What a crazy week. I thought the momentum was with Dan Malloy heading into Tuesday and victory at hand with a low turnout, but never thought it would be a double-digit win. So much for Ned Lamont’s 10 million clams. No pearls in those shells.
The loss was a bitter pill to swallow for Mayor Bill [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bob Curwen'
The Budget Vote, Jimmy’s Vote And Party Note
May 10th, 2010 · 15 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Events, State Politics
Yikes. Work on the city budget is hardly finished, although the full City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on the $494 million spending plan that begins July 1.
Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Chris Shays·Dan Debicella·Dottie Guman·Jim Himes·John DeStefano·Rick Torres·Tom Herrmann
The Budget: Carrot Or Stick? Plus: Jimmy’s HQ Opening
April 23rd, 2010 · 13 Comments · City Budget, Education, Events, Library
So you’re a city firefighter and you feel like you’ve done your part to help dowse the flames of city red ink. City bean counters have submitted a budget with a nearly $7 million hole, according to City Councilman Bob Curwen, co-chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, anticipating roughly $4 million in employee givebacks to help close the [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Jim Himes·Max Medina·Pat Crossin
The Best Rumors, The Best Deals, Come One, Come All, Plus: The Disappearing Ink Campaign
April 12th, 2010 · 10 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Media, Political Analysis, State Politics
Grab your scorecards and truth serum.
Tonight in Hartford the Connecticut Convention Center transforms into a political gossip factory for the annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey moolah grab where 1400 great and near-great party regulars hold court about all things political, including the state convention next month.
What’s going on with SuBy? Who will end up as lieutenant governor running mates for guber leaders Ned [...]
Tags: Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Chris Dodd·Dan Malloy·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz
Who Will Budge On The Budget?
April 5th, 2010 · 10 Comments · City Budget, City Council
Have bean counters pulled a rabbit out of their accounting hat?
The Easter egg hunt for extra moolah for Mayor Bill Finch’s budget winds down today, sorta, when the mayor’s spending plan is officially submitted to the City Council. Municipal budgets, especially for cities, can be a leap of faith. We are submitting this on the expectation the [...]
These Pols Are Popular, Plus: Lamont’s Jobs Plan
March 30th, 2010 · 26 Comments · City Politics, State Politics
I got my mitts on a list of the 77 Bridgeport delegates to the state Democratic Party convention in May when donkeys will endorse candidates for constitutional offices such as governor, attorney general, etc. (What? I’m not on it?)
Tags: Andy Fardy·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Bob Walsh·Charlie Coviello·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Dottie Guman·Ed Gomes·Hector Diaz·Honey Parziale·John Fabrizi·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Pat Crossin·Ralph Ford·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
Budget Impact On Finch’s Reelection, Himes’ Ear-Splitting Constituents
March 29th, 2010 · 19 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Cops, Library, Political Analysis
One week away until Mayor Bill Finch submits his recommended spending plan to the City Council for the budget year that begins July 1. That’s when City Council Budget Co-Chairs Bob Curwen and Angel DePara get a crack at it before it goes to the full council.
The budget will include more dough for city libraries per a [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Carmen Lopez·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Ernie Newton·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Mario Testa·Paul Ganim