We live in a crazy world where good people do nutty stuff. As a young federal prosecutor Jimmy Pickerstein investigated public corruption in Bridgeport, imprisoned
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College Chiefs Assert City School Board Is Dysfunctional
When a majority on the Bridgeport Board of Education threw in the towel in the summer of 2011 and asked the Connecticut Board of Education
Read moreCity Government Tries To Do More With Less
From Mike Mayko and Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Ganim has also offered an early retirement incentive–a year of health care and $15,000 cash–to try and
Read moreWhen An Idiot Acts, Let’s Oblige The Whine–GOP Chief Romano Bans Hearst Reporter From Party Convention
Wah. Wah. Wah. Republican State Chairman J.R. Romano, who makes Pinocchio look like a truth teller, is whining about the treatment he’s received from Hearst
Read moreLibrary Board Can’t Catalog Hughes
The Bridgeport Library Board has gone back and forth about Director Scott Hughes: keep him, fire him, lend him out? Will they ever turn the
Read moreState Senate Approves Restructuring Of Public Safety Pension Payments
Today (Wednesday) is the last day of the legislative session in Hartford. What happens there has huge impact on what happens with the weary budget
Read moreTony Barr Barred From Mayor’s Office
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: The former mayoral candidate, accused of threatening to shoot Mayor Joseph Ganim, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of second-degree
Read moreOfficials Tout Diversity In Police Class
From Alex Gecan, CT Post Though the city is nearly evenly split between white, black and Hispanic residents, the police department does not boast many
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