From CT Post reporter Brian Lockhart: The municipal attorney who pursues delinquent sewer-use bills is taking on City Council members over inflammatory comments made about his being Jewish.
Entries Tagged as 'Bill Finch'
Council Members Accused Of Anti-Semitism
February 27th, 2018 · 15 Comments · City Council, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·Chris Meyer·CT Post·Eneida Martinez·Karen Jackson·Mark Anastasi·Michelle Lyons
Eneida Martinez Speak–”Both Men Are Jews And Buddies And They Go To The Same Synagogue”
January 28th, 2018 · 78 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
East End City Councilwoman Eneida Martinez is no shrinking violet. She is often unaccustomed to a verbal filter. As co-chair of the Ordinance Committee, she is one of several council members expressing frustration about the impact of the Water Pollution Control Authority’s collections process on her constituency. In her line of fire at the December […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Meyer·Eneida Martinez·Karen Jackson·Mark Anastasi·Michelle Lyons
Finch Delivers Discovery Museum Props And Plugs On Cap Report Appearance
January 28th, 2018 · 3 Comments · News and Events
Bridgeport’s newest space commander, former Mayor Bill Finch, appeared on the CT Capitol Report After Hours segment hosted by Tom Dudchik with a wily panel of political strategists, to chat about his new role as director of the Discovery Museum. When asked about local and state politics Finch ducked deftly, turning the subject to his […]
Couch Politics, Will Dr. Ford’s Diagnosis Of East End Town Committee Fight Hold Up? Game On
January 23rd, 2018 · 69 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
East End District Leader Ralph Ford’s psychology background comes in handy toiling in the schizophrenic world of city politics. The good doctor has negotiated his share of patients to study in active practice or civic engagement. On March 6th Ford will have neighborhood activists knocking on his door, and they won’t necessarily be patients. He’s facing […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Charlie Coviello·Eneida Martinez·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Ernie Newton·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Ralph Ford·Tom Kelly·Wanda Simmons
Calling All Candidates–Turn Cities Into Economic Drivers? State Has No Plan
January 22nd, 2018 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, State Politics
Connecticut has no plan to transform cities into regional economic drivers. The pols in charge say they do, but it’s fallacious spin. Cities should and must be economic drivers. When that occurs everyone benefits. The evidence of urban economics for the greater good is overwhelming. Every time a city befalls trouble in Connecticut be it […]
Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·CT Mirror·Dan Malloy·Housatonic Community College·Joe Ganim·Lowell Weicker·Luke Bronin·Mary Moran·Ned Lamont·Steelpointe Harbor
Town Committee Showdown Brewing In The Rock
January 16th, 2018 · 40 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Democratic Town Committee slates for March 6th district primaries are taking shape with a neighborhood coalition in Black Rock and the West End challenging veteran committee members led by long-time 130th District Leader Danny Roach. Among the challenge slate is Donna Curran, a former Republican, who won a seat on the City Council in 2005.
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Donna Curran·JoAnn Kennedy·Joe Ganim·Mario Testa·Tom Mulligan
Gomes Backs Jonathan Harris For Governor
March 2nd, 2018 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
He didn’t support Joe Ganim for his mayoral comeback and now State Senator Ed Gomes isn’t supporting Ganim for governor. The governor’s race is wide open in both major parties. Gomes, who just turned 82, is backing former state commissioner Jonathan Harris, a once peer in the State Senate. Who’s Jonathan Harris? See here.
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Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·CT Post·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·Jonathan Harris·Luke Bronin·Mary-Jane Foster·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz