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Six days from the general election and very little word from the respective campaign camps. No statements, news releases, charges, countercharges or irresponsible accusations. What’s a campaign without someone spewing something over the top? It’s a Bridgeport ritual, is it not? Has Mayor Bill Finch anesthetized the entire electorate? We might have to start calling him [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jeff Kohut'
Paging The Mayoral Candidates–A ‘Frank ‘n’ Stein Mailing’
November 2nd, 2011 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·Jeff Kohut·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres·Tom Kelly
We Need Dr. Frankenstein To Juice Election Interest
October 31st, 2011 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Halloween is here. Time to fire up Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein in the DVD. Hey, we all have our priorities for Halloween. I’m a little punchy from the latest storm. A foot of snow, downed trees and power lines everywhere. No power. My friends in the state’s largest city did much better with the moderating [...]
Whoa! A Debate With All Three Mayoral Candidates
October 26th, 2011 · 24 Comments · City Budget, City Politics, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Democratic Mayor Bill Finch, Republican Rick Torres and petitioning candidate Jeff Kohut debated issues Wednesday night in Black Rock. From Michael Mayko, CT Post: Mayor Bill Finch urged voters to consider his four years of accomplishments, including maintaining a stable taxes, balancing four budgets and cutting $3 million in costs while rebuilding the city through [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Burroughs Community Center·CT Post·General Electric·Jeff Kohut·Mike Mayko·Rick Torres
Non-Voters Are Brain Dead–What Does Finch Gain By Debating?
October 21st, 2011 · 50 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
The Connecticut Post on Sunday published a package of stories (Inside the Machine) examining Mayor Bill Finch’s primary win over Mary-Jane Foster: the warchest, the role of the party apparatus, hundreds of “consultants” hired to churn out the vote, the bulging absentee ballot operation led by Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa and the queen of ABs [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Jeff Kohut·Keila Torres Ocasio·Keith Rodgerson·Lydia Martinez·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Mike Garrett·Milton Johnson·Rick Torres
Wake Up! There’s An Election In Three Weeks (Yawn)
October 18th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
There’s nothing like a hot city election. The charges, counter charges, lawsuits, court challenges, absentee ballot operation. The Democratic primary between Mayor Bill Finch and Mary-Jane Foster was high drama, the way it should be. Two gladiators in the arena. Now we’re in the general election cycle and it’s like Death Valley has taken over. [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Burroughs Community Center·Jeff Kohut·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres
67,689 Registered Voters–How Many Will Show Up?
November 7th, 2011 · 66 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Mayor Bill Finch is poised on Tuesday to make Bridgeport history, albeit recent history, as the first to win consecutive four-year terms for mayor. In 1998 voters approved a charter referendum four-year term for mayor, city clerk and town clerk. Joe Ganim, the first to win a four-year term for mayor in 1999, was forced [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Jasper McLevy·Jeff Kohut·Joe Ganim·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres·Sam Tedesco·Santa Ayala