What a crazy week. I thought the momentum was with Dan Malloy heading into Tuesday and victory at hand with a low turnout, but never thought it would be a double-digit win. So much for Ned Lamont’s 10 million clams. No pearls in those shells.
The loss was a bitter pill to swallow for Mayor Bill [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Andres Ayala'
Holy Habanero, Things Heating Up
July 27th, 2010 · 9 Comments · City Politics, Political Analysis, State Politics
Tsunami Tuesday’s approaching. How will you vote two weeks from today? Will you vote? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. OIB readers vote! (It just may be too soon to say for whom.)
Lots of soft voters out there who will harden this week as candidates make their case. The big-ticket items are the two primaries to determine [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Congress Street Bridge·Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Honey Parziale·Jim Himes·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Ralph Ford·Rick Torres·Tom Foley
The Bridgeport Connections, Sizing Up Malloy-Lamont Fight, Plus: Mayor’s Community Forum
July 20th, 2010 · 21 Comments · City Politics, Political Analysis, State Politics
Three weeks to Tsunami Tuesday and counting. The state’s largest city is a player in the Democratic gubernatorial primary battle between Dan Malloy and Ned Lamont, and an eclectic group of city pols–sometimes together, sometimes not–are split among one of the men who could become governor.
Let’s start with Ned. A contingent of political players who include Mayor [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob Walsh·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·George Bush·Honey Parziale·Jodi Rell·Joe Gaudett·Joe Lieberman·John DeStefano·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Nancy Wyman·Ned Lamont·Ralph Ford·Tom Foley·Tom McCarthy
Who’s Your Caddie? Plus: Schiff On Ballot
June 21st, 2010 · 18 Comments · City Politics, Library, Political Analysis, State Politics
An interesting configuration of local pols, sometimes friends, sometimes not, are lining up behind their respective Democratic candidates for governor.
Ned Lamont received the backing of the entire Bridgeport delegation at the state party convention last month. Some delegates went with the flow to be cooperating members of Team Lamont led by Mayor Bill Finch and Democratic Party Chair Mario Testa, even [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Honey Parziale·John DeStefano·John Fabrizi·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Peter Schiff·Ralph Ford·Susan Bysiewicz
Malloy, Tracked By Lamont Stalker, Talks Development
June 17th, 2010 · 46 Comments · Development, Interviews, State Politics
Dan Malloy visited Steel Point Wednesday afternoon to make a point. State government must be a friend, not a burden, to help shepherd major redevelopment projects such as the one moving forward, albeit slowly, in the lower East Side.
Tags: Andres Ayala·Dan Malloy·Nancy Wyman·Ned Lamont·Robert Christoph·Steelpointe Harbor
$ And Census
April 7th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Events
From Mayor Finch:
Mayor Bill Finch and State Rep. Andres Ayala to Kick Off 2010 Census “March to the Mailbox” Campaign
WHAT: Mayor Bill Finch, State Rep. Andres Ayala, members of the City Council, the Bridgeport Census Complete Count Committee, and the Bridgeport U.S. Census Office will hold a rally and news conference on Saturday, April 10 [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish
Budget Impact On Finch’s Reelection, Himes’ Ear-Splitting Constituents
March 29th, 2010 · 19 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Cops, Library, Political Analysis
One week away until Mayor Bill Finch submits his recommended spending plan to the City Council for the budget year that begins July 1. That’s when City Council Budget Co-Chairs Bob Curwen and Angel DePara get a crack at it before it goes to the full council.
The budget will include more dough for city libraries per a [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Carmen Lopez·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Ernie Newton·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Mario Testa·Paul Ganim