Check out the panel discussion about Bridgeport on Tuesday. From Mr. Barnum: On Tuesday, June 5 at 7 p.m., The Barnum Museum will present a lively panel discussion featuring three prominent Bridgeport authors and historians: Michael Bielawa, Lennie Grimaldi and Eric Lehman. Each has spent their lifetimes dedicated to researching, writing and speaking about Bridgeport’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Billy Chase'
Lieutenant Bailey To Chief: Send Me Back To The Streets
January 23rd, 2012 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops
No one’s more in tune with Bridgeport’s streets than William “Ron” Bailey. As violent crime is back in the news (hopefully not for long), the Bridgeport Police lieutenant knows all too well the horrifying violent crime rate from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s: 50, 60, 70 murders a year fueled by a crack epidemic controlled [...]
Tags: Billy Chase·Joe Gaudett·Tom Bucci·William "Ron" Bailey
Shark Attack! Plus: The Best Of The Finest
November 16th, 2009 · 22 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, Cops, Development and Zoning, News and Events, State Politics
Do you wanna know a secret? That’s what State Rep. Brendan Sharkey, also a seasoned Hamden-based land use attorney, would like know on behalf of the Committee to Ungag the People. The peeps have retained Sharkey to probe the private discussions, if any, involving zoning officials and special interests in the decision-making process regarding zoning regs. What [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Billy Chase·Brendan Sharkey·Joe Gaudett·Mark Anastasi·Merrick Alpert·William "Ron" Bailey
Bring It On, Baby! Plus: Slick Willie And Kool Hand Kelly
May 8th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
There’s a lot going on. The state legislative session–thankfully–has ended. Now everyone can go and campaign so we really have something to write about. Bring it on Auden Grogins versus State Rep. Bullet Bob Keeley. John from Black Rock has raised a question about the Democratic convention coming up in a couple of weeks to [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Billy Chase·Bob Keeley·Chuck Willinger·Felipe Reinoso·Joe Ganim·Joel Gonzalez·John Soltis·Lydia Martinez·Sly Salcedo·Steelpointe Harbor·Tom Kelly
The Quest For Courage And Control–Billy Chase Shares Views On Video Depicting Cops Kicking Tasered Suspect In Beardsley Park
January 27th, 2013 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops
Billy Chase was a warrior in his day as a Bridgeport police officer. He went where no black man had gone before–infiltrating a faction of the Gambino Crime Family that profited from the drug trade in the city–working undercover for local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. He was the investigator who helped take down [...]
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Tags: Beardsley Park·Billy Chase