Former City Councilman Ralph Mojica has filed paperwork to try to reclaim his former seat on the city’s legislative body challenging incumbents Denese Taylor-Moye and Jack Banta in the 131st District that covers the South End, Downtown and the West End. Big Mojo served on the council for several years. He supported Chris Caruso for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bob “Troll” Walsh'
Paging Zombie Land–Can Mojica Drum Up The Mojo For A City Council Challenge? Election Year For The Council
April 30th, 2013 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Andre Baker·Andres Ayala·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Bluefish·Carlos Silva·Chris Caruso·Christina Ayala·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·Denese Taylor-Moye·Dottie Guman·Ed Gomes·Howard Austin·Jack Banta·Jim Holloway·John Fabrizi·John Gomes·John Olson·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Manuel Ayala·Maria Valle·Marty McCarthy·Michelle Lyons·Mike Marella·Ralph Mojica·Rich Paoletto·Sacred Heart University·Steven Stafstrom·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
Commisserate With Evette Brantley About Taxes At West Side Council District Meeting
April 24th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
West Side City Councilwoman Evette Brantley proclaimed the other day she will not vote for a budget this year that includes a tax increase. In fact, she says she’s ready to put her house up for sale and roll out if the council passes a tax hike. Just in case you folks from the West [...]
Tags: Bob "Troll" Walsh·John Olson·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·M. Evette Brantley
City Council Gears Up For Budget Season
March 18th, 2013 · 24 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Two weeks from receiving Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1, the City Council has been operating for months without long-time Budget and Appropriations Co-Chair Bob Curwen who verbally announced his resignation from the city’s legislative body but had not submitted his official resignation in writing as of [...]
Tags: Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Danny Roach·John Stafstrom·Marty McCarthy·Steven Stafstrom
Troll: Votes Bought And Sold On The City Council
February 12th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council
Bob “Troll” Walsh, the resident curmudgeon on the Bridgeport City Council until his retirement two years ago, says votes can be bought and sold as a result of city employees serving on the city’s legislative body, something prohibited by the City Charter but allowed through a loophole in state law. The state legislature’s Planning and [...]
What’s Your Story Of The Year? The Education Ballot Question Broke Spending Records
December 26th, 2012 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
Sandy Hook in Newtown. It’s the horrific story of the year–nationally, locally and everything in between. The bloodiest gun massacre of school children in American history may be the story of a lifetime. Back in the Bridgeport-centric world of the state’s largest city one of the top stories of the year was the ballot question [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Andy Fardy·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Carmen Lopez·Chris Caruso·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·Excel Bridgeport·John Marshall Lee·Mary-Jane Foster·Max Medina·Ralph Ford
Walsh Tells Musto To Grow A Spine On City Council Reform Bill, ‘Will You Roll Over And Play Dead Or Find Courage?’
May 3rd, 2013 · 30 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Former City Councilman Bob “Troll” Walsh writes he will actively campaign against State Senator Anthony Musto if Musto does not support the state legislative bill that would bar city employees from serving on the City Council. Many of Musto’s Bridgeport constituents, such as Walsh, are urging Musto to find some backbone instead of caving in [...]
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Tags: Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bob "Troll" Walsh·CT Post·Jack Hennessy·Joe Ganim