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Jeff Kohut, 2011 independent mayoral candidate, is calling on fellow taxpayers to join him in a tax strike as the City Council prepares to vote on Mayor Bill Finch’s budget that proposes to sock the average homeowner more than 400 clams to help finance $7 million more for city schools. Kohut writes in an OIB [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jeff Kohut'
Kohut Screams For Tax Strike
May 1st, 2012 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Education
Tags: Bill Finch·Jeff Kohut·Tom McCarthy
Kohut: Leeches, Snake Oil, Sunday Booze For City Ailments
April 19th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council
Jeff Kohut, a 2011 independent candidate for mayor, takes issue with the political prescription to heal the city’s economic woes. Check out his commentary. The remedies being prescribed by our city leadership to heal Bridgeport’s grave, long-standing socioeconomic wounds are nothing more than leeches and snake oil. Ditto, regarding most of the new state legislation [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Jeff Kohut
Ed Takeover Opponents Schedule Rally–Mayor Asks Business Community To Organize Counter Rally
March 5th, 2012 · 33 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
Supporters of the Connecticut Supreme Court decision ordering a special election for four school board seats are organizing a rally for Wednesday in Hartford, among them elected Board of Education member Maria Pereira who’s opposed to state control of schools. When word reached Mayor Bill Finch that a rally was in the works he spread [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Ed Gomes·Jeff Kohut·Maria Pereira·Paul Timpanelli
Finch A Cinch, Wins Second Term
November 8th, 2011 · 37 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch, riding the power of incumbency and a potent Democratic registration advantage, cruised to a second four-year term Tuesday defeating Republican challenger Rick Torres and petitioning candidate Jeff Kohut. Finch secured roughly 70 percent of the vote.
Tags: Bill Finch·Jeff Kohut·John Fabrizi·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres
How Many Times Have You Voted?
November 8th, 2011 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Okay, it’s Election Day and what a glorious day to vote. Your choices for mayor are Democratic incumbent Bill Finch, Republican Rick Torres and petitioning candidate Jeff Kohut. Don’t forget the other citywide candidates for town clerk, city clerk and city sheriff, as well as the City Council candidates. We’ll shoot you some numbers as soon [...]
Kohut: Use Intelligence And Technology To Prevent Crime
May 10th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops
Jeff Kohut, a candidate for mayor in 2011 active in a North End block watch, shares a commentary on what the city must do to stem the latest surge in violent crime. As all Bridgeporters know, we’re off to a terrible start on the public-safety front this year. At 11:30 PM last night–5/9/12, a night [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Jeff Kohut·Lydia Martinez