Former City Councilman Ralph Mojica has filed paperwork to try to reclaim his former seat on the city’s legislative body challenging incumbents Denese Taylor-Moye and Jack Banta in the 131st District that covers the South End, Downtown and the West End. Big Mojo served on the council for several years. He supported Chris Caruso for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Angel DePara'
Paging Zombie Land–Can Mojica Drum Up The Mojo For A City Council Challenge? Election Year For The Council
April 30th, 2013 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Andre Baker·Andres Ayala·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Bluefish·Carlos Silva·Chris Caruso·Christina Ayala·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·Denese Taylor-Moye·Dottie Guman·Ed Gomes·Howard Austin·Jack Banta·Jim Holloway·John Fabrizi·John Gomes·John Olson·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Manuel Ayala·Maria Valle·Marty McCarthy·Michelle Lyons·Mike Marella·Ralph Mojica·Rich Paoletto·Sacred Heart University·Steven Stafstrom·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
Public Hearing On Budget Tonight
April 22nd, 2013 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee will conduct a public hearing on the budget tonight at 6 in City Council Chambers, 45 Lyon Terrace. Here’s your chance to speak high or low about the budget.
A Piece Of The Rock, Community Conversation With Brannelly And Stafstrom
April 18th, 2013 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council
Black Rock City Council members Sue Brannelly and her newly minted partner Steven Stafstrom will host a “community conversation” on Sunday 3 p.m. at Harborview Market, the epicenter of chatter in Bridgeport’s most politically active neighborhood, owned by two-time Republican mayoral candidate Rick Torres. Now that’s what you call bipartisanship, Democrats hosting a conversation at [...]
Tags: Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Rick Torres·Steven Stafstrom·Sue Brannelly
Bring On The Caffeine–Council’s Budget Committee Sessions Percolate
April 11th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
UPDATE, meeting locations: Fire up the espresso machine. The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee enters the guts of the budget-review process in the next week with meetings scheduled to examine the spending plans of Economic Development, Capital Plan, Public Facilities and Police and Fire services, areas that account for a large chunk of city-side [...]
Councilwoman Sue Brannelly’s Bitch Of A Budget Challenge
April 4th, 2013 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics
The City Council budget process will certainly test the patience of Sue Brannelly, the Black Rock councilwoman with wafer-thin skin and generally quick draw of the tongue when something displeases her. She represents the most active and noisy neighborhood with constituents loathe for another tax increase. City Council President Tom McCarthy appointed her (with Councilman [...]
Here’s Your Chance! Budget Meeting Schedule
April 3rd, 2013 · 2 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
If you’d like to join veteran budget hawks such as John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy at City Council budget sessions conducted by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, a full schedule is now available as the committee reviews Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed spending plan. Budget overviews will take place Thursday 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. [...]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Andy Fardy·Angel DePara·Carlos Silva·John Marshall Lee·Lydia Martinez·Sue Brannelly
Council Committee Reduces Mayor’s Proposed Tax Increase, McCarthy Praises Work Of Members
May 12th, 2013 · 59 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee Saturday morning voted unanimously to reduce Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed tax increase from 2.5 mils to less than one mil. Finch’s budget proposal called for a $400 tax increase on the average homeowner. The council committee heard vociferous complaints from taxpayers urging tax relief at public hearings this budget [...]
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Tags: Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy