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Entries Tagged as 'Dan Malloy'

Dude, The Dodgers Left Brooklyn More Than 50 Years Ago!

May 14th, 2012 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning

Why does the Wall Street Journal cover Connecticut? Because there’s plenty of moolah here (and lots of other great stuff). Governor Dannel Malloy kicked off a campaign today to revive the tourism industry his predecessor Jodi Rell mothballed. If you believe perception is reality, suburbanites have perceptions about Bridgeport. Arrogant New Yorkers have perceptions about [...]

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Governor To Speak On Legislative Session

May 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, News and Events

Governor Dannel Malloy will be in Bridgeport on Tuesday for a Capitol Breakfast hosted by the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, 8 a.m. at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn, 1070 Main Street downtown.

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Murphy Wins Democratic Endorsement For U.S. Senate

May 12th, 2012 · 7 Comments · News and Events, State Politics

Congressman Chris Murphy on Saturday won the Democratic endorsement for U.S. Senate at the party convention. Former Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz received enough delegate support to wage a primary for the seat of a retiring Joe Lieberman. From the Murphy campaign:

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Save The Date, June 20, OIB Anniversary Party

May 12th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport

In the summer of 2007 Tom Gogola, then the editor of the Fairfield County Weekly, asked me to come up with a column concept for the Weekly’s new website. I could write about anything I wanted. One person trying to be all things to all people generally doesn’t work. Maybe if I focused on a [...]

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Banshee Heralds Blight Law

May 10th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, News and Events

Auden Grogins, the blonde banshee from Black Rock, is coming off a hectic legislative session, as well as the other seven members of the city’s Hartford delegation. Early in the week Grogins was a key member of delegation efforts to pass a bill to increase regulation of massage parlors, something particularly important to her constituents [...]

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Governor: Sunday Suds Coming Soon

May 10th, 2012 · 5 Comments · News and Events

Salute! Governor Dannel Malloy announced today Sunday liquor sales will be coming soon to a store near you, perhaps within the next few weeks.

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Governor On The Legislative Session: Positive, Meaningful Change

May 10th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events, State Politics

The 2012 state legislative session is over. It produced repeal of the death penalty, passage of medical marijuana, Sunday sales at liquor stores, increased regulation of the massage-parlor industry, a compromise on education reform that includes more loot for poor-performing schools, and much more.

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