State Representative Jack Hennessy is inviting all Bridgeport residents to speak on the Conflict of Interest House Bill #5886 that impacts Bridgeport and the state. The public hearing will take place Monday, March 9th at 5:30 p.m. in the first-floor meeting hall in the Bridgeport Public Library, 925 Broad Street, Downtown.
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Public Hearing For Conflict Of Interest Bill Before State Legislature
February 27th, 2015 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Library, News and Events, State Politics
Tags: Denise Merrill·Ed Gomes·Jack Hennessy·Mary-Jane Foster
Gomes, Stafstrom Support Government Reform Bill
February 26th, 2015 · 32 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, State Politics
As Ed Gomes and Steve Stafstrom prepare to enter the Connecticut legislature in mid session, fresh off special election wins, supporters of a government reform bill have picked up two allies in the ongoing effort to enforce the City Charter prohibiting city employees from serving on the City Council.
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Chris Rosario·Ed Gomes·Jack Hennessy·Marilyn Moore·Mark Anastasi·Steven Stafstrom·Tom McCarthy
State House Candidates Spar Over Conflicts, Taxes, Development
February 20th, 2015 · 39 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events, State Politics
Testy, wonkish, comedic, grandiose: Thursday night’s 90-minute debate in the Burroughs Community Center filled by about 80 residents of Connecticut’s 129th State House District pretty much had it all, led by five candidates all of whom have served either on the City Council or in the state legislature. The debate was sponsored by the Black […]
Tags: Auden Grogins·Bob Halstead·Bob Keeley·Brendan Sharkey·Brian Lockhart·Burroughs Community Center·CT Post·Enrique Torres·Hector Diaz·Jack Hennessy·Marilyn Moore·Steven Stafstrom
State Senator Cathy Osten Trashes Will Of The People For Political Profiteers
February 17th, 2015 · 83 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Bridgeport voters decided at the polls they don’t want city employees serving on the City Council because taxpayers believe their money will be ripped off by political profiteers who’d vote to approve their own wages and benefits, as well as other dubious financial achievements. And, as it turns out, that’s exactly what has happened. A […]
Citing Bias, White Urges State Senator Osten To Recuse Herself On Government Reform Bill
February 17th, 2015 · 6 Comments · News and Events
Former City Councilman Tom White, in a letter to State Senator Cathy Osten, writes “In the meantime and in the case you continue your opposition to this bill, I hope that you will recuse yourself from all further deliberations relating to HB 5886 and abstain from voting so this legislative exercise is not compromised by […]
Former FBI Agent: Don’t Enable The Corruption Of The Past To Continue
February 13th, 2015 · 38 Comments · City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Retired FBI agent Ed Adams who managed the investigation more than a decade ago that toppled the mayoral administration of Joe Ganim submitted testimony Friday morning at a legislative hearing in Hartford in support of House Bill #5886 to enforce the Bridgeport City Charter barring city employees from serving on the City Council. The hearing […]
Tags: Ed Adams·Enrique Torres·Jack Hennessy·Joe Ganim·Marilyn Moore·Mark Anastasi·Tom White
Senator Moore: Stop The Conflict-Of-Interest Madness
March 3rd, 2015 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
State Senator Marilyn Moore is urging constituents to attend a public forum March 9, 5:30 p.m. at the Bridgeport Public Library Downtown in support of a government reform bill An act prohibiting municipal employees from serving on certain municipal legislative bodies that would enforce the voter-approved City Charter barring city employees from serving on the […]
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Tags: Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Chris Rosario·CT Mirror·Ed Gomes·Jack Hennessy·Jim Holloway·Marilyn Moore·Milta Feliciano·Tom McCarthy