Meow. Meow. Meow. Governor Dan Malloy says municipal leaders are meowing way too much about his proposed budget. Led by the municipal lobbying group Connecticut
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Community Action Group Hosts Forum On Government Reform Proposal
UPDATE: About 60 people attended Saturday’s forum at the Bridgeport Public Library hosted by Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport regarding the State House bill
Read moreWill Citizens Working For A Better Bridgeport Have Staying Power?
Early 2013 looks like it’s shaping up as a long strange trip for the state’s largest city. A screwy budget cycle, a Democratic governor acting
Read moreSpineless Pols Take Note! New Citizen Action Group Organzing Public Forum In Support of Hennessy Government Reform Bill
What pol will grow a spine? What political chickens will run for the hen house? The newly formed neighborhood action group Citizens Working for a
Read moreWalker Plays Locally, National Budget Voice Joins New Citizens Government Reform Coalition
David Walker, the United States Comptroller General from 1998 to 2008, has been urging sanity back in the national budget-making process through the organization he
Read moreMusto’s Hennessy Problem–Government Reform Versus Political Establishment
State House members Auden Grogins and Jack Hennessy must feel like it’s us against the world when it comes to Hennessy’s proposed legislation HB-5724 if
Read moreMalloy’s Budget, Finch’s Budget–Will Sanity Prevail On Behalf Of Taxpayers?
The city was mauled both physically and financially from the blizzard of 2013, and some areas of the city still require attention. Mayor Bill Finch
Read moreHennessy: The Unions Screwed Me, Legislative Colleagues Threw Me Under The Bus (Except Grogins)–Slater Says Follow The Charter
UPDATE: Fearing his state legislative bill to prohibit city employees from serving on the City Council is dying the gooey death, State Rep. Jack Hennessy
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