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Entries Tagged as 'Danny Martinez'

The Passion Of Politics, Plus: Update On BOE Audit

May 1st, 2009 · 21 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events

Noon Update: Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. Well, it looks like we have a little community chatter going–and learned a few things–as a result of Thursday’s post regarding potential City Council primaries. Danny Martinez, freshman councilman from the 137th District on the East Side, notified OIB in a Thursday comment that he’s not likely to receive the [...]

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Yo, Let’s Get Some Primaries, Plus: Troll’s Reelection

April 30th, 2009 · 19 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning

Here we are, last day of April and I’m wondering what City Council members will be primaried in September. We know that OIB friend Andy Fardy, that growly pol from the Upper East Side, is poised to run in the 138th District held by veteran council members Bob Curwen and Rich Paoletto. I’ve attempted to reach [...]

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Will You Help Me, Or What? Plus: Kaye Williams, The Best Of Bridgeport

March 30th, 2009 · 39 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, City Council, Media

Help a constituent, make a friend. That’s the mother’s milk of popular government. When you walk into City Hall on Lyon Terrace or the Annex on Broad Street, a constituent services representative will help you with a problem or direct you to the right office . They serve as an extension of the mayor’s office. Sometimes, the [...]

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Stuck In The Middle With Doo, Plus: The City Council In DC

March 24th, 2009 · 6 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Development and Zoning, State Politics

Gerry Rafferty, sing! Well I don’t know why I came here tonight I got the feeling that something ain’t right I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair And I’m wondering how I’ll get down the stairs Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right Here I am, stuck in the [...]

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Crunching Musto-Moore Numbers, Plus: Cops In The Rough, And Ayala’s Inspiration

August 15th, 2008 · 140 Comments · Cops, State Politics

Friends of state senate candidate Anthony Musto dodged a bullet on Tuesday. The fact that the Democratic Party’s endorsed candidate achieved just 40 percent of the vote in Bridgeport shows just how split the party structure is these days. Official returns show Musto with 997 votes in the city to opponent Marilyn Moore’s 1,500. Musto [...]

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Kiss Me, Baby! Plus: Earth To Mayor And Dodd’s House Call

March 26th, 2008 · 22 Comments · National Politics, State Politics

Don’t ya just love blackmail photographs of politicians? Bushy kissing Joe Lieberman (or was it the other way around?), this one kissing that one. Yuck, wipe it away! Wednesday was Bridgeport Day at the state capitol, but before things heated up in Hartford in the afternoon newly elected Republican State Senator Rob Russo ran into [...]

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