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
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McKinney Supports Hennessy’s Bill To Bar City Employees From Serving On The City Council–Lopez: Free People From Shackles Of Conflict Of Interest
Bi-partisan support has its advantages and Democratic State Rep. Jack Hennessy received it Wednesday morning in his quest to close a state loophole that allows
Read moreGeneral Lee: Will The City Council Support A Tax Increase In An Election Year?
City financial watchdog John Marshall Lee shares his latest observations about the city budget and how the City Council addresses a potential tax increase in
Read moreShark Attack On State Municipal Support Could Bite City Taxpayers
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,
Read moreMac 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
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