Entries Tagged as 'John Bohannon'
Will third time be the charm? The Connecticut Supreme Court Friday morning upheld Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis’ decision to order a third Democratic primary in the City Council’s 133rd District based on what she ruled absentee ballot fraud. That means the parties will get together for a status conference to schedule a new primary between […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·John Bohannon·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo·Pete Finch
Peppered by a number of questions, lawyers appeared before the Connecticut Supreme Court Thursday morning to argue the pros and cons of Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis’ order for a third Democratic primary in the City Council’s 133rd District citing absentee ballot irregularities. The state’s highest court is hearing the case on an expedited basis […]
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Tags: Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·CT Post·Dan Tepfer·James Healy·Jeanette Herron·John Bohannon·Michael DeFilippo·Pete Finch
UPDATE: with full legal briefs. Thursday morning lawyers for plaintiffs and defendants will appear before the Connecticut Supreme Court to address Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis’ order for a third Democratic primary in the City Council’s 133rd District based on what she termed absentee ballot abuses. The complaint was brought by former State Rep. Bob Keeley running with […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Don Clemons·Jeanette Herron·John Bohannon·Mario Testa·Max Medina·Michael DeFilippo·Pete Finch·Santa Ayala
City political observer John Marshall Lee compares city politics with the American pastime. It’s all in a game, right? From Lee: In winter with below freezing temperatures and snow blanketing the ground young and old Americans all over the land begin to yearn for news of “the boys of summer,” the return of star veterans, […]
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Tags: Don Clemons·John Bohannon·John Marshall Lee·Max Medina·Testo's Restaurant·Tom McCarthy
This could take months or longer, depending if the Connecticut Supreme Court takes the city’s appeal on an expedited basis after Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis ordered another Democratic primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District. Deputy City Attorney John Bohannon is heading the appeal process for the city.
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Tags: Barbara Bellis·CT Post·Dan Tepfer·John Bohannon
The process to fill two City Council seats in the North End 133rd District will take several months and possibly longer, depending on the Connecticut Supreme Court’s willingness to accept the case on an expedited basis, according to lawyers of the various parties. Meanwhile, Jeanette Herron, whose seat is entangled in this legal case, and […]
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Tags: Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·John Bohannon·Michael DeFilippo·Tom McCarthy
What started September 12 will continue into 2018. Citing absentee ballot abuse, Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis on Thursday ordered yet another Democratic primary in the City Council 133rd District. The new primary for the North End district is scheduled for Feb. 6. The city is appealing to the state’s highest court declaring Bellis wrong […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·CT Post·Dan Tepfer·Jeanette Herron·John Bohannon·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: City Democratic Party Chairman Mario Testa and his bartender and hand-picked candidate for city council are refusing to testify at a court hearing Friday on allegations of mishandling of absentee ballots during the recent special primary election without first consulting with their own lawyers.
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Tags: Bob Keeley·CT Post·Dan Tepfer·John Bohannon·Mario Testa
