State Senate candidate Ed Gomes will have roughly $95,000 to spend in his quest to win reelection as a result of being approved for public financing. His primary opponent State Rep. Andres Ayala has already qualified. Ernie Newton is awaiting word on his application. From Joshua Foley, State Elections Enforcement Commission:
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Gomes Qualifies For Public Campaign Dough
July 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Mayor Urges Passage Of Red Light Camera Bill
April 16th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Cops, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch joined several mayors and police chiefs today in support of the legislative act known as “The Red Light Camera Bill” designed to increase intersection safety and potentially increase revenue for cash-strapped communities. Connecticut mayors submitted the following letter as testimony to House Speaker Chris Donovan and Senate President Donald Williams.
Will Legislators Rally To Finch’s Request?
March 1st, 2012 · 14 Comments · Education, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch is seeking legislative support to retroactively blunt the Connecticut Supreme Court reversal of the state takeover of city schools. Can the clock be turned back? A report from the Hartford Courant: General Assembly leaders met Thursday afternoon to discuss the Supreme Court’s rejection of the state takeover of the Bridgeport Board of [...]
Tags: Andrew McDonald·Bill Finch·Chris Donovan·Dan Malloy·Don Williams·Hartford Courant
Newton Faces House On Sunday
February 18th, 2012 · 18 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
From Dennis House, host of Face the State, Sunday on Channel 3. Disgraced former State Senator Ernest Newton is seeking his old job back two years after finishing a prison term for corruption. In his first extended television interview since announcing his candidacy, the Bridgeport Democrat laid the foundation of his political comeback.
Tags: Don Williams·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·Mario Testa·Nancy DiNardo
Finch Rolls Out Endorsements
September 23rd, 2011 · 20 Comments · City Politics
From the Finch campaign: State Democratic Leadership Endorse Finch for Mayor. Former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT4) today endorsed Mayor Bill Finch in his bid for reelection.
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Angel DePara·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Brendan Sharkey·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Dodd·Chris Donovan·CT Post·Denese Taylor-Moye·Don Clemons·Don Williams·Eze Santiago·George Jepsen·Howard Austin·Jim Himes·Jim Holloway·John DeStefano·Leticia Colon·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Manuel Ayala·Marty McCarthy·Michelle Lyons·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
Foster To State: Do The Right Thing For Schools
July 20th, 2011 · 13 Comments · City Politics, Education, News and Events
In her latest news release Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster urges the state to bring in a special master, as it has authorized for the town of Windham, to oversee city schools. Many community activists are unhappy that the state, at the request of local education leaders and Mayor Bill Finch, has blowtorched the Bridgeport Board [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Donovan·Don Williams·George Coleman·Mary-Jane Foster
Pelto: ‘Elected BOE Faces Almost Certain Death’
March 8th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
Jonathan Pelto, Connecticut political analyst, weighs in with his take on the state of city schools courtesy of his site jonathanpelto.com: Returning from the “dead” – Bridgeport’s elected Board of Education faces almost certain death. The Mayor of Bridgeport wants the city’s Board of Education out. One option would be to follow the lead of Hartford and [...]
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Tags: Adam Wood·Bill Finch·Don Williams·Jonathan Pelto·William Beccaro