OIB friend Doug Wade (Milkman) who operates the family-owned Wade’s Dairy on Barnum Avenue advocates automatic adjustments for the minimum wage to rise along with
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The City Council’s Junk
Citizen financial examiner John Marshall Lee writes about City Council committee meetings being junked for a Washington DC junket. From Lee: Today I am sitting
Read moreSite To Replace Harding High School Cleared For Construction By State
The State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has paved the way for construction of a new school to replace Harding High on contaminated property
Read moreSeason’s Greetings Campaign Style–Foster Issues FOI Request For Finch’s Holiday Card List
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
Read moreHarding High? Obama High? Someone Else High? OIB Survey
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
Read moreLavinia: I Love Bill Finch, Tom Thumb: Bugs Crawling Through Your Skull
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
Read moreTorres Chats With Rush On Obama’s Cuba Policy, ‘Black Relations My New Pet’
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
Read moreBarry Christmas! Mayor Issues Holiday Greeting Featuring Barack, Finch: Obama A Strong Friend To City
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
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