Democratic mayoral candidate John Gomes shares his perspective on addressing blight in the city. See below: Blight in Bridgeport; the wound that needs healing. In a recent Connecticut Post story: “No Shortage of Blight” (March 1, 2011), the Post depicted a City filled with “acres of abandoned property.” The story also talks of the City’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Congress Street Bridge'
Gomes: Heal The Wounds Of Blight
March 27th, 2011 · 9 Comments · City Politics, Development and Zoning
Dick’s Congress Street Bridge Visit
January 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · News and Events
U.S. Senator Dick Blumenthal (it has a new ring) will be in Bridgeport Tuesday for a tour of the Congress Street Bridge, or what’s left of the span connecting downtown and the East Side. From Dick: HARTFORD, CT) – Senator Richard Blumenthal announced today that he will conduct a two week listening tour across Connecticut [...]
Holy Habanero, Things Heating Up
July 27th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Tsunami Tuesday’s approaching. How will you vote two weeks from today? Will you vote? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. OIB readers vote! (It just may be too soon to say for whom.) Lots of soft voters out there who will harden this week as candidates make their case. The big-ticket items are the two primaries to [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Congress Street Bridge·Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Jim Callahan·Jim Himes·John Gilmore·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Ralph Ford·Rick Torres·Tom Foley
Let’s Lock Rell In A Room With Weicker (If We Can Find Her), And What Gives With The Registrar War?
June 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Development and Zoning, State Politics
Wouldn’t it be nice if Governor Jodi Rell did something nice for the city before retreating to full-time granny life? Maybe she figures she already performed a benevolent act when she reversed herself on the juvenile detention center she wanted to build on the Upper East Side. She deserves credit for her sensibility. Others might [...]
Tags: Chris Donovan·Congress Street Bridge·CT Mirror·CT Post·Don Williams·Housatonic Community College·Jodi Rell·Keila Torres Ocasio·Lowell Weicker·Morgan Kaolian·Pleasure Beach·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Dudchik
Is It Health Reform Or Deform? Plus: Bridgeport Day In Hartford
March 22nd, 2010 · 26 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, Education, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics
The landmark health care bill has passed. It’s historic. But will it be a historic burden? Now what? It means more government and a victory for Barack. (For now, at least.) Some of the stuff kicks in right away, some of it down the road, including how Americans pay for it. How does this impact Congressman Jim [...]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Bob Curwen·Burroughs Community Center·Carlos Silva·Congress Street Bridge·Denese Taylor-Moye·Jim Himes·Jim Holloway·Joe Lieberman·Michele Mount·Michelle Lyons·Nancy Pelosi·Rob Russo·Tom McCarthy
Mayor, Mario And Malloy, Plus: Himes-Debicella Battle, And Pathetic Primary Turnout
August 20th, 2010 · 27 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Sounds like Mayor Bill Finch and Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa are doing and saying all the right things reaching out to guber primary winner Dan Malloy. The mayor and Mario aren’t in any position to cut a specific deal with Malloy. They made their deal with Ned Lamont. But the more they’re on board with Malloy [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Bill O'Neill·Congress Street Bridge·Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·Mario Testa·Michael Fedele·Nancy Pelosi·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Foley