Ya just never know what former State Senator Ernie Newton, the Moses of his peeps, will say. From David Owens, Hartford Courant: Former state Sen. Ernie Newton was late for his Hartford court appearance on Tuesday, and after a prosecutor Kevin Shay was unable to reach Newton’s lawyer, Darnell Crosland, Judge Joan K. Alexander revoked [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Hartford Courant'
Newton: Those Guys Make Me Look Like A Choir Boy
May 21st, 2013 · 7 Comments · News and Events
Tags: Chris Donovan·Darnell Crosland·Ernie Newton·Hartford Courant
Sharkey Supports Blood Sport, Wimps Out On Bridgeport Reform Bill
May 7th, 2013 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
It’s amazing how politicians rationalize stuff. Speaker of the House Brendan Sharkey says he’s just fine voting for the blood sport of extreme fighting because it needs to be regulated. But when duty called to support a conflict of interest bill that would ban (and regulate) city employees from serving on the Bridgeport City Council [...]
Newspaper Management Loves Democracy When It Bloats Bottom Line
May 7th, 2013 · No Comments · Media, News and Events
If this bill passes it would save city taxpayers more than $100,000. From Jeff Cohen, WNPR. A bill that would allow towns and cities to publish full public notices online and not in newspapers is making its way through the legislature. Municipal advocates say it could save them money and is more efficient. But as [...]
Tags: Hartford Courant
Kohut Peers Into His Crystal Ball On City’s Financial Future–’Toilet Tissue’ Rating
April 28th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Firefighters
Jeff Kohut, policy wonk extraordinaire, shares this commentary on his prescient view of the city: Dateline, Bridgeport: June 5, 2018: Headline distributed by the Connecticut Post to ethernet, satellite radio subscribers, and e-billboard sites — Bridgeport defaults on US/state-backed bankruptcy-bond payments. Washington and Hartford point fingers at each other for not providing proper support to [...]
Tags: Bill Clinton·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Hartford Courant·Hillary Clinton·Jeff Kohut·Ken Moales
McKinney Supports Hennessy’s Bill To Bar City Employees From Serving On The City Council–Lopez: Free People From Shackles Of Conflict Of Interest
February 14th, 2013 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
Bi-partisan support has its advantages and Democratic State Rep. Jack Hennessy received it Wednesday morning in his quest to close a state loophole that allows city employees to serve on the City Council prohibited by the Bridgeport City Charter. Why allow the will of city voters to get in the way of conflicts of interest? [...]
Tags: Carmen Lopez·David Walker·Hartford Courant·Jack Hennessy·John Marshall Lee·John McKinney·Lydia Martinez
Monsignor Wallin, Removed For Sexual Antics, Denounced Pedophile Priests
January 18th, 2013 · No Comments · News and Events
In 2002, according to a story written by Daniela Altimari of the Hartford Courant, Monsignor Kevin Wallin, under indictment for meth dealing and suspended from the Diocese of Bridgeport for acting out his cross-dressing sexual fantasies in the rectory, railed publicly against priests who sexually preyed on children. Altimari’s story follows: From the pulpit of [...]
Tags: Hartford Courant
Walker: Patronage Politics Barrier To Structural Changes For Fiscal Sanity, Calls For State Control Board
May 19th, 2013 · 64 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Bridgeport resident David Walker, the former U.S. comptroller general, writes the time has come for the State of Connecticut to take control of the city’s finances that includes authority to make recommendations on restructuring pension and retiree health care obligations. Walker sounds the alarm bell on finances, patronage politics and conflicts of interest such as [...]
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Tags: Chris Shays·David Walker·Hartford Courant·Mary Moran