Building a city budget is a big pain in the ass. While city bean counters are weighing revenues versus expenditures they’re at the mercy of the state
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Can You Guys Help A Little? Plus: No Resolution To NAGE Layoffs And No Magic Dust
With the Connecticut General Assembly now in session, a revamped Bridgeport legislative delegation featuring three new members raises an intriguing question: who’s the go-to pol? Who
Read moreSomeone Please Crack A Joke
Yuck. Did you catch Governor Jodi Rell’s maudlin speech to the state legislature on Wednesday? Jesus, it sounded like a funeral. Did somebody die? I
Read moreSinners And Saints Step Up
Welcome to OIB 2009 where we put rumors to rest (unless, of course, we start them). I was chatting with OIB friend MCAT (Michele Mount)
Read moreSleeping With The Fishes
Yes! The days are getting longer. Is it almost time to push the clocks ahead? I know, I know, we just hit winter and I’m
Read moreFor All My Deserving Friends
Ho, ho, ho. Or should it be ha, ha, ha? Time to fill the annual OIB stocking stuffers for those city, state and national pols who’ve been naughty
Read moreHow Do You Like Your Grease? Plus: Saluting Harding’s Carol Birks
I just don’t know what all the fuss is about with IL Guv Blago demanding grease for appointing Barack’s U.S. senate replacement. I mean the
Read moreLet’s Crash The Mayor’s Party, Plus: Paging The White Shadow
Wow, I wish I had $13K to throw a shindig, a little afternoon delight for city employees as his honor Bill Finch is doing today
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