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Entries Tagged as 'Andre Baker'

Forget The Legislative Session, It’s About Reelection

February 9th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, State Politics

Beyond the usual give and take over issues and bill proposals advanced by lawmakers, the real drama for the new legislative session is how members of the city’s state delegation, all Democrats, position themselves for reelection. State Senator Ed Gomes has not announced if he will seek reelection.

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City Council Scales Back Pay Increase Ordinance

January 4th, 2012 · 56 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events

The City Council Tuesday night approved a controversial pay scale for about 80 non-classified city employees, but with an amendment eliminating language in the ordinance that authorized the mayor to increase salaries by 15 percent beyond the outer range of the salary grid.

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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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Finch, Other Elected Officials, Start New Terms

December 1st, 2011 · 4 Comments · City Council, News and Events

More than two dozen elected officials led by Mayor Bill Finch received the oath of office in City Council chambers Thursday night. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen delivered the oath of office to Finch for his second term as Bridgeport’s 52nd mayor. Democratic Party Vice Chair Dorothy Guman administered the oath to City Clerk Fleeta Hudson while [...]

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City Council Enters Era Without The Troll

December 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council

After 16 years of huffing and puffing, kicking and screaming, probing and posturing, and serving as the resident legislative curmudgeon, Bob “Troll” Walsh is no longer a member of the City Council. That cheer you just heard came from everyone who ran into Troll’s fangs, or viewed him as a problem maker versus problem solver. Whatever [...]

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Walsh And Baker: What’s Going On With Police And Fire Chief Contracts?

October 11th, 2011 · 29 Comments · City Council, Cops, Firefighters

From City Council members Bob Walsh and Andre Baker: Two Bridgeport City Council members today accused the Finch Administration of playing games with public safety as the two employment contracts for the Top Cop and Fire Chief were once again pulled from the agenda for today’s Contracts Committee meeting.

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Trolling For Council Resolutions

October 4th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning

Could this be the final City Council act of Bob “Troll” Walsh? His council tenure officially expires at the end of November following 16 years as the resident curmudgeon watchdog. Whether Joe Ganim, John Fabrizi or Bill Finch, the Troll was never bashful about plunging a sharply worded resolution into a mayoral initiative. Council members Andre [...]

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