If this holds this is great news. And bad news for the mayor and all the corporate education privatizers. And real bad news for Moales and Vallas. Could it be the Flim-Flam Man will take his educational fraud show on the road again? What city is next? Sheboygan, Wisconsin? Fargo, North Dakota? Seems like the cities are getting smaller.
If the absentees change anything, expect a court battle. These results are like the Charter revision. Around the beginning of October last year. I knew from my canvassing we were going to beat the Mayor on the Charter revision. A lot of people didn’t like the way he was screwing around with the Board of Ed. To everyone back home who worked on Line B if the results hold, CONGRATULATIONS on a job well done. Wish I could be there!
An endorsement by Finch with the guidance of Thompson is evidently the kiss of death. Vallas, start making some plans and start packing. The number of rubber-stamping BOE members will be dwindling soon. See ya … leave the chromebooks and Smartboards, please.
Three strikes … state takeover stopped, city takeover voted down, three handpicked minions out, too. Next it’s Bill and then it’s Dannel. Goodbye, sellout Dems.
I salute every single person who worked for this amazing achievement. This is a significant harbinger of future Calamarian demise. Watchdogs like JML and others can savor this victory. Maybe someone out there is truly listening.
And according to the Post it looks like she must have had some to pull. Looks like the AB Queen will remain on the Council assuming she wins in November.
Congratulations to all of tonight’s winners. I have just been informed all of CW4BB’s endorsed candidates won. Stay tuned for the general election. It’s a new day in Bridgeport!
Congratulations Bridgeport!!!
This is proof that together we can bring changes through voting. We united together and delivered a crushing defeat to these smug bastards. Let’s all stay united and finish the job we’ve started. Maybe it does take a village to raise a child.
While the turnout was low and should have been higher, it appears Bridgeport now has a real chance to move forward into the 21st century. The BOE victory and the wins in the City Council races demonstrate a sea change has occurred in Bridgeport politics.
We will now have a truly independent school board and a City Council that will not be a total rubber stamp for the mayor and the DTC. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to those Bpt voters who took the time to make Bridgeport a better place to live.
I can’t remember an election victory I have been more pleased with and I am very thankful to have been able able to play a small part in bringing it about.
And the question of the night is will Finch and his allies be adults and support the winners or will he act like he did when Lieberman lost the primary and not support the nominated Democratic candidates. My bet is the latter.
Okay Lennie, I was wondering why a three-minute video took so long to download. This is video from the Red Rooster victory celebration by the candidates and friends. I meant to record three minutes, put away the camera without turning it off and it went on recording for about 30 minutes. It appears Bridgeport went head over heels for ROW B. Now let’s see and hear what was said if you can: www .youtube.com/watch?v=wetWa0k0VwQ
*** Now it’s time to win a few more seats in Nov. so don’t get too comfortable there, you political activists. *** OFF TOPIC *** WHAT WERE YOU DOING THE MORNING OF 9/11 THERE, OIB? I was at the Bpt Flyer Diner on Fairfield Ave. having breakfast. *** NEVER FORGET! ***
Although I am thrilled with the outcome, it’s not all good news. It appears Lydia’s absentee ballot scam got her in again. And who’s next to her at the victory party? None other than Senator Andres Ayala. How do you condone that behavior, Senator? Milta is tied with Maria Valle and we can hope against hope Maria pulls it off.
dePara and Silva turned out to be the anti-Finch candidates. Even though they were endorsed, Finch put up the two businessmen to run against them. We can only hope deJesus and Castillo won’t be two more rubber stamps.
One more observation. It was interesting yesterday to see the number of City employees at the schools handing out Line A literature. These same employees bitch about Finch all day and then they go back out there like good little soldiers. Never saw so many people with so little integrity.
The Fixer,
Lydia’s opponents should review the number of absentee ballots (AB). If they are higher than other districts, they should demand an independent and random audit of them. Lydia is not competent as a Council person. She is also a serial offender of the AB process. It’s time for truth, transparency and accountability.
Fixer: The one thing of note in the 136th were the two council people from the 138th Marella and Paoletto who were working for the challenge slate. They definitely are the mayor’s piss boys, shame on them.
