UPDATE: The Democratic Town Committee challenge slate in the 137th East Side District has qualified to oppose the slate led by City Councilwoman Lydia Martinez, according to Democratic Registrar of Voters Santa Ayala. And you thought March madness meant college hoops! Three district primaries for Democratic Town Committee seats could take place March 6th, assuming necessary [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Danny Roach'
March Madness Means Primaries–East Side Challenge Slate Qualifies
February 1st, 2012 · 19 Comments · City Politics
Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·Danny Roach·Gil Hernandez·Hector Diaz·Jim Fox·Joel Gonzalez·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Mary-Jane Foster·Mitch Robles·Pat Crossin·Ralph Mojica·Robert Foley·Santa Ayala·Tom Mulligan·University of Bridgeport
Malloy: I Will Not Forget
November 23rd, 2010 · 54 Comments · City Politics
Governor-elect Dan Malloy thanked a packed audience of city pols–some who love each other, some who can’t stand each other, some who stick pins in the voodoo dolls of their enemies–for putting aside their differences and running up a huge plurality in the state’s largest city that helped vault him to a squeaker win over [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Ernie Newton·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Tom Foley·Tom McCarthy
Moses To Part Halfway House, Mayor Begins Mending Process
August 12th, 2010 · 21 Comments · City Politics, State Politics
Former State Senator Ernie Newton will officially become a free man Friday morning when he signs out of a halfway house in Waterbury. The Moses of his peeps, a declaration Ernie made following a court appearance five years ago, served out the final months of his federal bribery sentence under home confinement. Like former Mayor Joseph [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Dick Blumenthal·Ernie Newton·Joe Ganim·John Stafstrom·Linda McMahon·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Ralph Ford
Holy Habanero, Things Heating Up
July 27th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Tsunami Tuesday’s approaching. How will you vote two weeks from today? Will you vote? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. OIB readers vote! (It just may be too soon to say for whom.) Lots of soft voters out there who will harden this week as candidates make their case. The big-ticket items are the two primaries to [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Congress Street Bridge·Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Jim Callahan·Jim Himes·John Gilmore·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Ralph Ford·Rick Torres·Tom Foley
The Bridgeport Connections, Sizing Up Malloy-Lamont Fight, Plus: Mayor’s Community Forum
July 20th, 2010 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Three weeks to Tsunami Tuesday and counting. The state’s largest city is a player in the Democratic gubernatorial primary battle between Dan Malloy and Ned Lamont, and an eclectic group of city pols–sometimes together, sometimes not–are split among one of the men who could become governor. Let’s start with Ned. A contingent of political players who include [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·George Bush·Jim Callahan·Jodi Rell·Joe Gaudett·Joe Lieberman·John DeStefano·John Gilmore·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Nancy Wyman·Ned Lamont·Ralph Ford·Tom Foley·Tom McCarthy
Who’s Your Caddie? Plus: Schiff On Ballot
June 21st, 2010 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Library, State Politics
An interesting configuration of local pols, sometimes friends, sometimes not, are lining up behind their respective Democratic candidates for governor. Ned Lamont received the backing of the entire Bridgeport delegation at the state party convention last month. Some delegates went with the flow to be cooperating members of Team Lamont led by Mayor Bill Finch and Democratic Party Chair Mario Testa, [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·John DeStefano·John Fabrizi·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Peter Schiff·Ralph Ford·Susan Bysiewicz
Can Hector Diaz Make A Play For Town Clerk?
July 20th, 2011 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
When the Democratic Town Committee meets Tuesday night at Testo’s Restaurant to endorse candidates for office no shocking developments are expected, but with city pols ya just never know. Mayor Bill Finch should receive near-unanimous support among the 90-member DTC for another four-year term. One possibility for some action, however, is former State Rep. Hector Diaz’s play for the [...]
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Tags: Alma Maya·Bill Finch·Danny Roach·Hector Diaz·Mitch Robles·Testo's Restaurant