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Entries Tagged as 'Anthony Musto'

Bridge Over River Pequonnock, And Haywire Harkins

March 8th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Development, State Politics

Mayor Bill Finch and Congressman Jim Himes were joined today by a bunch of local officials at Knowlton Street and Crescent Avenue as demolition begins on the hulking upright leaves of the Congress Street Bridge.
This is a nice public relations hit for the mayor and congressman. The bridge represented a flashpoint in the 2008 congressional campaign when [...]

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Jodi Treats Elephants Like Donkeys

March 4th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Events, State Politics

Debates, debates, debates. Lots of them on the horizon for a variety of offices in this gargantuan election year.

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Will Moore Be More? Plus: Stipend Relief, And Malloy Spanks Ned On Sick Leave

February 8th, 2010 · 18 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, State Politics

Update: Marilyn Moore is a pistol. A pol with passion. And I say pol in the best sense of the word (some pols don’t like being called pols), a bright feisty force you want on your side in a fight.

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Marian Evans Out As Health Director, The Political Fallout? Plus: Jodi’s Jail Update, Is Hamden Now Possible?

February 5th, 2010 · 69 Comments · Development

Update: Dr. Marian Evans has spent her final day as city health director.
An email sent from the mayor’s office to Health Department employees explained that Friday was her final day. She’ll be replaced in the short term by William Quinn, recently retired after 21 years as New Haven’s director of health. Meanwhile a search for [...]

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Jepsen: Bysiewicz Dancing Like Ginger Rogers

February 5th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Interviews, National Politics, State Politics

So, do ya wanna dance? With Ginger Rogers? Or Maybe Susan Bysiewicz?
George Jepsen, the leading Democratic challenger to Connecticut Secretary of  the State Susan Bysiewicz to replace Dick Blumenthal as attorney general, says SuBy’s doing a tap as she tries to make the case that she meets the legal definition, 10 years active practice as a lawyer, to [...]

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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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