Mayor Bill Finch will submit his proposed budget to the City Council in four weeks with less tax revenue than last year. From CT Post scribe Brian Lockhart:
A year after City Hall celebrated a near 1 percent increase in the grand list–the amount of taxable property–some of those gains were lost.
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Can Newton part political waters?
Former Democratic State Senator Ernie Newton, awaiting word from the court this month on his lawyer’s motion to dismiss criminal charges for alleged campaign finance law infractions, is preening over Tuesday’s Democratic Town Committee results he says continues his coalition-building in neighborhoods.
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One month away from Mayor Bill Finch submitting his budget proposal to the City Council, city financial guardian John Marshall Lee implored the city’s budget authority to focus on the financials. His Monday address to the council:
Council President McCarthy, Council persons, interested member of the Bridgeport community. For the past two Council sessions I have addressed financial issues raised by the release of the June 30, 2013 Monthly Financial Report.
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Bridgeport Working Families Party Chair Maria Pereira distributed cut card
Update: Bridgeport Working Families Party Chair Maria Pereira, a registered Democrat, is passionate about her political work. So passionate, she’s handing out cut cards to her voter contacts in front of Hooker School precinct crossing out the names of town committee candidates she had supported including Pat Fardy and Ann Barney in the Upper East Side 138th District. Maria’s upset about some things Pat’s husband Andy wrote about her on OIB. Talk about keeping score! Maria has shown organizational strength in her home district.
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Legitimate Beef Or Witch Hunt Against Chief For Police Overtime Cuts?
March 7th, 2014 · 43 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, Cops, News and Events
Police Officer Juan Santiago. CT Post photo.
The police officer arrested recently for discharging a firearm inside Bagel King last December has once again called for an investigation against Assistant Police Chief James Nardozzi for slurs a college professor used in the context of ethics training last year. Some department members say the criticism directed at Nardozzi is a witch hunt for slashing police overtime.
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