David Walker, former comptroller general of the United States, has become treasurer of a political action committee Citizens Working For A Better Bridgeport in the cause of financially supporting candidates for public office. Five school board seats are up for grabs this November as well as all 20 seats on the City Council. Walker filed […]
Entries Tagged as 'Chris Shays'
Community Group Forms Political Action Committee, Walker Serves As Treasurer
July 7th, 2013 · 168 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Chris Shays·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·David Walker·Phil Blagys
David Walker Weighs Candidacy For Public Office–What’s A Fit?
May 28th, 2013 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Last week David Walker, the former U.S. comptroller general, posted this on OIB: Senator Musto’s poor judgment, lack of courage and failure to represent his constituents has me reconsidering whether I and others need to pursue (and win) elected office to change things from the inside versus the outside. Stay tuned. Musto will go if […]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Chris Shays·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·Dan Malloy·David Walker·John McKinney·Tom Foley
Walker: Patronage Politics Barrier To Structural Changes For Fiscal Sanity, Calls For State Control Board
May 19th, 2013 · 64 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Bridgeport resident David Walker, the former U.S. comptroller general, writes the time has come for the State of Connecticut to take control of the city’s finances that includes authority to make recommendations on restructuring pension and retiree health care obligations. Walker sounds the alarm bell on finances, patronage politics and conflicts of interest such as […]
Shays Named To University Of New Haven Position
January 31st, 2013 · 2 Comments · Education, News and Events
From the University of New Haven: WEST HAVEN, CONN. – Former United States Congressman Christopher Shays has been named a University of New Haven Distinguished Fellow in Public Service. A resident of the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, Shays represented the southwest region of Connecticut from 1987 to 2009 and was considered a moderate Republican […]
UBelong Together, Post Chronicles Finch’s Frost Toward University
November 25th, 2012 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The University of Bridgeport banners lining Park Avenue at the seaside campus read: “A World of Opportunities.” For Democratic Mayor Bill Finch, UB’s 56 acres, 4,877 students and 900 employees might as well be a world away, not in the city’s South End.
Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Lockhart·Bridgeport Bluefish·Chris Shays·CT Post·Dan Malloy·David Kooris·Dick Blumenthal·Elaine Ficarra·Gathering of the Vibes·George Estrada·Hearst Corporation·Joe McGee·Mary-Jane Foster·Paul Timpanelli·Phil Kuchma·Sacred Heart University·Seaside Park·Tom McCarthy·University of Bridgeport
Debicella Announces Second Run Against Himes–Will He Ignore Bridgeport Voters Again?
September 4th, 2013 · 24 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
UPDATE includes Debicella announcement: Republican Dan Debicella ran a competitive race against Democratic Congressman Jim Himes in 2010, two years after Himes had defeated 20-year Congressman Chris Shays in the Barack Obama tsunami. Debicella was born in Bridgeport, his dad was a city police officer. Except you wouldn’t have known that by the kind of […]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Chris Shays·Dan Debicella·Jim Himes