UPDATE, includes city’s response: Attorneys for Democratic candidate for mayor Mary-Jane Foster have asked Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis to order Democratic Registrar of Voters Santa Ayala to “hold a lottery for appointing Moderators at the 23 polling places during the September 27, 2011 Democratic Primary in Bridgeport. The lottery for moderators shall be between Plantiffs’ [...]
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Foster Asks Judge Bellis To Intervene In Choosing Election Moderators–City Disputes Assertions
September 12th, 2011 · 56 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Alan Neigher·Art Laske·Mary-Jane Foster·Michele Mount·Santa Ayala
Support St. Patrick’s Dinner
March 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · City Council, Education, News and Events
When was the last time you attended the St. Patrick’s Day Scholarship Dinner? Time to dust off that tuxedo and support scholarships for bright Bridgeport area students who’d not have the opportunity to attend college. The dinner will take place March 14, 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn downtown.
Tags: Art Laske
Federal Court Lifts Police Remedy Order
December 20th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Cops, News and Events
U.S. District Court Judge Janet Bond Arterton today announced from the bench that she will terminate the federal court’s 27-year oversight of the Bridgeport Police Department. In 1983 Judge T.F. Gilroy Daly issued a remedy order to resolve racial discrimination in the Bridgeport Police Department following a federal complaint filed by the local chapter of [...]
Tags: Art Laske·Bill Finch·Joe Gaudett
Pass The Espresso, Sleepy Election Officials To Confirm City Totals On A Long Night
November 4th, 2010 · 67 Comments · News and Events
9:30 p.m. update: And the slog continues, and probably into Friday morning. With lawyers for candidates watching, election officials inside the Bridgeport Registrar of Voters office are tabulating the results from the city’s 25 voting precincts to help determine the next governor. This calculation will produce final certified Bridgeport numbers for presentation to the state. The [...]
Judge Bellis’ Candlelight Questions: What Is Santa’s Duty To Inform?
August 30th, 2011 · 56 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
The fate of mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster and her slate of candidates may well rest on a series of questions Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis presented to lawyers involved in the case. As the evidentiary portion of the Foster case came to a close Tuesday afternoon Judge Bellis informed Alan Neigher and Michele Mount, attorneys [...]
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Tags: Alan Neigher·Alberto "Tito" Ayala·Art Laske·Mary-Jane Foster·Michele Mount·Santa Ayala