The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee Tuesday night, with roughly 80 people in attendance, conducted the last of its public hearings in City Hall as the city’s budget-making committee prepares to vote on Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed $520 million spending plan before it goes to a full vote of the city’s legislative body next [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Brian Lockhart'
Residents Rail Against Tax Increase At Public Hearing–David Walker: City At Crossroads
May 9th, 2013 · 88 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Taxed To The Max, Councilwoman Brantley’s Ready To Sell And Get Out–General Lee Tells Council ‘You Fail As Fiscal Watchdogs’
April 23rd, 2013 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Last week City Councilwoman Evette Brantley told OIB she was going to vote against Mayor Bill Finch’s budget proposal and in fact any tax increase proposed by her peers on the city’s legislative body because taxes have reached her breaking point. Was she blowing smoke? Well Monday night at a sparsely attended public hearing on [...]
Tags: Andy Fardy·Brian Lockhart·CT Post·John Marshall Lee·M. Evette Brantley
Fabs: Carroll Scapegoat For City’s Response To Historic Blizzard
April 19th, 2013 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Former Mayor John Fabrizi told CT Post reporter Brian Lockhart that Charlie Carroll, who served as Fabs’ chief of staff, is the fall guy for the city’s response to the historic February blizzard that trapped citizens in their homes for days. Fabs is quoted: “Charlie has demonstrated over his many years with the city he [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·Charlie Carroll·CT Post·John Fabrizi
Charlie Carroll To Return Full Time To Parks Department, Likely At Start Of New Budget Year
April 17th, 2013 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Charlie Carroll, who has served the dual role of director of Public Facilities as well as director of the Parks Department, will return as the full-time director of parks, according to a statement released by Elaine Ficarra, Mayor Bill Finch’s communications director. Public Facilities is a super-agency that oversees sanitation, parks, the airport, street paving [...]
Tom White: City Government Is A Morally Compromised Institution
May 9th, 2013 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Former City Councilman Tom White has an interesting perspective on how the city’s legislative body works. White, the council’s legislative liaison for several years, was whited out of the budget last year for trying to reform the way it conducts business, according to a federal lawsuit he brought against the city several months ago represented [...]
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Tags: Brian Lockhart·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·CT Post·Tom Bucci·Tom McCarthy·Tom White