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The Bridgeport City Council has four weeks to mess with Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed budget that calls for $7 million more for city schools and millions more in pension payments representing the largest tax increase since the mayor’s first budget in 2008. The council, however, has little history of defying Finch’s spending plan. Could this be [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Angel DePara'
Will The Mayor Draw A Line In The Sand Over School Spending?
April 9th, 2012 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Education, News and Events
When Fiscal Watchdogs Bark Do Humans Listen?
January 17th, 2012 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Library, News and Events
When it comes to city finances OIB posters John Marshall Lee (BEACON2) and Andy Fardy (town committee) are relentless hounds in pursuit. They scour budget books, review city expenditures, make community presentations, meet with Connecticut Post reporters and share reports on OIB. Lee owns an insurance company, Fardy is a retired city arson investigator. Talk [...]
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.
Tags: Andre Baker·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Carlos Silva·CT Post·Ernie Newton·John Gomes·Keila Torres Ocasio·Marilyn Moore·Mary-Jane Foster·Michelle Lyons·Rich Paoletto·Tom McCarthy
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 [...]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Andre Baker·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Carlos Silva·CT Post·Howard Austin·Jim Holloway·Leticia Colon·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Michelle Lyons·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
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 [...]
Tags: Alma Maya·Americo Santiago·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Anderson Ayala·Andre Baker·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Carlos Silva·Charlie Stallworth·Dennis Scinto·Dottie Guman·Fleeta Hudson·George Jepsen·Howard Austin·Jim Holloway·John Stafstrom·Leticia Colon·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Manuel Ayala·Michelle Lyons·Mike Garrett·Mitch Robles·Paul Ganim·Ralph Ford·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
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 [...]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Andre Baker·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Carlos Silva·Howard Austin·Jim Holloway·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Leticia Colon·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Manuel Ayala·Michelle Lyons·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
Budget Committee Cuts Finch’s Spending Request, Including $2 Million From Schools–Mayor Announces Compromise
May 7th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council
UPDATE: The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee on Saturday, following a morning session that lasted well into the afternoon at the City Hall Annex, slashed Mayor Bill Finch’s budget request, including $2 million from the mayor’s proposal for $7 million more for city schools. The budget committee dropped Finch’s proposed mil rate increase from 2.7 to [...]
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Tags: Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·John Slater·Tom McCarthy