Entries Tagged as 'Jim Amann'
So are you grooving on the latest chatter about potential expanded gaming in the state’s most populous city? Or do you think that ship has sailed? With Connecticut’s two tribal nation casinos being squeezed by competition from border states, does it make sense to open up a Fairfield County market? State Senator Andres Ayala argues […]
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Tags: Andres Ayala·Bill Finch·CT Post·Jim Amann
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 […]
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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
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
Update, SuBy announces AG run: I’m starting to wonder if the Egyptian mummy from the Barnum Museum that director Kathy Maher is shipping to Quinnipiac for age testing is actually Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa eavesdropping on Q Poll callers. Mario, that you? What a kooky week. Buried some pols, resurrected others. Does that mummy know poll […]
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Tags: Barnum Museum·Chris Caruso·Chris Dodd·Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·George Jepsen·Jim Amann·Jim Himes·Joe Lieberman·Kathy Maher·Mario Testa·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Quinnipiac University·Rob Russo·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Foley·Webster Bank Arena
The city’s Master Plan of development has been a master migraine in recent weeks from issues involving public hearings to an enterprising community group (Committee to Ungag the People) making lots of noise through silent protests. Nancy Hadley, the city’s former director of economic development, has sent a letter to City Council members in the […]
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Tags: Fitch Ratings·Jim Amann·Jodi Rell·Joel Gonzalez·Michael Feeney·Michael Voytek·Nancy Hadley·Pat Fardy·Rob Russo·Sauda Baraka·Steelpointe Harbor·Steve Krauchick
1:30 p.m. update: Are you getting excited about the gubernatorial campaign? Yawner, you say? We are just about a year away from a potential 2010 summer Democratic primary featuring Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz and Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy. Both have raised more than $two hundred thousand on their way to qualifying for public financing that […]
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Tags: Auden Grogins·Barack Obama·Bob Keeley·Carlos Silva·Chris Caruso·Chris Dodd·Dan Malloy·Jim Amann·Jodi Rell·Merrick Alpert·Paul Ganim·Susan Bysiewicz·Taco Loco·The Gallery at Black Rock
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 […]
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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
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