Calling all Connecticut constitutional officers! (Well, most of them.) Mayor Bill Finch is calling on his political friends for a mega campaign event Tuesday night at Testo’s Restaurant, the political and professional mothership of Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa. Team Finch is doing quite well in fundraising. They want to load up the warchest to load [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jim Amann'
Big Guns For Finch Fundraiser, City Employees Solicited For Event On City Time
March 14th, 2011 · 66 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Denise Merrill·Don Williams·Dottie Guman·George Jepsen·Jim Amann·Jim Himes·Keila Torres Ocasio·Kevin Lembo·Mario Testa·Testo's Restaurant
Newsroom Editing, SuBy’s Body Slam, Big Budget Week
April 27th, 2009 · 21 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Media, News and Events, State Politics
Lots of trepidation in the Connecticut Post newsroom. On Friday the paper cut loose Business Editor Pam Dawkins, reporter Aaron Leo and tech editor Todd Hollis among 44 layoffs impacting Hearst-owned papers in Bridgeport, Greenwich, Stamford and Danbury. Greenwich, Stamford and Danbury pubs took the biggest hit in the latest round of layoffs. The larger [...]
Tags: Bill Cummings·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Dan Tepfer·Hearst Corporation·Jim Amann·Keila Torres Ocasio·Linda Conner Lambeck·MariAn Gail Brown·Mike Mayko·Susan Bysiewicz·Tony Spinelli
Amann’s Boomerang Factor
April 20th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Library, News and Events, State Politics
Former Speaker of the House Jim Amann says were he in Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy’s shoes–a 21-year-old son with an assortment of legal troubles–that he’d drop out of the gubernatorial race. Family comes first, politics second, the Bridgeport native (and himself a guber candidate) enlightens in the Hartford Courant. So, what Jimmy is saying is that anyone with a family [...]
Tags: Dan Malloy·Hartford Courant·Jim Amann·Susan Bysiewicz·The Gallery at Black Rock










Caruso: Anyone But Bysiewicz, Plus: MalloyMan, And Council Approves Budget With Big Hole
May 11th, 2010 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, State Politics
Afternoon update: You think the scoreboard keeper at Fenway Park is paying attention? That’s nothing compared to the scorekeepers in Connecticut politics these days. Every endorsement triggers a friend … and a memory. That no good sonuva bitch endorsed …
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Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·George Jepsen·Harding High School·Jim Amann·John Rowland·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Nancy Wyman·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz