Just two years after he was serenaded for his public service following a Democratic primary loss, Ed Gomes returned to the State Senate on Friday following his mighty special election win running on the Working Families Party line to replace the man who defeated him, Andres Ayala, now the commissioner of the Department of Motor […]
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The Plainspoken Voice Of Working-Class Voters Returns
February 28th, 2015 · 9 Comments · News and Events
Tags: Andres Ayala·CT Mirror·Denise Merrill·Ed Gomes·Marilyn Moore·Mark Pazniokas
Putting The Brakes On Car Tax Disparities
February 10th, 2015 · 7 Comments · News and Events
Equalizing Connecticut’s car tax structure is picking up speed in the legislative session in Hartford. One of the proposals under discussion is taxing all owners of motor vehicles the same tax rate based on a state average, instead of local tax rates. For instance, Bridgeport’s mil rate is 42 and Greenwich’s is 11. CT Mirror […]
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Mario: Don’t Cut Us Out Of Casino Action
November 12th, 2014 · 27 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Operators of Mohegan Sun, bleeding revenue this past year, are looking for another Connecticut tribal gaming location to offset competition from border states. Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa says Bridgeport needs a piece of the pie. From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: If state lawmakers are willing to consider expanding gaming/gambling in Connecticut, “Bridgeport should be […]
Malloy, Oh Boy! ‘We Are Going To Win This Thing’–Another Tight Governor’s Race
November 5th, 2014 · 17 Comments · News and Events
State Results here. Governor Dan Malloy, in another close race with Republican Tom Foley has announced, “We are going to win this thing.” In Bridgeport, according to unofficial returns provided by the Registrar’s Office, Malloy received 16,863 votes to Foley’s 4623. The results include absentee ballots and WFP line for Malloy and Independent Party line […]
Tags: CT Mirror·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Hartford Courant·Nancy Wyman·Tom Foley
Foley Stiffs Hearst Connecticut Editorial Board
October 22nd, 2014 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
You’d think one of the endorsements actively coveted by the Tom Foley campaign for governor is Hearst Connecticut Media Group that includes four daily newspapers, Connecticut Post, Danbury News-Times, Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Time with a combined print readership of roughly a few hundred thousand, and more factoring in web audiences. Nope.
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Tags: CT Mirror·CT Post·Dan Malloy·John McKinney·Mark Pazniokas·Tom Foley