Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield trashing Bridgeport, State Senator Toni Harp announces for mayor and a game changer. Our friends from the New Haven Independent report: Another surprise jolted New Haven’s political landscape Monday as state Sen. Toni Harp announced she has reversed course—and decided to join the race [...]
Tags: New Haven Independent
Hennessy: Good Government Bill “Dead” Without More Local Support–State Legislative Wimps Duck Reform–Grogins Still Hopeful For Passage
April 21st, 2013 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, State Politics
Update, Includes Petition: State Rep. Jack Hennessy’s legislative bill that would bar city employees from serving on the City Council doesn’t have a pulse without additional support from members of the city’s legislative delegation. “It’s dead. Without Bpt delegation support, the bill is dead,” declared Hennessy’s message in an email to OIB Saturday morning. But [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Charlie Stallworth·Christina Ayala·Don Clemons·Eze Santiago·Jack Hennessy·Jim Holloway·John McKinney·Rich Paoletto·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
Constituent To Musto, “Shame On You” For Not Supporting Government Reform Bill
April 21st, 2013 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Virginia Price, a Brooklawn constituent of Anthony Musto, isn’t happy her state senator has not stepped up to support a legislative bill co-sponsored by Bridgeport State House members Jack Hennessy and Auden Grogins that would enforce the Bridgeport City Charter that prohibits city employees from serving on the City Council. She submitted this letter to [...]
No Gusto For Musto–Opposes Government Reform Bill, Defies City Charter–Walker: Musto Fails
May 21st, 2013 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Following numerous letters and phone calls from constituents, State Senator Anthony Musto has finally come out of hiding, taking a public position against the government reform bill proposed by State House members Jack Hennessy and Auden Grogins that would bar city employees from serving on the City Council, prohibited by the City Charter but allowed [...]
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Tags: Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·David Walker·Jack Hennessy·Mark Anastasi·Tom McCarthy