If you have value as a municipal lawyer, retire, collect your pension of more than $75,000 per year, and return to pad your paycheck $112,950 more as a paid outside attorney. Not a bad deal, eh? Mark Anastasi who served for more than two decades as chief of the City Attorney’s Office is the latest […]
Entries Tagged as 'Bill Finch'
Mark It Up! Attorney Anastasi Retires And Returns With A Fatter Paycheck
August 2nd, 2018 · 52 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·Chris Meyer·CT Post·Ernie Newton·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Mark Anastasi
Weighing A Ganim Challenge–Does Marilyn Want Moore?
July 8th, 2018 · 50 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Mayor Joe Ganim’s raising money, banging phones, crashing festivals, schmoozing voters all across the state in his Runyonesque run for governor while trying to balance the duties of his elected office, something a Ned Lamont supporter who very well could be a Ganim mayoral opponent next year declares is “double-dipping” receiving a salary during his job […]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Harding High School·Jack Hennessy·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Marilyn Moore·Mario Testa·Rich Deecken·Steelpointe Harbor·Webster Bank Arena
Is Lamont Nervous About Ganim? Maybe, Maybe Not–In Campaigns Appearances Matter
July 6th, 2018 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Less than six weeks from primaries for governor; is anyone engaged other than candidates, party insiders and political junkies? In 2010, the last time Democrats had a two-way primary race for governor, party-endorsed Dan Malloy defeated Ned Lamont. The state turnout, according to statistics posted on the Connecticut Secretary of the State website, was about […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Joe Ganim·Mario Testa·Mark Boughton·Ned Lamont
For The Love Of Money, Taxpayer Money
June 19th, 2018 · 6 Comments · City Budget, News and Events
In what was Tom McCarthy’s likely final City Council meeting, a constant presence for many of those years, fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee, barked out a series of questions to members of the legislative body during the public speaking portion of the evening, wondering if proper attention is spent on the expenditure of taxpayer dough.
Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·CT Post·John Marshall Lee·Tom McCarthy
For Ganim A Sense Of Humor And Political Focus As Mayor
August 15th, 2018 · 61 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
A sense of humor is a must in politics, putting your bruised ego aside, especially after an ass-kicking … like “I thought Halloween was the scariest night of the year.” Mayor Joe Ganim got his butt kicked statewide on Tuesday with just 19 percent of the Democratic vote, winning only his home city that also […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·Marilyn Moore·Ned Lamont