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Mayor Bill Finch and several members of the city’s legislative delegation announced today funds have been approved to build a new Longfellow School in the West End. About $50 million dollars are now in place for school construction. Officials announced $23 million will be combined with a previous allocation three years ago of $27 million [...]
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Officials Announce Construction For A New Longfellow School
May 11th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, State Politics
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton
Banshee’s Legislative Stroke Regulates Massage Parlors–Governor To Sign Bill Into Law
May 8th, 2012 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops, Development and Zoning, News and Events
State Rep. Auden Grogins, the blonde banshee from Black Rock, is on a mission to regulate massage parlors and adult entertainment establishments that she says curtails quality of life and lowers property values of her constituency. She’s part of a coalition pushing to strengthen regulation both on a state and local level. Monday night the [...]
Medical Marijuana Passes, Malloy To Sign Into Law–No Toke For Toni
May 5th, 2012 · 11 Comments · News and Events
By a 21 to 13 vote early Saturday morning the State Senate voted to approve marijuana for medicinal purposes for the chronically ill. Ed Gomes and Anthony Musto, two members of the Senate who represent Bridgeport, both voted yes. It now goes to Governor Dannel Malloy who is expected to sign the measure into law soon. [...]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Dan Malloy·Ed Gomes
Map Wars–NAACP To Challenge Senate District Changes
April 13th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Get ready for another election challenge. Officials with city and state branches of the NAACP say they will file a legal challenge to a redistricting plan of neighboring State Senate Districts that they claim unfairly impacts minority voters in incumbent Ed Gomes’ district.
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton
Newton, Ayala Hunting For Delegates–Ayala’s New Job
April 10th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Former State Sernator Ernie Newton and State Representative Andres Ayala are schmoozing district delegates this week for support at the Democratic Party convention May 21. In play is Connecticut’s 23rd State Senate seat once occupied by Newton that Ed Gomes has represented since 2005. Newton and Ayala have formed candidate and exploratory committees respectively in the [...]
Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·John Fabrizi·Lydia Martinez·Mary-Jane Foster·Santa Ayala
Finch, Musto Tour Solar Manufacturer
April 4th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch and State Senator Anthony Musto on Wednesday met with officials from www.solarchange.com, a Bridgeport-based manufacturer of multiple solar energy products for both commercial and residential use. Check out the video and news release from Musto: As a new state program begins providing assistance to small businesses all across Connecticut, State Senator Anthony Musto [...]
Musto, In Love Fest, Wins Endorsement
May 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
While all the action was at Testo’s Restaurant Monday night, the other Democratic State Senator representing Bridgeport, Anthony Musto, won his party’s endorsement unanimously in Trumbull. He will not have a primary. Musto’s district includes all of Trumbull and portions of Bridgeport and Monroe. His acceptance speech:
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