Mayor Joe Ganim on Monday signed the City Council-approved $557.4 million spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1 with no tax increase. Ganim signed the budget surrounded by city officials. See video above.
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Ganim Signs Budget, No Tax Increase
May 15th, 2018 · 2 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, Library, News and Events
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Lopez Files FOI Complaint Against City, Charging Violations At City Council Meeting
May 5th, 2018 · 30 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez on Friday filed a complaint with the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission charging that a meeting on Tuesday by the City Council’s Budget & Appropriations Committee triggered a series of state violations stemming from an improperly noticed executive session for “pending litigation” that also “established a quorum of the […]
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Library Dollars Shape City Budget
April 16th, 2018 · 2 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Library, News and Events
Voter-approved library funding is now at the center of the city trying to hold the line on taxes. More from CT Post reporter Brian Lockhart:
Great Caesar’s Ghost! Two More Years For Testa–Will Chairman Cut Desperate Delegate Deal With AG Candidate Tong Whose Treasurer Is Casino Bill Killer?
March 16th, 2018 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Testa in Italian means head. Thursday night, at his Madison Avenue restaurant, Mario Testa received the votes by acclamation (less one) to once again head the Democratic Town Committee for two more years. He had no opposition. On this Ides of March, the party leader who has been described occasionally by political opponents “little Caesar” […]
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Ganim, Stafstrom Protest State Transit Cuts
March 1st, 2018 · 5 Comments · City Council, News and Events
News release from Mayor Joe Ganim: Mayor Joe Ganim today joined State Representative Steve Stafstrom (D-129), members of the Bridgeport City Council, unionized bus drivers and riders in calling for Connecticut lawmakers to prevent drastic state budget cuts proposed to the Greater Bridgeport Transit (GBT) public bus system. Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s proposed budget for […]
WPCA Weighs City Council Moratorium On Foreclosures–Lopez, Klein Scrutinize Collection Practices
April 20th, 2018 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
A special meeting of the Water Pollution Control Authority is scheduled to take place Friday afternoon regarding the City Council’s 180-day moratorium on foreclosures. The authority will hear a presentation by the City Attorney’s Office where foreclosure action is initiated. It raises a question: what happens when the will of the council bumps against the […]
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