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	<title>Only In Bridgeport® &#187; Andre Baker</title>
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		<title>City Council Scales Back Pay Increase Ordinance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. A testy crowd of more than 100 showed up at City Council Chambers for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay Raises, Charter Revision On Ordinance Committee Agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several interesting items on the agenda of tonight&#8217;s City Council Ordinance Committee meeting, 6 p.m. in the Wheeler Room at City Hall, including Mayor Bill Finch&#8217;s proposal to increase salaries of roughly 80 &#8220;Officers&#8217; and Unaffiliated Employee Salaries,&#8221; a proposed resolution to review procedures &#8220;for Council Member’s Expense Reimbursement (Stipends)&#8221; and the first step for the full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finch, Other Elected Officials, Start New Terms</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leticia Colon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lydia Martinez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M. Evette Brantley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manuel Ayala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Lyons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Garrett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch Robles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Ford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Paoletto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s 52nd mayor. Democratic Party Vice Chair Dorothy Guman administered the oath to City Clerk Fleeta Hudson while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Enters Era Without The Troll</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lydia Martinez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 16 years of huffing and puffing, kicking and screaming, probing and posturing, and serving as the resident legislative curmudgeon, Bob &#8220;Troll&#8221; Walsh is no longer a member of the City Council. That cheer you just heard came from everyone who ran into Troll&#8217;s fangs, or viewed him as a problem maker versus problem solver. Whatever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walsh And Baker: What&#8217;s Going On With Police And Fire Chief Contracts?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Councilmen Bob Walsh (D 132nd District) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trolling For Council Resolutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could this be the final City Council act of Bob &#8220;Troll&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Day After: Finch&#8217;s Win, Foster&#8217;s Guts And John Gomes&#8217; Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rick Torres]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Considering what happened in last year&#8217;s general election, considering the court action that placed Mary-Jane Foster on the ballot, the city&#8217;s business of running elections ran relatively smooth on Tuesday. Yes, there were some glitches, but Democratic Registrar of Voters Santa Ayala is probably breathing a sigh of relief. And that&#8217;s a good thing. Too bad [...]]]></description>
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