Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez got a little cranked up when she viewed a News 12 report last week that cited the high blood alcohol level of a mother who perished along with her three children in a fire at P.T. Barnum Apartments last November.
Lopez wants to know why a portion of a state fire report was leaked to the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jim Himes'
Debicella Urges Cut In Payroll Tax Says Himes Bloats Deficit
March 10th, 2010 · 25 Comments · State Politics
Decisions, decisions coming from lots of pols.
Marilyn Moore is considering a primary against State Senator Anthony Musto who defeated her in a close Dem primary in 2008.
Former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy today will officially announce his candidacy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He’s been raising moolah as an exploratory candidate, but will now form a full-blown committee for [...]
Tags: Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Joe Lieberman·John DeStefano·Marilyn Moore·Ned Lamont·Rob Russo·Tom Herrmann
Love Is In The Air, Acclaim For Mario, Plus: Shays On Sohn Plea, And Meet David Walker
March 5th, 2010 · 39 Comments · City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education, Events, State Politics
Weekend Update: Can you believe it? Mario Testa was reelected by acclamation by the 90-member Democratic Town Committee Thursday night. No opposition. No screaming. No food fights at Mario’s restaurant. Yes, let’s all join hands and sing around the campfire. City politics has become a little too quiet. Please, someone start a good rumor. I’m getting ill. [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Shays·Dan Malloy·Honey Parziale·Housatonic Community College·Jim Himes·Mario Testa·Mike Sohn·Ned Lamont·Pat Crossin
AB Heaven, Plus: How Grand Is Your List? And Himes Donates Rangel Bucks To His Peeps
March 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, Events
Vote totals were close, but absentee ballots made a difference in the 137th Democratic Town Committee primary.
Winners: Vidal Agosto, Manny Ayala, James Brown, Brigida Diaz, Brendaliz Fontanez, Edna Garcia, Gilberto Hernandez, Lydia Martinez and Maria Rivera. City Councilwoman Lydia Martinez is the queen of absentee ballots. She received twice as many absentee ballot votes (113 total) as [...]
Cop Stuff From Finch, Delegation Dusts Bunning
February 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cops, National Politics, State Politics
News release from Mayor Finch:
Mayor Bill Finch and Assistant Chief Lynn Kerwin today announced that the City of Bridgeport has begun the recruiting process for a new Police Academy class to begin this fall. “Public safety is a top priority in my administration,” said Mayor Finch. “Crime rates are the lowest they’ve been in more [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell
