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Entries Tagged as 'Andre Baker'

Shays Places Deposit On City Condo; What’s Next? Plus Sunday Suds, And Support For Evans

February 11th, 2010 · 33 Comments · Political Analysis, State Politics

Former Congressman Christopher Shays, in an interview with OIB, confirmed he has placed a binder deposit on a condominium in Black Rock as he weighs his decision to seek the Republican nomination for governor.

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Surf’s Up! Mario’s Big Wave Question

February 9th, 2010 · 25 Comments · City Politics, Political Analysis, State Politics

Afternoon Update: Sometimes timing dictates candidate appeal. And sometimes an incumbent falling on his face opens the door to someone new and different. Other times, candidates must work their ass off to makes things happen. And sometimes, plain old luck becomes a pol’s best friend.
It’s been a challenging two-plus years in office for Mayor Bill Finch, former state [...]

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Blumenthal Casts Doubt On SuBy, Plus Steel Language, And Live And Die By The Budget

February 2nd, 2010 · 46 Comments · City Budget, City Politics, Development, State Politics

Afternoon Update: Yikes! Be careful what you request.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal dealt, at the very least, a public relations blow to Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz who wants Dick’s job as he seeks Chris Dodd’s U.S. Senate seat. SuBy asked Dick for an opinion: does she have the legal professional qualifications to run for [...]

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Can We Talk Mayoral Campaign?

January 27th, 2010 · 19 Comments · City Politics, State Politics

In Bridgeport politics it doesn’t matter your shape, size, color, ethnicity … everyone’s gotta get their pound of flesh. And sometimes a public opinion poll can make you a player.
The state’s largest city has never had an African American mayor, and some city pols have decided to find out who might be a leading contender [...]

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Walsh Supporters Step Up; How Would You Handle This? Plus: McMahon Poll

December 21st, 2009 · 19 Comments · City Council, State Politics

Evening Update: The usual suspects that are the first to cry bigotry in the city have not been heard from in the Evette Brantley versus Bob Walsh phone message inferno.
Walsh, who is white, and Brantley, who is black, are City Council representatives of the West Side. Fuming over Evette’s support for the Finch administration’s Steel Point [...]

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Congress Street Bridge Solution? Relocate Fire Headquarters

December 16th, 2009 · 36 Comments · City Council, Development

A buddy of mine during lunch on Tuesday was underwhelmed by all this attention focused on replacing the Congress Street Bridge that would reconnect downtown with the East Side.
This is not to let the air out of the sails of Mayor Bill Finch and Congressman Jim Himes who conducted a press conference to announce that a [...]

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A Ferry Good Debate, Plus: Himes, Finch Announce Bridge Bucks

December 14th, 2009 · 20 Comments · City Council, Development

Afternoon Update: Where do you want your ship to come in?
East End City Council members Jim Holloway and Andre Baker want to relocate the Bridgeport Port Jefferson Steamboat Company to a new ferry terminal in their neighborhood. That would be a nice addition to the East End, no? But at what cost to downtown?
Holloway and Baker submitted [...]

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