From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The Tahoe is supposedly a “pool” car assigned to the office of Chief Administrative Officer John Gomes and shared by different employees. That is the same John Gomes who, earlier this year, had a key role in cost-cutting measures to trim the budget, from layoffs to … wait for it […]
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How Will City Retrieve Ganim’s Stolen SUV?
September 28th, 2016 · 15 Comments · Law Enforcement, News and Events
Tags: AJ Perez·Av Harris·Brian Lockhart·CT Post·Joe Ganim·John Gomes
Parziale Sums It Up
September 27th, 2016 · 24 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Education, Law Enforcement
OIB friend, past CC member and past council president Lisa Parziale comments on the state of Bridgeport city management by both the mayor and City Council, and encourages others to get involved to fix the problems. December 2015 ended two terms of leadership under former Mayor Bill Finch, and the torch was then passed to […]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mike Freimuth
Rowland, Corrupt Former Governor, Back To BOP #15623-014
September 27th, 2016 · 3 Comments · News and Events
At least he got his old number back. Did he disappoint his old cellies from PA? From Ken Dixon, CT Post: Rowland’s bid to overturn a 30-month prison sentence for campaign fraud was a long shot for the former popular governor, who resigned in the middle of his third four-year term in 2004 amid a […]
Bridgeport NAACP: Black Officer Not Treated Like Other Cops
September 27th, 2016 · 30 Comments · Law Enforcement, News and Events
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The city’s NAACP branch said the federal government may have to monitor Bridgeport’s Finest to prevent discrimination against minority cops. NAACP officials say they are frustrated with the handling of a racist letter controversy involving prominent black police Lt. Lonnie Blackwell. Blackwell stands accused of conspiring to circulate a phony […]
Bridgeport Correctional Officers Plan To Open Billiard Parlor
September 26th, 2016 · 2 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
From Keila Torres Ocasio, CT Post: Four Bridgeport correctional officers plan to open a billiard parlor downtown next month in the former Citytrust building. City resident Neelton Gooden said he learned to play pool several years ago and “fell in love with it.” But he was tired of having to go out of town for […]
Tags: CT Post·Keila Torres Ocasio
$1 Million For Bridgeport Youth Club Unaccounted For
September 25th, 2016 · 4 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Seems the city isn’t the only one that can’t keep track of money. From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Where’s the money? McCarthy was concerned when told Keeley could not account for the city’s full $980,000 purchase payment to Orcutt. “It’s important they figure out what happened to the money,” he said. Richard Saxl, the attorney […]
Tags: Bob Keeley·Brian Lockhart·Charlie Coviello·CT Post·Tom McCarthy
Bridgeport First Responders Get Narcan After 400 Percent Jump In ODs
September 23rd, 2016 · 7 Comments · Firefighters, Law Enforcement, News and Events
From Frank Juliano, CT Post: City firefighters are administering naloxone hydrochloride, commonly known as Narcan, an average of twice a day to bring overdose victims back from the brink of death. [...] “We wish we didn’t have this problem, but we do, and it’s not just Bridgeport, it’s all over the country,” Ganim said. “People […]