You want to go to court? It takes moolah. Just ask Mayor Bill Finch who set up a legal defense fund to cover his costs associated with Chris Caruso’s court challenge of the 2007 Democratic mayoral primary. Finch’s 2011 challenger Mary-Jane Foster charged that Democratic Registrar Santa Ayala unlawfully denied her a ballot spot. Superior Court Judge [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Alan Neigher'
Weicker, Carson Lead Foster’s Legal Defense Fund
September 13th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Alan Neigher·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·David Carson·John Kadaras·Lowell Weicker·Mary-Jane Foster·Michele Mount·Nancy Hadley·Quinnipiac University·Santa Ayala
Foster Asks Judge Bellis To Intervene In Choosing Election Moderators–City Disputes Assertions
September 12th, 2011 · 56 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
UPDATE, includes city’s response: Attorneys for Democratic candidate for mayor Mary-Jane Foster have asked Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis to order Democratic Registrar of Voters Santa Ayala to “hold a lottery for appointing Moderators at the 23 polling places during the September 27, 2011 Democratic Primary in Bridgeport. The lottery for moderators shall be between Plantiffs’ [...]
Tags: Alan Neigher·Art Laske·Mary-Jane Foster·Michele Mount·Santa Ayala
Judge Bellis’ Candlelight Questions: What Is Santa’s Duty To Inform?
August 30th, 2011 · 56 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
The fate of mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster and her slate of candidates may well rest on a series of questions Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis presented to lawyers involved in the case. As the evidentiary portion of the Foster case came to a close Tuesday afternoon Judge Bellis informed Alan Neigher and Michele Mount, attorneys [...]
Tags: Alan Neigher·Alberto "Tito" Ayala·Art Laske·Mary-Jane Foster·Michele Mount·Santa Ayala
Ain’t No Mount High Enough–Supremes To Hear School Case
October 25th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education, News and Events
Get ready for the legal showdown. City schools now operate at the direction of a state-appointed Board of Education. On Thursday lawyers for the plaintiffs will try to persuade the state Supreme Court to overturn the July 6 decision by the elected board to dissolve itself. Michele Mount (OIB handle MCAT) will argue on behalf of education [...]
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Tags: Alan Neigher·Bill Finch·Mary-Jane Foster·Michele Mount·Santa Ayala·Steven Ecker