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8:30 a.m. update: So, the other night I was subjected to sharing the stage with the irrepressible City Councilman Bob Troll Walsh on Rob Foley’s Bridgeport Now cable access program. For the uninitiated, Rob’s show is sorta like answering questions inside a clothes dryer. You tumble here, tumble there against the entertaining host’s rapid-fire questions. It’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'John McKinney'
Finch’s Political Prunes, Plus: Port Authority Twist
July 21st, 2009 · 45 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Noon update: Mayor Bill Finch doesn’t know this yet but a political time bomb is ticking in his mayoralty. It’s not necessarily an explosion that will happen overnight. Tick. Tick. Tick. But it will happen. Tick. Tick. Tick. Unless hizzoner hears the alarm fairly soon. Tick. Tick. Tick. Because the political bomb in Finch’s mayoralty. [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Andy Nunn·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish·Bridgeport Port Authority·Carmen Lopez·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Don Clemons·Don Eversley·Dottie Guman·Ed Gomes·Jack Hennessy·Jack McGregor·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·John Guman·John McKinney·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Michael Fedele·Nancy Hadley·Tyrone McClain·University of Bridgeport
The Budget Cramps, Plus: Fireworks!
June 27th, 2009 · 17 Comments · State Politics
Doesn’t look like we’ll have a state budget ratified by July 1, the day the new fiscal year begins for cities and towns across Connecticut. When the state doesn’t have a budget, bean counters on the local level get the cramps. Local budgets are based in part on state revenues and just how much communities will [...]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Beardsley Zoo·Bob Keeley·Chris Dodd·Dan Malloy·Discovery Museum·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·John McKinney·Merrick Alpert·Rob Russo·Rob Simmons·Sam Caligiuri·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Foley·Tom Kelly
Local Pols Say Sam’s The Man
March 27th, 2009 · 64 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
Let’s look into the OIB crystal ball. The potential lineup of top-tier candidates leading the gubernatorial line for the 2010 election has some intriguing possibilities, and Bridgeport pols will have a say in how the lines are shaped. The potential Dem line: Susan Bysiewicz, Dan Malloy or Jim Amann for governor, Chris Dodd U.S. Senate, Jim Himes U.S. Representative. [...]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Chris Dodd·Chris Shays·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Ella Grasso·Jim Amann·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·John DeStefano·John McKinney·John Rowland·Lowell Weicker·Rob Russo·Rob Simmons·Sam Caligiuri·Susan Bysiewicz
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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