Mary-Jane Foster, 2011 mayoral candidate weighing another run this year, wants a copy of Mayor Bill Finch’s holiday card list mailed to a select group of party insiders, businesses and neighborhood leaders featuring a photo of the mayor and his family taken with President Obama during his Bridgeport campaign stop for Governor Dan Malloy in […]
Entries Tagged as 'Barack Obama'
Season’s Greetings Campaign Style–Foster Issues FOI Request For Finch’s Holiday Card List
January 7th, 2015 · 34 Comments · City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Mark Anastasi·Mary-Jane Foster·Pleasure Beach·Steelpointe Harbor
Lavinia: I Love Bill Finch, Tom Thumb: Bugs Crawling Through Your Skull
December 31st, 2014 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics
The late James G. Clark wrote “Bridgeport … where the circus never left town.” When it comes to the circus of politics, Bridgeport’s ultimate miniature couple Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren bicker often about such things including their benefactor Mr. Phineas Taylor Barnum who served one term as mayor. With the assistance of a Ouija […]
Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·John Mandanici·Pleasure Beach·Seaside Park
Torres Chats With Rush On Obama’s Cuba Policy, ‘Black Relations My New Pet’
December 21st, 2014 · 15 Comments · City Council, City Politics, National Politics
It took 10 years, but Republican City Councilman Enrique Torres got through to conservative talk show godfather Rush Limbaugh on Thursday to agree with Barack Obama about free trade with Cuba where Torres once lived. Torres also told Rush “I’d love to call you some future day and talk to you about black relations, because […]
Barry Christmas! Mayor Issues Holiday Greeting Featuring Barack, Finch: Obama A Strong Friend To City
December 19th, 2014 · 13 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
UPDATE: Finch statement. While some politicians run for the holiday hills from Barack Obama’s coal-filled stocking approval rating, Mayor Bill Finch embraces him, so much so the mayor mailed a holiday card featuring his family in a photo taken with the president during his campaign stop in Bridgeport for Governor Malloy on the eve of […]
Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Enrique Torres·Ronald Reagan
City Poises High Tech Storm Technology
November 26th, 2014 · 3 Comments · News and Events
From city Communications Director Brett Broesder: A new “virtual” Emergency Operations system, iPads and GoPro technology are in place as the city prepares for the season’s first snowfall.
Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Brett Broesder·Gathering of the Vibes
How Coalition Control Of School Board Self Destructed
November 17th, 2014 · 79 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education
In a September 2013 primary, insurgents wiped out the three Democratic-endorsed candidates for Board of Education providing an embarrassing political moment for Mayor Bill Finch’s education agenda and solidifying coalition control of school policy between the Connecticut Working Families Party and education advocates opposed to the mayor. What a difference a year makes.
Tags: Andre Baker·Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Carmen Lopez·CT Post·David Hennessey·Enrique Torres·Ernie Newton·General Electric·Harding High School·Hernan Illingworth·Howard Gardner·Jacqueline Kelleher·Jim Callahan·Joe Larcheveque·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Morgan Kaolian·Paul Vallas·Sauda Baraka
Harding High? Obama High? Someone Else High? OIB Survey
January 1st, 2015 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Education
We know one thing … someone’s gonna be attached to a high. Yes, we’re talking about the proposed high school to replace Harding. Let us know your opinion on this. You don’t have to be high, or registered with OIB, to express your view.
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Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Harding High School