The Movement “to raise issues facing the citizens of Bridgeport, educate and engage people in fostering real changes” will conduct its third community forum on Thursday, 6 p.m. at the Bridgeport Public Library Downtown, featuring former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker, who has his Black Rock home for sale, as the featured speaker.
Entries Tagged as 'Carmen Lopez'
Does “The Movement” For Mayor Beat A Pulse For 2015? Or Flatlined?
October 29th, 2014 · 51 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Library, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Bridgeport Bluefish·Carmen Lopez·Charlie Coviello·Dan Malloy·David Daniels·David Walker·Howard Gardner·John Fabrizi·John Gomes·Mary-Jane Foster·Tom Foley
Emboldened by Carmen Lopez, Officials Wonder About Work History Of Construction Company
October 13th, 2014 · 3 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Backed by research of retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez, a fierce critic of the Finch administration, some members of the City Council and school board have questions about the 15-year work history between the city and a leading Connecticut construction firm. From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Since the late 1990s, under three different mayors, […]
Tags: Brian Lockhart·Carmen Lopez·CT Post·Harding High School
Lopez: City Councilors ‘Prisoners In The Cave Of Comfortable Ignorance’
August 12th, 2014 · 5 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Education, News and Events
In a commentary first published by the Connecticut Post, retired Superior Court Judge and Bridgeport resident Carmen Lopez takes aim at the “obedient employees on the Council to march on command and follow orders” during a meeting of the City Council’s Education Committee. Check it out: Take an introductory course in philosophy at any university […]
Tags: Anne Kelly-Lenz·Bob Halstead·Carmen Lopez·CT Post·Denese Taylor-Moye·Jim Holloway·Mark Anastasi·Mike Marella·Tom McCarthy·Tom Sherwood
Did You Participate In Mayoral Poll?
August 2nd, 2014 · 24 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
A poll measuring the pulse of city voters on the state of the city, Mayor Bill Finch’s standing with voters and potential mayoral candidates is in the field. Have you received a call?
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Carmen Lopez·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·David Daniels·Enrique Torres·Jasper McLevy·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Mary-Jane Foster
Lopez: Answer Questions On Harding Before Construction
June 27th, 2014 · 23 Comments · Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
In a commentary that first appeared in the June 26 edition of the CT Post, retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez takes aim at the process to approve construction of a new Harding High School on Boston Avenue property owned by General Electric. Lopez asserts far too many questions have not been answered about contamination […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Hospital·Carmen Lopez·CT Post·General Electric·Harding High School·John Bagley·Robert Trefry
How Coalition Control Of School Board Self Destructed
November 17th, 2014 · 79 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education
In a September 2013 primary, insurgents wiped out the three Democratic-endorsed candidates for Board of Education providing an embarrassing political moment for Mayor Bill Finch’s education agenda and solidifying coalition control of school policy between the Connecticut Working Families Party and education advocates opposed to the mayor. What a difference a year makes.
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Tags: Andre Baker·Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Carmen Lopez·CT Post·David Hennessey·Enrique Torres·Ernie Newton·General Electric·Harding High School·Hernan Illingworth·Howard Gardner·Jacqueline Kelleher·Jim Callahan·Joe Larcheveque·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Moore·Morgan Kaolian·Paul Vallas·Sauda Baraka