Janet Gomes, wife of 2011 mayoral candidate John Gomes, won the Parent Advisory Election on Wednesday. Update from CT Post reporter Linda Conner Lambeck: Janet Gomes, a Thomas Hooker parent, won a three-way race for president of the District Parent Advisory Council Wednesday in a controversial re-do election in which the votes of parents whose [...]
Entries Tagged as 'John Gomes'
Janet Gomes Wins PAC Election, Working Families Party Accuses Excel Bridgeport Of Smear Campaign
May 8th, 2013 · 22 Comments · City Politics, Education, News and Events
Tags: CT Post·Excel Bridgeport·Jessica Martinez·John Gomes·Linda Conner Lambeck·Maria Pereira
Gomes: Insulting To Ask Taxpayers To Pay More
April 8th, 2013 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council
John Gomes, a former Finch administration official and 2011 mayoral candidate, writes that city taxpayers cannot afford another tax increase as the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee prepares for a public hearing (tonight 6 p.m. City Hall) on the spending proposal for the budget year that starts July 1. Gomes commentary: The taxpayers of [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·John Gomes
Neighbors Unite To Support Hennessy’s Reform Bill In Face Of Strong Opposition
February 22nd, 2013 · 28 Comments · City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Hennessy UPDATE: Community activists from throughout the city have come together in support of State Rep. Jack Hennessy’s bill to bar city employees from serving on the City Council, something prohibited in the City Charter, but allowed through a loophole in state law. Harborview Market in Black Rock, owned by two-time Republican mayoral candidate Rick [...]
Tags: Andre Baker·Auden Grogins·David Walker·Don Clemons·Jack Hennessy·John Gomes·John Marshall Lee·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres·Tom McCarthy
Vallas At Budget Hearing Urges $7 Million More For Schools–Others Demand Cuts
April 27th, 2012 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Education
Facing a relatively tame audience of education advocates seeking more school aid and taxpayers exhorting budget cuts, the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee Thursday night heard from about one dozen speakers addressing Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed spending plan that calls for a 2.7 mil increase to finance $7 million more in additional school spending and [...]
Tags: Andy Fardy·Bill Finch·Jacqueline Kelleher·John Gomes·John Marshall Lee·Leticia Colon·Lydia Martinez·Mark Trojanowski·Michelle Lyons·Pat Fardy·Paul Vallas·Sacred Heart University·Tom Sherwood
Ouch! Mayor Proposes Huge Tax Hit–Education And Pension Contributions Lead The Way–Gomes: It’s Insane
April 3rd, 2012 · 33 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education, News and Events
UPDATE: Includes mayor’s proposed budget What a difference a year makes. Mayor Bill Finch Monday night proposed a city budget that calls for a 2.7 mil increase representing a budget hike of $24 million including $7 million more for city schools after flatlining school spending the prior three years. The mayor announced, under his proposal, the average [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·John Gomes·Paul Vallas
Commission Members Weigh Charter Proposals
February 1st, 2012 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Not exactly an overflowing crowd at the public hearing Tuesday night hosted by the new Charter Revision Commission. But those who did speak including former City Councilman Bob “Troll” Walsh, 2011 mayoral candidate John Gomes, financial watchdog John Marshall Lee and Maria Pereira, an elected member of the Board of Education until her education peers [...]
Tags: Bob "Troll" Walsh·CT Post·John Gomes·John Marshall Lee·Maria Pereira·Tim Loh
Paging Zombie Land–Can Mojica Drum Up The Mojo For A City Council Challenge? Election Year For The Council
April 30th, 2013 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Former City Councilman Ralph Mojica has filed paperwork to try to reclaim his former seat on the city’s legislative body challenging incumbents Denese Taylor-Moye and Jack Banta in the 131st District that covers the South End, Downtown and the West End. Big Mojo served on the council for several years. He supported Chris Caruso for [...]
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