CT Mirror reporter Keith Phaneuf is the John Marshall Lee of Connecticut scribes. He relentlessly pursues, reviews, analyzes and asks questions about state budget items while Lee,
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Mac The Knife! City Council’s White Out Leads To Federal Lawsuit
Last May, the city’s legislative services director Tom White took issue with OIB’s assertion that he wanted to “reform the way” the City Council conducts
Read moreBridgeport 2012: Lost And Found
Fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee makes it his business to serve as the x-ray vision into city government. He reads, he reviews, he pokes, prods
Read moreWhat’s Your Story Of The Year? The Education Ballot Question Broke Spending Records
Sandy Hook in Newtown. It’s the horrific story of the year–nationally, locally and everything in between. The bloodiest gun massacre of school children in American
Read moreHa, Ha, Ha; It’s Time For Santa Claws
Who needs peace, love, goodwill, prosperity and diplomacy when we have good old Santa Claws to scratch out goodies? Yes indeed, it’s time for OIB’s
Read moreBudget Committee No Shows–General Lee: Amateur Night At City Hall
City budget watchdogs John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy were preparing to attend the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. Alas, the meeting was
Read moreAre You Smarter Than A City Bean Counter? Ghostly Budget Details
Community budget hounds John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy, founders of Budget Oversight Bridgeport in pursuit of taxpayer financial truths, are contrasts in doggedness. Lee is professorial,
Read moreMoney, Money, Money–Fiscal Accountability Nationally And Locally
Fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee, a relentless pursuer of how the public’s money is spent, raises a question: why do city financial reports lag? See
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