Mayor Bill Finch is still the favorite to win the Democratic primary September 13 and another four-year term for mayor in the November general election. Could that change? Politics is a crazy business and anything can happen, but a new dynamic must occur for a challenger to submarine Finch based on the current field splitting [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Danny Martinez'
East Side AB-racadabra, Plus: Merrick’s Time To Bloom
March 1st, 2010 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, State Politics
Get ready for Tuesday’s tussle. You know what they say about East Side politics? I went to a Democratic town committee meeting there the other day and a hockey game broke out. Well, the East Side is known for high sticking, body checks and oh baby, absentee ballots. Do you believe in magic? A couple of hundred [...]
Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·Angel DePara·Chris Dodd·Danny Martinez·Dick Blumenthal·Gil Hernandez·Jack McGregor·Linda McMahon·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Merrick Alpert·Testo's Restaurant
Committee Votes To Sink Port Authority; Lobbyist Screws City
June 16th, 2009 · 46 Comments · City Council, Library, State Politics
The City Council’s Ordinance Committee voted Monday night to torpedo the Bridgeport Port Authority, the quasi-city agency that receives more than $1 million a year in docking fees, scheduling a public hearing on the matter for next Monday at 7 p.m. Too soon to say when the full City Council will take up the measure because [...]
Tags: Andre Baker·Auden Grogins·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Port Authority·Chris Donovan·Danny Martinez·Denis O'Malley·Discovery Museum·Ed Gomes·Jay Malcynsky·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·Mark Anastasi·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy
Gotta Get Out More, Plus: State Unions Step Up, And Mayor At UConn
May 8th, 2009 · 38 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
I confess, I must do a better job marketing OIB to city decision makers. When I called East End City Councilman Andre Baker the other day to ask why he wanted to blowtorch entire city departments such as the Chief Administrative Office and CitiStat Program, he responded, “Who are you?” “Lennie Grimaldi, host of the daily webzine Only In Bridgeport.” “Never heard [...]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Andre Baker·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bishop William Lori·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Carlos Silva·Charlie Stallworth·Danny Martinez·Jim Holloway·Jodi Rell·M. Evette Brantley·Michelle Lyons·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Testo's Restaurant·Tom McCarthy·University of Connecticut
When A Mayor Loses Support Can He Make New Friends?
August 2nd, 2011 · 41 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education
Primaries are weird ducks. They’re not like higher turnout general elections. In the world of primaries you identify your friends and drag them out to vote. You could enter primary day thinking you’re okay and then all of a sudden–oops!–your friends stayed home, or you failed to coax them to vote. That’s when you grab [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: Andy Fardy·Ann Barney·Bill Finch·Bruce Hubler·Charlie Coviello·Chris Caruso·Danny Martinez·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·Joel Gonzalez·John Fabrizi·John Gomes·John Guman·Marilyn Moore·Mary-Jane Foster·Michele Mount·Nancy Hadley·Pleasure Beach·Rina Bakalar