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Paging Zombie Land–Can Mojica Drum Up The Mojo For A City Council Challenge? Election Year For The Council

April 30th, 2013 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events

Former City Councilman Ralph Mojica has filed paperwork to try to reclaim his former seat on the city’s legislative body challenging incumbents Denese Taylor-Moye and Jack Banta in the 131st District that covers the South End, Downtown and the West End. Big Mojo served on the council for several years. He supported Chris Caruso for [...]

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Here’s Your Chance! Budget Meeting Schedule

April 3rd, 2013 · 2 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events

If you’d like to join veteran budget hawks such as John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy at City Council budget sessions conducted by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, a full schedule is now available as the committee reviews Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed spending plan. Budget overviews will take place Thursday 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. [...]

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Vibes Will Return Footing Police Costs

December 18th, 2012 · 11 Comments · News and Events

From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Concert promoter Ken Hays returns to Seaside Park this July, but he’s going to pay. The City Council approved a new contract Monday allowing Hays to stage his Gathering of the Vibes music festival for another five years. But in return his rent is increasing and the Vibes–not taxpayers–will shoulder [...]

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Any City Council Members Vulnerable?

November 27th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics

Former City Councilman big “Mojo” Ralph Mojica, a regular OIB contributor, announced in a post he’s seriously considering running for his old legislative seat that includes the South End, Downtown and West End. We are entering a sleepy municipal election cycle that includes seats for City Council and Board of Education in 2013. The mayor [...]

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Praise The Lord!–Does The Prophetess Profit? Rev. Claytor’s Voting For Barack And Linda (It’s Okay To Split)

October 23rd, 2012 · 33 Comments · Analysis and Comment, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics

Nothing like the divine inspiration of a woman of the cloth endorsing a candidate for public office, especially an inner-city minister working a food pantry for the poor folk of a housing project singing the praises of a wealthy Republican trying to carve into the voter base of her Democratic opponent. The state’s largest city [...]

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SHU Urged To Reel In Hooligans

September 25th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Cops, Education, News and Events

Sacred Heart University students are back and some North End residents are getting their backs up. The city of Bridgeport has a unique relationship with Sacred Heart that began as a commuter school in 1963 founded by the Diocese of Bridgeport, but has emerged as a thriving campus and all sorts of growing pains including [...]

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Pay Raises, Charter Revision On Ordinance Committee Agenda

December 28th, 2011 · 33 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Education

Several interesting items on the agenda of tonight’s City Council Ordinance Committee meeting, 6 p.m. in the Wheeler Room at City Hall, including Mayor Bill Finch’s proposal to increase salaries of roughly 80 “Officers’ and Unaffiliated Employee Salaries,” a proposed resolution to review procedures “for Council Member’s Expense Reimbursement (Stipends)” and the first step for the full [...]

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