The Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition will conduct its annual meeting for regional politicians tonight (Tuesday) at Mount Aery Baptist Church, 73 Frank Street, to address a variety of issues involving city kids. This time, however, they’ve added a new wrinkle: A “Bridgeport Children’s Bill of Rights for Education.” After discussion, all forum participants will be asked [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Hugh Curran'
Will Pols Sign The Bridgeport Children’s Bill Of Rights For Education?
December 6th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
Happy Birthday Phineas—Who’s Your Favorite Mayor? (Or Not)
July 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments · City Politics
Phineas Taylor Barnum was born on this day 200 years ago in Bethel, Connecticut. Bridgeport became his adopted city. Barnum’s brother, who ran a Bridgeport hotel, introduced him to little Charles Stratton and P.T. would parade him as Tom Thumb. Barnum loved Bridgeport and showered it with all kinds of stuff. Seaside Park, Victorian housing, spearhead for industrial [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Hugh Curran·Jasper McLevy·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Mary Moran·Nick Panuzio·Sam Tedesco·Seaside Park·Tom Bucci
What’s Joe Ganim’s Future? Pooch Power And Library News
October 1st, 2009 · 38 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Library
When I heard many months ago that Joe Ganim had slipped into a federal Bureau of Prisons substance abuse program to shave time off his sentence I coughed up a chuckle. Gee, could the former mayor have rationalized all that high-end wine I bought for him in the 1990s led him to tipping a little too freely? So much [...]
Tags: Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Hugh Curran·Jodi Rell·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Mandanici·John Rowland·Lenny Paoletta·Mario Testa·Mary Moran·Nick Panuzio·Paul Pinto·Sam Tedesco·Tom Bucci
How’s Finch Doing After 18 Months? Plus: Brownfield Bucks
May 15th, 2009 · 31 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Civil Service, Cops, Development and Zoning, Education
Mayor Bill Finch has just about reached his first 18 months in office. Where did the time go? Former Mayor John Fabrizi would love to fast forward to 2011, the next mayoral cycle, to regain his job. But can he? That raises another question: what kind of shape is Finch in? Much better than a year ago when [...]
Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Carlos Silva·Charlie Tisdale·Chris Caruso·David Dunn·Housatonic Community College·Hugh Curran·Jasper McLevy·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Mandanici·John Stafstrom·Lenny Paoletta·Lowell Weicker·Margaret Morton·Mary Moran·Nick Panuzio·Paul Pinto·Sal DePiano·Sam Tedesco·Steelpointe Harbor·Tom Bucci·Tom McCarthy·Tom Mulligan·University of Bridgeport
Updating The Shaky City Budget, Plus: Shays-Himes Box On The Bridge
August 25th, 2008 · 60 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Mayors live and die by their budgets. In 1971, Mayor Hugh Curran responded to a budget deficit by instituting a separate mini-tax in an election year. He was defeated by Nick Panuzio, the first Republican elected in more than 40 years. In 1988, with the city’s fund balance freefalling beyond control, Democrat Tom Bucci appealed [...]
Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Chris Shays·Congress Street Bridge·Ed Lavernoich·George Bush·Housatonic Community College·Hugh Curran·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Lowell Weicker·Mary Moran·Nick Panuzio·Steelpointe Harbor·Tom Bucci·Tom McCarthy
Pick A Pony, Plus: New Internal Affairs Chief
May 26th, 2008 · 40 Comments · City Politics, Cops
Every now and then Bridgeport voters revolt against the political establishment. We saw it in 1933 when they elected Socialist Jasper McLevy and kept him there for 12 terms. Jasper had railed against the sins of both political parties for decades, and then the timing was right when voters had enough of corruption during the [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bruce Hubler·Bryan Norwood·Chris Caruso·Housatonic Community College·Hugh Curran·Jasper McLevy·Joe Ganim·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Lowell Weicker·Marc Delmonico·Mary Moran·Nick Panuzio·Sacred Heart University·Tom Bucci
Battle Lines Over The Board Of Education: Elected Or Appointed?
June 28th, 2012 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Library, News and Events
City electors will be loaded with voting opportunities in the coming months: primaries for several state and federal legislative seats on Aug. 14, a special election for four open Board of Education seats September 4, followed by the general election in a presidential cycle Nov. 6. Several charter revision questions are expected to be presented [...]
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