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Entries Tagged as 'Andres Ayala'

Tree Slasher Hits Saints, Plus: Road Bucks And Park City Exclusives

March 15th, 2010 · 24 Comments · State Politics

Update: What the hell is this? Did Leatherface show up at St. Mary’s over the weekend with his chainsaw?
 

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Spice Would Be Nice And Beware Of Absentee Ballots

February 22nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · City Politics, State Politics

What a bummer. Only one Democratic Town Committee primary on March 2. I must check with DTC chair Mario Testa to see if he placed an anesthetic in his restaurant fra diavolo to keep all the pols nice and sedated. Just one stinking primary out of 10 districts, the East Side where they fight one day, kiss [...]

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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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These State Guys Are Nuts, Fire Up The Legal Papers, Plus: Barack’s Speech

January 28th, 2010 · 29 Comments · Development, National Politics, State Politics

We’re getting closer.
One week left until Jodi’s Jail deadline. Will she extend it? One thing is for sure, the knucklehead state bureaucrats shoving this thing down the city’s throat should build their own detention center to accommodate their insanity. The state’s rigid requirements make it impossible for the city to find an alternative site. Based on their [...]

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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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Bill Clinton, Bill Curry, And My Presidential Nightmare, Plus: Regional Opportunities

January 15th, 2010 · 53 Comments · Events, State Politics

Our discussion in the prior post about the impact of presidential visits had me thinking (always a confusing thing) back to 1994, a nutty year for me.
I managed Joe Ganim’s gubernatorial bid that year. We were cash rich but delegate poor. Those days you couldn’t wage a primary for governor without the support of 20 percent of [...]

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Debating Jodi’s Jail, Plus: State Reps Tear Into Governor, And Blumenthal Takes Polling Lead

January 8th, 2010 · 77 Comments · City Politics, Development, Events, State Politics

Weekend Update: Ticking, ticking, ticking.
The clock is ticking.
Since we’re time sensitive at OIB we’ve decided to show a time clock–Bill’s Deadline for Jodi’s Jail–so we can all stay focused to meet the governor’s marching orders to present an appropriate alternative location for a juvenile detention center for girls. You know how I feel, stick it somewhere [...]

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