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Entries Tagged as 'John McKinney'

“Government Form Of Euthanasia”–GOP State Chair Says Dems Looting Taxpayers

April 21st, 2011 · 7 Comments · City Budget, State Politics

Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy and the Democratic-controlled State Legislature have apparently come to terms on a budget to close a multi-billion dollar budget gap. A large piece to balancing the budget includes Malloy negotiating hefty union concessions. What happens in the state budget impacts Bridgeport’s budget big time. Mayor Bill Finch has submitted a budget to [...]

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Himes: Donate Rangel Money, Plus: Candidate Inventory, Are You Spinning?

February 26th, 2010 · 18 Comments · State Politics

Update: News release from Congressman Jim Himes: Himes Gives Back Rangel Campaign Contributions Washington, D.C. – Following a ruling against Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (NY-15) by the House Ethics Committee, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) announced that he will donate to charity the contributions Mr. Rangel made to his campaign.

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Himes’ First Year, And Weicker’s Big Ones

January 26th, 2010 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics

How’s Jim Himes doing? A little more than a year after gentleman Jim surfed the Obama wave into Congress, almost not a day passes that I don’t receive an ice-pick-in-the-ear news release from some Republican Party organization hammering Himes for supporting most everything Barack and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi have proposed to resurrect the economy. Every [...]

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Gomes Canned, Shays’ Former Campaign Manager Charged, Plus: Me And My Shadow, And The Candidates

December 4th, 2009 · 45 Comments · News and Events, State Politics

John Gomes, the city’s deputy chief administrative officer who was suspended without pay for an altercation with city police, has been terminated. Gomes had been in charge of the city’s highly touted government efficiency CitiStat program. Several weeks ago Gomes was involved in a beef with police that responded to a complaint at a Cape Verdean social [...]

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Who’s Your Horse? Plus: Why Council President Matters

November 10th, 2009 · 21 Comments · City Council, City Politics, State Politics

If you’re a Republican who’s your candidate for governor? Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele? State Senator John McKinney? If you’re a Democrat who’s your candidate? Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz? Outgoing Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy? Ned Lamont? And if you’re not a donkey or elephant, let us know your preference. Jodi Rell’s decision to reject another [...]

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Primary Fever, The Riccio Plan And The Rell Bell

August 13th, 2009 · 35 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, State Politics

5:30 p.m. update: Okay, here’s the City Council primary lineup for September 15. District 135: Peter Clarke and Mary McBride-Lee have qualified to challenge incumbents Warren Blunt and Richard Bonney. So has Isa Mujahid who is running solo. District 136: Mark Trojanowski, running solo, was certified to take on incumbents Angel DePara and Carlos Silva. [...]

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The Risk Of Changing Spots, Plus: Willard And Ben

August 12th, 2009 · 54 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics

Congressman Jim Himes will not be easy to knock off in 2010. The first-term Democrat will have several million to dump in his reelection effort and the support of Barack to juice an urban turnout. That’s not stopping Republicans from lining up to try to reclaim Connecticut’s Fourth Congressional District that the GOP held for nearly 30 years [...]

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