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Lots of folks in Bridgeport with mortgage issues. State Attorney General George Jepsen is urging America’s largest bank to do more. From Jepsen: ATTORNEY GENERAL GEORGE JEPSEN BANK OF AMERICA FAILING TO MEET NEEDS OF DISTRESSED BORROWERS IN CONNECTICUT HARTFORD –Attorney General George Jepsen said Wednesday that Bank of America Corp. needs to devote more [...]
Entries Tagged as 'George Jepsen'
AG Tells Bank Of America To Cough Up The Scratch
May 25th, 2011 · 7 Comments · News and Events
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Murphy Trots Out Friends
March 15th, 2011 · No Comments · State Politics
In addition to larding up a campaign warchest, Congressman Chris Murphy is loading up endorsements from peers in Washington to follow Joe Lieberman in the U.S. Senate. Former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz also seeks the Democratic nomination in 2012. From The Murphy campaign: DeLauro, Larson, Courtney, and Himes All Endorse Murphy for Senate [...]
Tags: Chris Murphy·Denise Merrill·George Jepsen·Jim Himes·Joe Lieberman·Susan Bysiewicz
Big Guns For Finch Fundraiser, City Employees Solicited For Event On City Time
March 14th, 2011 · 66 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
Calling all Connecticut constitutional officers! (Well, most of them.) Mayor Bill Finch is calling on his political friends for a mega campaign event Tuesday night at Testo’s Restaurant, the political and professional mothership of Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa. Team Finch is doing quite well in fundraising. They want to load up the warchest to load [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Denise Merrill·Don Williams·Dottie Guman·George Jepsen·Jim Amann·Jim Himes·Keila Torres Ocasio·Mario Testa·Testo's Restaurant
Wow! Jepsen Nets Dannehy
December 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · News and Events
Nora Dannehy, a career federal prosecutor who put away her share of pols, will become George Jepsen’s deputy in the state Attorney General’s Office. Dannehy will transition from criminal investigations to those civil in nature. The AG’s office has no criminal oversight. This is an intriguing move for Dannehy who served for a period as [...]
Power Of The Political Pulpit, Candidates Take Notice
October 12th, 2010 · 7 Comments · City Politics, National Politics, News and Events, State Politics
The political careers of several city pols have lived, died and been resurrected by the power of Bridgeport’s clergy, particularly the African American community and the church-going folks who vote at the urging of their politically active pastors. Pastors are political players, not in the sense of placing their name on the ballot but certainly in [...]
Malloy, Oh Boy! Primary From Lamont Looms, Foley Grabs GOP Endorsement
May 22nd, 2010 · 38 Comments · City Politics, State Politics
Former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy easily captured the Democratic endorsement for governor at the state party convention Saturday morning in Hartford winning roughly two thirds of party support. This sets up a hotly contested primary by well-financed challenger Ned Lamont.
Tags: Dan Malloy·George Jepsen·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Foley
Is There A Benevolent Dictator In Bridgeport’s Development Future?
May 13th, 2011 · 29 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Cops, Development and Zoning, Education
Lowell Weicker, the ex Republican U.S. Senator who served as Connecticut’s independent governor from January 1991 to January 1995, was a benevolent dictator for Bridgeport. Revenues from a state income tax, gaming slots and state grants flooded into the city. Weicker was a gubernatorial hurricane on behalf of Bridgeport. Want a state police barracks downtown? You got [...]
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