One month away from Mayor Bill Finch submitting his budget proposal to the City Council, city financial guardian John Marshall Lee implored the city’s budget authority to focus on the financials. His Monday address to the council: Council President McCarthy, Council persons, interested member of the Bridgeport community. For the past two Council sessions I […]
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General Lee Urges Watchdogs To View Financial Lens
March 6th, 2014 · 11 Comments · City Budget, City Council
General Lee Urges Council To Ask More Questions
February 19th, 2014 · 4 Comments · City Budget, City Council
City fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee addressed the City Council Tuesday night, encouraging the city’s legislative and fiscal body to be more assertive in the city’s budgetary process. His commentary follows:
General Lee Navigates City Finance Forest
February 5th, 2014 · 5 Comments · City Budget, City Council
Fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee addressed the Bridgeport City Council Monday night questioning city auditing procedures. His comments follow: First I wish to note a very special document. It is a monthly financial report for the month of June 2013. It is marked final. That means that it is issued based on audited records. This […]
Driveway To Manny’s Mansion Tops Among Stories For May/June 2013
December 30th, 2013 · 2 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Cops, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
We learned in June in a story published by the Connecticut Post, the city paid controversial developer Manny Moutinho $400,000 to improve his own Stratford waterfront property as part of an airport safety project. There’s still gravel to unravel in this story. Other headliners from May and June:
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Swipe! Questioning The Use Of City Council Stipend Cards
December 19th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council
City budget hawk John Marshall Lee Monday night questioned the use of City Council stipends in his address to the legislative body. What’s appropriate use? Should stipend funds designed to reimburse councilors for expenses incurred in performance of duties be allowed for charitable giving? And how about loading stipend info for public review on the […]
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Barking At Financial Reports
December 13th, 2013 · 3 Comments · City Budget, City Council
Budget scrutineer John Marshall Lee is scheduled to address the City Council Monday night on the topic of “budgets and oversight.” Full council agenda here. In his latest commentary Lee wonders where’s the financial accountability? I am writing to my friends in Bridgeport about public money. You already know that our taxes are high. I […]
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The Uncertainty Of Property Assessments For Taxpayers
January 5th, 2014 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Development and Zoning
City budget makers will factor in the pending results of state-mandated revaluation of taxable property for the spending plan that will be submitted to the City Council in April. The city got a late start in the reval process after state legislative leaders in Hartford rejected the city’s request to delay it last year. Reval can […]
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