Marella and Paoletto spent very little time at Hooker supporting the party candidates. The results at Hooker should give these two something to think about.
OIB probably helped a lot. Free speech has returned, we disagree sometimes, but we get a point of view and it helps us examine our own. Len, thanks for the site. JML and SA and the rest of you full of wind like myself, thanks.
What I don’t quite understand is Gardner, Halstead and Baker are all John Gomes people, the celebration was at the Red Rooster Deli for the winners, Gomes’ wife Janet won the Parents election, but Gomes is very, very quiet.
I just received the results of the detailed voting in the City Council race for District 137. The absentee ballots votes are dramatically different from the machine votes. Given Lydia’s serial violations of the election rules in the past, there should be an independent audit of absentee ballots to make sure the election laws were not violated and for the results of this race to have any credibility.
Congratulations to a simple “NO” being given to establishment mind-games. I would like to think the steam for this has been gathering over several of the last general elections. Where the public has been getting at least a glimpse of the election fraud arm-twisting and hubris those working on campaigns see first hand. A big congrats to Bob Halstead who, more than most, has put his time in with true passion for Bridgeport, he deserves a comfortable seat in the lion’s den for awhile. I bet the vote today came in part from the under-served poorer working families that are simply trying to get an education for their children in Bridgeport.
If this holds this is great news. And bad news for the mayor and all the corporate education privatizers. And real bad news for Moales and Vallas. Could it be the Flim-Flam Man will take his educational fraud show on the road again? What city is next? Sheboygan, Wisconsin? Fargo, North Dakota? Seems like the cities are getting smaller.
And now we wait for all those absentee ballots …
Any word on Council races?
If the absentees change anything, expect a court battle. These results are like the Charter revision. Around the beginning of October last year. I knew from my canvassing we were going to beat the Mayor on the Charter revision. A lot of people didn’t like the way he was screwing around with the Board of Ed. To everyone back home who worked on Line B if the results hold, CONGRATULATIONS on a job well done. Wish I could be there!
Bravo!
What about Halstead and Swain?
They won.
Fantastic!!!
An endorsement by Finch with the guidance of Thompson is evidently the kiss of death. Vallas, start making some plans and start packing. The number of rubber-stamping BOE members will be dwindling soon. See ya … leave the chromebooks and Smartboards, please.
Fantastic news! Who’s Finch going to blame for this one? Certainly not himself.
Three strikes … state takeover stopped, city takeover voted down, three handpicked minions out, too. Next it’s Bill and then it’s Dannel. Goodbye, sellout Dems.
Nice job! This could be the beginning of the end for Finch!
Is it 2015 yet?
I salute every single person who worked for this amazing achievement. This is a significant harbinger of future Calamarian demise. Watchdogs like JML and others can savor this victory. Maybe someone out there is truly listening.
The CT Post is reporting dePara and Silva lost in the 136th. Waiting to hear about Lydia.
Wanna bet the Queen of the AB’s won?
She’s probably still pulling them out of her back pocket.
And according to the Post it looks like she must have had some to pull. Looks like the AB Queen will remain on the Council assuming she wins in November.
Congratulations to all of tonight’s winners. I have just been informed all of CW4BB’s endorsed candidates won. Stay tuned for the general election. It’s a new day in Bridgeport!
Wow, nice!!!!!!!!! What was the total number of voters at Black Rock?
Congratulations Bridgeport!!!
This is proof that together we can bring changes through voting. We united together and delivered a crushing defeat to these smug bastards. Let’s all stay united and finish the job we’ve started. Maybe it does take a village to raise a child.
Congratulations to Tom and Andy at Thomas Hooker School. That’s how you win!
Sister to sister, sorry Maria, Tom and Andy are so cute, I forgot you also worked your ass off. The 138th thanks you.
While the turnout was low and should have been higher, it appears Bridgeport now has a real chance to move forward into the 21st century. The BOE victory and the wins in the City Council races demonstrate a sea change has occurred in Bridgeport politics.
We will now have a truly independent school board and a City Council that will not be a total rubber stamp for the mayor and the DTC. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to those Bpt voters who took the time to make Bridgeport a better place to live.
