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Entries Tagged as 'Bob Curwen'

Pay Raises, Charter Revision On Ordinance Committee Agenda

December 28th, 2011 · 33 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Education

Several interesting items on the agenda of tonight’s City Council Ordinance Committee meeting, 6 p.m. in the Wheeler Room at City Hall, including Mayor Bill Finch’s proposal to increase salaries of roughly 80 “Officers’ and Unaffiliated Employee Salaries,” a proposed resolution to review procedures “for Council Member’s Expense Reimbursement (Stipends)” and the first step for the full [...]

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Ha, Ha, Ha, It’s Time For Santa Claws

December 23rd, 2011 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment

Another crazy year in the state’s largest city and just in time because a lot of us are out of breath. Snow storm after snow storm, an elected school board that said we’re outta here, replaced by a state-appointed body, a Democratic mayoral primary that was on, then off, then on again. After a year [...]

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Finch, Other Elected Officials, Start New Terms

December 1st, 2011 · 4 Comments · City Council, News and Events

More than two dozen elected officials led by Mayor Bill Finch received the oath of office in City Council chambers Thursday night. Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen delivered the oath of office to Finch for his second term as Bridgeport’s 52nd mayor. Democratic Party Vice Chair Dorothy Guman administered the oath to City Clerk Fleeta Hudson while [...]

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City Council Enters Era Without The Troll

December 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council

After 16 years of huffing and puffing, kicking and screaming, probing and posturing, and serving as the resident legislative curmudgeon, Bob “Troll” Walsh is no longer a member of the City Council. That cheer you just heard came from everyone who ran into Troll’s fangs, or viewed him as a problem maker versus problem solver. Whatever [...]

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Things Looking Up: Malloy And Finch Celebrate Elevator Company

October 7th, 2011 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning

When I was a munchkin scribe at the Bridgeport Post-Telegram, predecessor to the CT Post, reporters were transported to the third-floor newsroom via elevator. Invariably when you asked the guy at the controls how he was doing he had a stock answer: “Lots of ups and downs, ups and downs.” Governor Dannel Malloy is scheduled to visit the [...]

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Finch Rolls Out Endorsements

September 23rd, 2011 · 20 Comments · City Politics

From the Finch campaign: State Democratic Leadership Endorse Finch for Mayor. Former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT4) today endorsed Mayor Bill Finch in his bid for reelection.

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City Council Members Endorse Finch

September 15th, 2011 · 7 Comments · City Council, City Politics

From the Finch campaign: City Council members and candidates today endorsed Mayor Finch for reelection citing his work on stabilizing city finances and economic development as positives for the City.

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