Comments on: Civil Council Passes Budget

By: Black Rockin

Black Rockin — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:49:03 +0000

With all of this BOE money flying around and a H.S. dropout rate of 68% (good use of money, by the way): Why not create an education program for our city officials and council people and have Mr. Mayor in front of the class in a prominent seat. They can all learn what “ethics” means, money management, cooking (not the books), leadership; I think you get my drift.
Remember: they have plenty of empty seats in school; what a sad joke.

By: The Dark City

The Dark City — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:12:50 +0000

I now am starting to understand why some towns are privatizing their governments and running it like a business! Bridgeport’s biggest problem is nepotism.

By: Bpts Finest

Bpts Finest — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:33:08 +0000

Yo absolutely.

By: Local Eyes

Local Eyes — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:06:27 +0000

Here’s a new acronym for the die-hard optimist: TWINE as in The World Is Not Ending.

Trade your rope for TWINE and you’ll be alright!

(wink)

By: Mojo

Mojo — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:52:59 +0000

*** I believe you covered it Bob, from P to Z! *** Also B/F, I didn’t know I was blogging in Italian either. It all sounds & looks Greek to me after a few glasses of “vino”! *** “You know what I’m saying”! *** Hey-ho! ***

By: Bob Walsh

Bob Walsh — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:49:15 +0000

To Former City Official and Countdown,
Chapter 19, Section 5 of the City Charter reads:

(a) There shall be a Planning and Zoning Commission, composed of nine (9) members, which shall be the planning and zoning authority of the city.
(b) The terms of office of the members of the commission shall be three years which shall commence on the first day of January. Those terms shall be staggered so that no more than three terms shall expire annually.
(c) Vacancies on the planning and zoning commission shall be nominated by the mayor and the members of the city council and filled by the mayor, with the advice and consent of sixty per cent of the entire membership of the city council (exclusive of the Mayor), for the balance of the term.
(d) The current planning commission consisting of five (5) members plus alternates and the current zoning commission of five (5) members plus alternates shall be combined into a nine (9) member planning and zoning commission.

So back in 1993 when the Planning and Zoning Commission was combined and the separate planning and zoning commissions were eliminated the implementing language also eliminated alternates. So according to the City Charter there is no such thing as an alternate to the P & Z and therefore the City Charter is silent on expired terms. Ergo, she must go.

By: LennieGrimaldi

LennieGrimaldi — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:56:03 +0000

Hey LE, can I appoint you the official OIB cultural correspondent?