I can’t remember an election victory I have been more pleased with and I am very thankful to have been able able to play a small part in bringing it about.
Lennie, when donj asks for the numbers of each school, send him here (video should be ready in 15 min.):
www .youtube.com/watch?v=NOucgkfGagY
It was amazing to see those numbers. A job well done by an AMAZING group of people.
Oh happy day!
And the question of the night is will Finch and his allies be adults and support the winners or will he act like he did when Lieberman lost the primary and not support the nominated Democratic candidates. My bet is the latter.
Okay Lennie, I was wondering why a three-minute video took so long to download. This is video from the Red Rooster victory celebration by the candidates and friends. I meant to record three minutes, put away the camera without turning it off and it went on recording for about 30 minutes. It appears Bridgeport went head over heels for ROW B. Now let’s see and hear what was said if you can:
www .youtube.com/watch?v=wetWa0k0VwQ
*** Now it’s time to win a few more seats in Nov. so don’t get too comfortable there, you political activists. *** OFF TOPIC *** WHAT WERE YOU DOING THE MORNING OF 9/11 THERE, OIB? I was at the Bpt Flyer Diner on Fairfield Ave. having breakfast. *** NEVER FORGET! ***
Although I am thrilled with the outcome, it’s not all good news. It appears Lydia’s absentee ballot scam got her in again. And who’s next to her at the victory party? None other than Senator Andres Ayala. How do you condone that behavior, Senator? Milta is tied with Maria Valle and we can hope against hope Maria pulls it off.
dePara and Silva turned out to be the anti-Finch candidates. Even though they were endorsed, Finch put up the two businessmen to run against them. We can only hope deJesus and Castillo won’t be two more rubber stamps.
One more observation. It was interesting yesterday to see the number of City employees at the schools handing out Line A literature. These same employees bitch about Finch all day and then they go back out there like good little soldiers. Never saw so many people with so little integrity.
The Fixer,
Lydia’s opponents should review the number of absentee ballots (AB). If they are higher than other districts, they should demand an independent and random audit of them. Lydia is not competent as a Council person. She is also a serial offender of the AB process. It’s time for truth, transparency and accountability.
Fixer: The one thing of note in the 136th were the two council people from the 138th Marella and Paoletto who were working for the challenge slate. They definitely are the mayor’s piss boys, shame on them.
Marella and Paoletto spent very little time at Hooker supporting the party candidates. The results at Hooker should give these two something to think about.
Lennie, what happens if it is an absolute tie between Milta and Maria?
The Fixer,
The first thing that happens is a recount.
Special primary on 10/1.
www .cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_153.htm#sec_9-446
Thanks, matt!
Great day for the BOE. About time the city woke up.
There is lots of grumbling among the incumbents who got beat and pro-Finch folks, attributing the challenge wins last night to the anti-Finch vote.
Well, guess what they call council candidates who win based on the anti-Finch vote?
COUNCILMAN/WOMAN! Booyah!
OIB probably helped a lot. Free speech has returned, we disagree sometimes, but we get a point of view and it helps us examine our own. Len, thanks for the site. JML and SA and the rest of you full of wind like myself, thanks.
What I don’t quite understand is Gardner, Halstead and Baker are all John Gomes people, the celebration was at the Red Rooster Deli for the winners, Gomes’ wife Janet won the Parents election, but Gomes is very, very quiet.
I just received the results of the detailed voting in the City Council race for District 137. The absentee ballots votes are dramatically different from the machine votes. Given Lydia’s serial violations of the election rules in the past, there should be an independent audit of absentee ballots to make sure the election laws were not violated and for the results of this race to have any credibility.
Congratulations to a simple “NO” being given to establishment mind-games. I would like to think the steam for this has been gathering over several of the last general elections. Where the public has been getting at least a glimpse of the election fraud arm-twisting and hubris those working on campaigns see first hand. A big congrats to Bob Halstead who, more than most, has put his time in with true passion for Bridgeport, he deserves a comfortable seat in the lion’s den for awhile. I bet the vote today came in part from the under-served poorer working families that are simply trying to get an education for their children in Bridgeport.