Standing outside O&G’s ominous stockpiling plant in the East End, the wind whipping off Yellow Mill Pond, City Councilman Scott Burns joined Mayor Joe Ganim and several of Burns’ Black Rock constituents last week saluting Superior Court Judge Dale Radcliffe’s order to shut it down while reminding the construction services firm the battle ahead in […]
Entries Tagged as 'Aidee Nieves'
Will Scott Feel The Budget Burn?
March 20th, 2017 · 27 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Development and Zoning
Tags: Aidee Nieves·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Dale Radcliffe·Denese Taylor-Moye·Joe Ganim·Jose Casco·Ken Flatto·M. Evette Brantley·Nestor Nkwo
Fireworks At City Council Meeting, Angry Taxpayers Vent At Mayor, Council Over Hike
July 6th, 2016 · 107 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Update, includes video: More than 400 vexed taxpayers, most from the higher assessed Black Rock neighborhood, vented on Mayor Joe Ganim in a jammed City Council chambers Tuesday night about their tax bills in a revaluation year. And he let them spew in a noisy night punctuated by booing, hissing and chanting and calls for […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Bill Finch·David Walker·Denese Taylor-Moye·Enrique Torres·Joe Ganim·John Marshall Lee·Katie Bukovsky·M. Evette Brantley·Marilyn Moore·Tom McCarthy
Budget Committee Cuts Chapman From Ganim Plan, Delays Police Class, Adds $1.5 Million To Education
May 9th, 2016 · 22 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, Law Enforcement
A weary Budget and Appropriations Committee turned a long day’s Saturday journey into an early morning Sunday vote just after midnight by cutting nearly $4 million from Mayor Joe Ganim’s $560 million spending plan, adding roughly $1.5 million to the flatfunded Board of Education, delaying a police class until the next fiscal year, cutting vacant positions […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·AJ Perez·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Av Harris·Bill Finch·Denese Taylor-Moye·Joe Ganim·Joe Gaudett·Jose Casco·M. Evette Brantley·Tom McCarthy
Ganim Putting Finishing Touches On Budget Proposal To City Council
March 28th, 2016 · 11 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Mayor Joe Ganim, according to the City Charter, is scheduled to submit the first budget of JG2 to the City Council no later than next Tuesday April 5. This is a tricky budget for Ganim and city bean counters because it will reflect the revaluation of city property that kicks in for the budget year […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Denese Taylor-Moye·Joe Ganim·Jose Casco·Ken Flatto·M. Evette Brantley·Nestor Nkwo·Tom McCarthy
Democratic Political Leadership Shows Male-Dominated Gender Gap
March 21st, 2016 · 49 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Bridgeport’s Democratic Party is looking for a few good women in district leadership positions. On March 14, Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa, backed by Mayor Joe Ganim, overwhelmingly won another two-year term as party leader. On the same night the respective members of the 10-district, 90-strong DTC also announced district leaders. All of them are […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Anderson Ayala·Angel DePara·Charlie Coviello·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Rosario·Danny Roach·Dennis Scinto·Eneida Martinez-Walker·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Ernie Newton·Gil Hernandez·Jim Holloway·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Olson·Jose Casco·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Mitch Robles·Ralph Ford·Tom McCarthy·Tom Mulligan
Finger Politics! Piranha Power Sweeps To Democratic Town Committee Victory
March 2nd, 2016 · 80 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Board of Education member Maria Pereira, Bridgeport’s self-described establishment fighting piranha of politics, reasserted her voter strength in the Upper East Side leading a slate of nine candidates to a sweep in the Democratic Town Committee primary in the 138th District, according to unofficial returns. Tuesday was a night of sweeps in two other districts as […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Anderson Ayala·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Gil Hernandez·Jessica Martinez·John Olson·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Maria Valle·Mario Testa
The Race For Tuesday’s Cricket Vote
February 29th, 2016 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
By the time polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m. for Democratic Town Committee primaries in three districts, about 700 electors will have cast votes by absentee ballot which could ensure that more votes will be cast that way in some precincts than actual electors showing up to the polls. That noise you just heard in […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Anderson Ayala·Bill Finch·Bob Halstead·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Gabrielle Parisi·Gil Hernandez·Howard Gardner·Joe Ganim·John Olson·John Ricci·Leticia Colon·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Maria Valle·Mario Testa·Martha Santiago·Tyreke Bird
Wild Ride Shaping Up For City Council Election Season
April 6th, 2017 · 27 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics
If your favorite sports are politics and primaries (me too), strap in for a slew of Democratic battles for City Council.
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Tags: Aidee Nieves·Bob Keeley·Danny Roach·Denese Taylor-Moye·Eneida Martinez-Walker·Ernie Newton·Jack Banta·Jim Holloway·Joe Ganim·John Olson·Katie Bukovsky·Lenny Paoletta·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Maria Valle·Milta Feliciano·Tom McCarthy