Talk about a financial haircut. The Black Rock waterfront home that 2018 gubernatorial candidate David Walker purchased in 2009 for $1,550,000 has sold for about one
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Lacking Political Beacon, Walker House Up For Sale Again
Four years ago after losing a Republican primary for lieutenant governor, David Walker placed his waterfront Black Rock home for sale for $1,675,000. If an
Read moreWhen Carson Clashed With Borges–Life On A Financial Review Board
What’s government life like with a financial oversight board? Here’s a glimpse from my book Bow Tie Banker, a biography of David Carson, retired chief executive
Read moreWalker: We Have Decided To Fight Than Flee
Shortly after he came up short in a Republican primary for lieutenant governor in 2014, Bridgeport resident David Walker declared if Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom
Read moreA Majestic Development Plan For Downtown, Ganim: Main Street’s Bookends Of Progress Coming Together
Declaring “We don’t look at what it is, we look at what we want it to be,” the managing partner of the Manhattan-based commercial real
Read moreBridgeport’s Rose Betty Pfriem
Elizabeth “Betty” Pfriem, Bridgeport’s philanthropic rose who carried herself with grace whether publisher of the Bridgeport Post-Telegram newspapers, the only female Barnum Festival ringmaster or
Read moreConnecticut Characters, Personalities Spicing Up The Nutmeg State
Purchase book here. It took 40 years to write my latest book, Connecticut Characters, Personalities Spicing Up The Nutmeg State. Yes, I write slowly. But
Read moreA ‘Horatio Alger’ Career–Business Titan Ernie Trefz
Ernie Trefz, a Bridgeport business community titan for decades whose Downtown-based Trefz Corporation owned dozens of McDonalds franchises, commercial real estate and apartment buildings, passed
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