News release from MGM Resorts: MGM Resorts today announced plans to donate $50,000 to support the establishment of the nonprofit East End NRZ Pop-Up Market & Café in Bridgeport, responding to a longstanding food desert in the East End in order to provide local residents access to healthy, nutritious food.
Entries Tagged as 'Eneida Martinez'
MGM Donates $50,000 For East End Pop-Up Market
May 6th, 2018 · 62 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
Tags: Deborah Caviness·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Uri Clinton
Lopez Files FOI Complaint Against City, Charging Violations At City Council Meeting
May 5th, 2018 · 30 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez on Friday filed a complaint with the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission charging that a meeting on Tuesday by the City Council’s Budget & Appropriations Committee triggered a series of state violations stemming from an improperly noticed executive session for “pending litigation” that also “established a quorum of the […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Alfredo Castillo·Carmen Lopez·Chris Meyer·Christina Smith·CT Post·Denese Taylor-Moye·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Jeanette Herron·Joe Ganim·John Bohannon·Karen Jackson·Ken Flatto·Kyle Langan·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Maria Zambrano Viggiano·Mark Anastasi·Mary McBride-Lee·Nessah Smith·Nestor Nkwo·Pete Spain·Tom McCarthy
A Report From The Trenches, WPCA Scrutiny Leads To Roar Of Reform
April 27th, 2018 · 23 Comments · City Council, News and Events
Sludge is a messy business in more ways than one. The Water Pollution Control Authority is charged with overseeing the city’s treatment and processing of waste water. Understanding the machinations of the agency’s collection process is also messy. Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez, who is providing pro bono guidance to a City Council committee […]
Tags: Carmen Lopez·Christina Smith·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Joe Ganim·John Ricci·Ken Flatto·Marcus Brown·Maria Zambrano Viggiano·Mark Anastasi·Michelle Lyons·Pete Spain
WPCA Weighs City Council Moratorium On Foreclosures–Lopez, Klein Scrutinize Collection Practices
April 20th, 2018 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
A special meeting of the Water Pollution Control Authority is scheduled to take place Friday afternoon regarding the City Council’s 180-day moratorium on foreclosures. The authority will hear a presentation by the City Attorney’s Office where foreclosure action is initiated. It raises a question: what happens when the will of the council bumps against the […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Carmen Lopez·Denese Taylor-Moye·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Jeanette Herron·l·Marcus Brown·Michelle Lyons·Paul Ganim
Mayor To Submit Budget To Council
March 30th, 2018 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events, State Politics
Mayor Joe Ganim on Monday is expected to submit his budget proposal to the City Council for the spending year starting July 1. It will be referred to the Budget & Appropriations Committee for review and action. Ganim is running for governor so a tax increase would undercut a fiscal message on the campaign trail. […]
Tags: Christina Smith·Denese Taylor-Moye·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Jeanette Herron·Kyle Langan·Marcus Brown·Maria Zambrano Viggiano·Mary McBride-Lee·Nessah Smith·Pete Spain·Tom McCarthy
Man Charged In Councilwoman Martinez Assault
February 28th, 2018 · 10 Comments · City Council, Law Enforcement, News and Events
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: A mentor for young men in the community was charged Wednesday with savagely beating a city councilwoman because she wouldn’t return his phone calls.
Tags: CT Post·Dan Tepfer·Eneida Martinez
City Council Approves Budget With No Tax Increase–Education Advocates Cry Schools Shortchanged
May 8th, 2018 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Education, News and Events
UPDATE: see council budget changes here. The City Council by a 16-3 vote Monday night approved a city budget with no tax increase for the spending year that begins July 1. Councilors Kyle Langan, Pete Spain and Eneida Martinez voted against the budget urging more support for city schools.
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Tags: Dennis Bradley·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Jessica Martinez·Joe Ganim·Ken Flatto·Kyle Langan·Maria Pereira·Maria Zambrano Viggiano·Michelle Lyons·Pete Spain