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	<title>Only In Bridgeport® &#187; Bob Curwen</title>
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		<title>Newton Wins Stunning Endorsement For State Senate&#8211;&#8221;Redemption Is Upon Us&#8221;&#8211;Faces Primary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 22:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former State Senator Ernie Newton Monday night continued his comeback from a federal corruption conviction seven years ago to claim the Democratic endorsement for the State Senate seat he was forced to relinquish. He won the endorsement for Connecticut&#8217;s 23rd State Senate District over incumbent Ed Gomes and State Rep. Andres Ayala at the party convention at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Committee Cuts Finch&#8217;s Spending Request, Including $2 Million From Schools&#8211;Mayor Announces Compromise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: The City Council&#8217;s Budget and Appropriations Committee on Saturday, following a morning session that lasted well into the afternoon at the City Hall Annex, slashed Mayor Bill Finch&#8217;s budget request, including $2 million from the mayor&#8217;s proposal for $7 million more for city schools. The budget committee dropped Finch&#8217;s proposed mil rate increase from 2.7 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Lee&#8217;s White Paper On City Council Stipends</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 04:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most City Council members grimace when they see John Marshall Lee, and his bow tie, step up during legislative sessions. To them, he&#8217;s a major pain in the ass addicted to asking tough questions. God forbid council members be subjected to questions about the half-billion dollar budget they will vote on as a full body [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ordinance Committee Meeting To Regulate Adult Entertainment Cancelled</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lack of a quorum from members of the City Council&#8217;s Ordinance Committee has forced cancellation of Tuesday&#8217;s (tonight&#8217;s) scheduled meeting to review proposals to regulate adult entertainment establishments. City Councilwoman Sue Brannelly issued an email today to constituents interested in the agenda items. Councilmen Warren Blunt and Rich Paoletto are the co-chairs of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will The Mayor Draw A Line In The Sand Over School Spending?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bridgeport City Council has four weeks to mess with Mayor Bill Finch&#8217;s proposed budget that calls for $7 million more for city schools and millions more in pension payments representing the largest tax increase since the mayor&#8217;s first budget in 2008. The council, however, has little history of defying Finch&#8217;s spending plan. Could this be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay Raises, Charter Revision On Ordinance Committee Agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several interesting items on the agenda of tonight&#8217;s City Council Ordinance Committee meeting, 6 p.m. in the Wheeler Room at City Hall, including Mayor Bill Finch&#8217;s proposal to increase salaries of roughly 80 &#8220;Officers&#8217; and Unaffiliated Employee Salaries,&#8221; a proposed resolution to review procedures &#8220;for Council Member’s Expense Reimbursement (Stipends)&#8221; and the first step for the full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ha, Ha, Ha, It&#8217;s Time For Santa Claws</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another crazy year in the state&#8217;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&#8217;re outta here, replaced by a state-appointed body, a Democratic mayoral primary that was on, then off, then on again. After a year [...]]]></description>
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