I’m a broken record on this, a city such as Bridgeport must promote its assets, destination points, business successes. The strategy behind rolling out a campaign must also complement the creative presented to the public.
The city, in conjunction with the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, has financed a three-month marketing campaign with most of the dough dedicated to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bob Walsh'
Deficit Clock Ticks, Plus: When Foes Become Friends
August 24th, 2010 · 15 Comments · City Budget, City Politics, State Politics
What’s new on the municipal union layoff/concession front? Still a holding pattern nearly two months into the budget year.
City officials thought there was some progress brewing with concessions at hand as the city works to close an $8 million budget gap. Talks broke down and unions seem to be hanging tough. They feel they’ve given [...]
Tags: Bob Walsh·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Ed Gomes·Honey Parziale·John Stafstrom·Ned Lamont·Tom McCarthy
GOP Leader Files Ethics Complaint Against City Council
August 6th, 2010 · 59 Comments · City Council
Update: Republican Town Chair Marc Delmonico filed a formal complaint Friday with the city’s Ethics Commission charging the Bridgeport City Council with receiving improper benefits from promoters of the Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park.
The City Charter and Code of Ordinances addresses several areas the GOP leader cites in his complaint, including:
2.38.030 Standards of conduct.
B. [...]
Tags: Bob Walsh·Dick Blumenthal·Gathering of the Vibes·Hartford Courant·Ken Hays·Marc Delmonico·Seaside Park·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom McCarthy
Malloy-Lamont Get Tighter
August 5th, 2010 · 16 Comments · State Politics
From today’s Q Poll:
Less than one week before the Connecticut primary, former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy trails businessman Ned Lamont 45 – 40 percent in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of Democratic likely primary voters released today.
This compares to a 46 – 37 percent Lamont lead [...]
Tags: Bob Walsh·Dan Malloy·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Quinnipiac University·Tom Foley
Republicans Slam Vibes Freebies
July 31st, 2010 · 22 Comments · City Council, State Politics
Can you believe it? Republicans in Bridgeport are speaking up. I told them to send out the news release to all the usual media outlets. Let’s see if anyone beyond OIB does something. From the local GOP:
Tags: Bob Walsh·Gathering of the Vibes·Marc Delmonico·Michael Fedele·Tom Foley·Tom McCarthy
Are You VIP Vibe Groovy? Just Ask City Council Members
July 29th, 2010 · 24 Comments · City Council, Events, State Politics
VIP Update: Who’s attending the Gathering of the Vibes? The annual hippie fest along the Seaside Park waterfront in tribute to the late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia kicks off today for four days of music, love (we hope) and peace (perhaps a pipe).
How many city officials will get in for free? And what say you about [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Walsh·Dan Malloy·Gathering of the Vibes·Jodi Rell·John DeStefano·Mary Glassman·Nancy Wyman·Ned Lamont·Seaside Park·Tom McCarthy
City Firefighters
July 24th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Events
From Mayor Finch:
Two City Firefighters Die in Line of Duty
Two City firefighters died while fighting a fire at 41 Elmwood Ave., on Saturday afternoon.
Lieutenant Steven Velasquez was pronounced dead at St. Vincent’s Medical Center and Firefighter Michel Baik was pronounced dead at Bridgeport Hospital. Velazquez had just been promoted to lieutenant in February 2010, and [...]
Tags: Andy Fardy·Bill Finch·Bob Walsh