Dozens of clergy members aligned with FaithActs for Education are urging the City Council to add millions more to school spending as the budget process comes to a close the next few days. Letter follows: As you prepare to approve the city’s budget, we urge you to support a minimum $4.25 million increase in local education […]
Entries Tagged as 'Barack Obama'
Faith-Based Group Urges More Money For Education
May 5th, 2018 · 5 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, News and Events
Tags: Barack Obama·Joe Biden
Jepsen Backs Lamont For Governor
March 26th, 2018 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Had Attorney General George Jepsen sought Connecticut’s top office he’d likely be the Democratic standard bearer. Eschewing a third term as the state’s top civil attorney, Jepsen on Monday endorsed Ned Lamont for governor declaring “Of all the Democratic candidates, Ned is the only one who can win the November general election.”
Tags: Barack Obama·Dan Malloy·George Jepsen·Joe Ganim·Joe Lieberman·Jonathan Harris·Luke Bronin·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz
As Construction Progresses, Debate Centers On Harding Name
March 14th, 2018 · 45 Comments · Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
With construction of a new facility to replace Harding High progressing for the next school year, the naming of the school has reemerged. Keep the name or something new? Four years ago then Mayor Bill Finch, whose administration secured property off Boston Avenue from General Electric to build a modern facility, suggested renaming the school […]
Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·CT Post·General Electric·Harding High School·Linda Conner Lambeck·Steelpointe Harbor
Bridgeport And Camelot–Mark Twain Scholar New UB President
March 9th, 2018 · 1 Comment · News and Events
We marched comfortably along, through glades and over brooks which I could not remember to have seen before–which puzzled me and made me wonder–and yet we did not come to any circus or sign of a circus. So I gave up the idea of a circus, and concluded he was from an asylum. But we […]
Tags: Barack Obama·Laura Trombley·Mark Twain·University of Bridgeport
Tong: Trump Attacks Families Like Mine
November 28th, 2017 · 5 Comments · News and Events, State Politics
Democratic State Rep. William Tong on Tuesday filed paperwork with the State Elections Enforcement Commission forming an exploratory committee for statewide office with a focus on attorney general, Connecticut’s chief civil lawyer. On Monday George Jepsen announced he’ll not seek a third term in 2018. Tong was a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2012.
Tags: Barack Obama·Dick Blumenthal·Donald Trump·George Jepsen·William Tong
A “Tired” McCarthy Rejects Reelection To City Council, Served As Head Of Body For 10 Years
July 24th, 2017 · 23 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Saying his new job as director of labor relations for the city of New Haven was a factor, City Council President Tom McCarthy announced on Monday he’ll not seek reelection to his seat in the North End 133th District, a position to which he first won election in 2001. He has served as council president […]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·CT Post·Joe Ganim·Marilyn Moore·Mario Testa·Rob Russo·Tom Bucci·Tom McCarthy
Construction Of New High School To Replace Harding Advances, Projected Completion Early 2018
December 20th, 2016 · 7 Comments · Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Years in the making, city officials say construction for a new school off Boston Avenue to replace the decaying Harding High School is progressing with an anticipated completion date of March 2018 for the $106 million project. The state will cover 78.21 percent of the cost on roughly 17 acres formerly owned by General Electric that […]
Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·General Electric·Harding High School
When In Congress, Go Back To Congress Street Bridge, Himes Returns
June 12th, 2018 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Ten years ago, challenging incumbent Republican Chris Shays, Jim Himes made his bones in Bridgeport barbecuing Shays on his failure to deliver bucks for a replacement drawbridge over the Pequonnock River to reconnect the East Side with Downtown forcing headquarters for the city’s Fire Department to navigate a longer route for responses after the bridge […]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Chris Shays·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·Steelpointe Harbor