Do you like the city’s youth curfew? Is it being enforced? Does it threaten civil liberties? The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut wants to
Read moreTag: Andre Baker
Gardner: Ballot Question A Work Of Fiction
The weekend before the election and things are warming up for big Tuesday featuring several key matchups including the ballot question that has shattered spending
Read moreForget The Legislative Session, It’s About Reelection
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
Read moreCity Council Scales Back Pay Increase Ordinance
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
Read morePay Raises, Charter Revision On Ordinance Committee Agenda
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
Read moreFinch, Other Elected Officials, Start New Terms
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
Read moreCity Council Enters Era Without The Troll
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
Read moreWalsh And Baker: What’s Going On With Police And Fire Chief Contracts?
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
Read more