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Entries Tagged as 'Auden Grogins'

Who’s The New Rooster? Plus: Linda Smacks Dick, And UB Dough

August 18th, 2010 · 20 Comments · City Politics, Cops, Education, Events

Is it me, or do we now have three wings of the Democratic Party in Bridgeport. The Mario Testa wing, the John Stafstrom wing, the Chris Caruso wing.
Can you imagine Mario, Stafstrom and the Big Wave meeting to become one big happy family? Yeah, when donkeys fly. What, no Bill Finch wing? Well, the mayor is probably [...]

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Holy Habanero, Things Heating Up

July 27th, 2010 · 9 Comments · City Politics, Political Analysis, State Politics

Tsunami Tuesday’s approaching. How will you vote two weeks from today? Will you vote? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. OIB readers vote! (It just may be too soon to say for whom.)
Lots of soft voters out there who will harden this week as candidates make their case. The big-ticket items are the two primaries to determine [...]

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The Soap Opera, Taste Of Honey, Blonde Banshee, And The Super’s Ed Contract

July 22nd, 2010 · 25 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, State Politics

In the ongoing soap opera As The Layoffs Turn (hopefully there won’t be any), it doesn’t appear pink slips will be issued this week. Looks like the city is close to finalizing the savings it needs to begin closing an $8 million budget gap as a result of negotiations from uniformed services without layoffs, the largest piece coming from [...]

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The Bridgeport Connections, Sizing Up Malloy-Lamont Fight, Plus: Mayor’s Community Forum

July 20th, 2010 · 21 Comments · City Politics, Political Analysis, State Politics

Three weeks to Tsunami Tuesday and counting. The state’s largest city is a player in the Democratic gubernatorial primary battle between Dan Malloy and Ned Lamont, and an eclectic group of city pols–sometimes together, sometimes not–are split among one of the men who could become governor.
Let’s start with Ned. A contingent of political players who include Mayor [...]

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Who’s Your Caddie? Plus: Schiff On Ballot

June 21st, 2010 · 18 Comments · City Politics, Library, Political Analysis, State Politics

An interesting configuration of local pols, sometimes friends, sometimes not, are lining up behind their respective Democratic candidates for governor.
Ned Lamont received the backing of the entire Bridgeport delegation at the state party convention last month. Some delegates went with the flow to be cooperating members of Team Lamont led by Mayor Bill Finch and Democratic Party Chair Mario Testa, even [...]

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OIB Party Skinny: The Candidates, The Budget And Concession Demands, Plus: New Trees For Saints

May 12th, 2010 · 9 Comments · City Budget, Education, Events, State Politics

The chatter and juniper were flowing at the OIB party at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn. Lots of discussion about State Comptroller Nancy Wyman agreeing to serve as running mate to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy.

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Could We Really Get A New Harding? Plus: Law Enforcement Swarm, And Are Votes Transferable?

May 4th, 2010 · 23 Comments · Development, Education, Political Analysis, State Politics

Update: Harding High School is a mess. The good news is at least now city and school officials are talking about replacing it at a cost of roughly $80 million.

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