Article updated: Former Mayor Tom Bucci, a labor and employment law specialist, declares Rebeca Garcia’s unilateral appointment to assistant chief violates a necessary competitive process,
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City Council Approves Residency Preference Rule
The City Council Monday night approved a new Civil Service regulation that requires public safety candidates and other specified job applicants to prove residency for
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Prayers For Charlie Coviello, Political Warrior
Charlie Coviello, multi-mayoral candidate, has been part of the Bridgeport political scene for 50 years, even the paperboy for Bridgeport’s Socialist Mayor Jasper McLevy who
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Look Out! Ganim Wields Sledgehammer
City government can be a frustrating drip, drip, drip. That pol wants this; this pol wants that; city employees yammering about something else; pain-in-the-ass opponents
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Surprise Surprise … Ganim Appoints Perez To Five-Year Top Cop Slot
Mayor Joe Ganim on Monday appointed–to no surprise–his long-time friend AJ Perez to a full, five-year term as the city’s top cop, a role he’s
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Perez Among Three Finalists For Bridgeport Top Cop Contract
Mayor Joe Ganim on Tuesday announced that Acting Chief AJ Perez, Captain Roderick Porter and New Haven Assistant Chief of Police Luiz Casanova are the
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Acting Chief AJ Perez, former Assistant Chief James Nardozzi and Captain Roderick Porter are among the seven finalists in a Civil Service search that will
Read moreClarion Call Over Firefighters Exam
Past presidents of the Firebird Society of Bridgeport have signed a commentary written by retired firefighter Donald Day denouncing a city decision to extend conditional
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