Would someone PLEASE gag city hall smoker with a cigar, and make her choke on it? She is such an idiot! She is long overdue for payback for the pain and suffering she has inflicted on so many people. You keep running @ the mouth. Your time is running out!

If there is a god up there, this pig will be punished. BAD KARMA is coming your way!

Oh yeah, can you give us one good thing you have done for this City, other than to pass your poor judgment on others? You seem to have all the answers, so let’s hear WTF you have to offer. If you have no ideas to move this city forward, then please do us all a favor and SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

My point is there shouldn’t be any doubt who’s responsible for the library’s long-term viability as a core city asset. Obviously, taxpayers are the ultimate funding source. But funding allocations, setting city-wide priorities and balancing trade-offs is the job of the mayor, his staff and the entire city council. They deserve to be held accountable.

The library’s ability to survive and thrive shouldn’t be compromised by the inattention or ineptitude of city decision makers … but recent history and current needs suggest it has. Taxpayers can’t afford the costs, nor should they suffer the consequences, of chronically poor fiscal/municipal management.

That’s why my vote this year, in support of the library, will be for better prepared, better qualified elected officials. And not for the inevitable increase in Bridgeport’s business and residential tax burden.

I enjoyed the debate and I took score as each spoke to decide who did best in my opinion. Two of the candidates spoke very well and showed that they have what it takes. The two were Pat Crossin and Nate Snow. Others where very impressive–Maria Pereira, Juan Hernandez, and Raul Quiroga. Bobby Simmons and Sauda Baraka fell very short for two people who have been on the BOE for the last four years. They went as far as blaming John Ramos, the mayor and City Council. On the question of the dropout rate, they would not even admit to some blame. They talked about wanting to do this and that when they had four years in which they could have done them.

If I could vote for 5 of the candidates they would be:

Nate Snow (spoke like a pro)
Pat Crossin (he’s got what it takes)
Juan Hernandez (he understands student issues)
Maria Pereira (has a good grip of parental participation)
Raul Quiroga (more potential than Simmons/Baraka)

Pat Crossin was good at clearing the air in the room. There was a question about whether or not the city and the BOE worked together as they should. Pat mentioned a Budget and Appropriations with the BOE back when we were in the council. The BOE always bitch about the city not meeting with them, Pat chaired the Budget and Appropriations Committee and a meeting was scheduled with the BOE. We waited the day of the meeting and no one from the BOE showed up. Weeks later, BOE supporters showed up during a City council meeting with signs to scream at us and demand more money. I remember these events clearly. The top candidates on my list are:

Nate Snow
Pat Crossin
Juan Hernadez

yahooy is struggling to find a word. Is "agenda-ized" the word you were trying to create?

You’re not qualified to be my dinner guest never mind a designer of new terms.