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The Finch campaign issued this news release about the governor’s fundraising visit fronting CT Post reporter Ken Dixon’s coverage: Malloy sings Finch’s praises at fund-raiser Ken Dixon, Staff Writer Published 10:55 p.m., Monday, October 24, 2011 BRIDGEPORT — Mayor Bill Finch is turning around Connecticut’s largest city and deserves a second four-year term, Gov. Dannel P. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'John Stafstrom'
Malloy Campaigns For Finch
October 25th, 2011 · 7 Comments · City Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·John Stafstrom·Ken Dixon·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Tom Foley
Show Me The Money Honey! Here Comes The Governor
October 20th, 2011 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
John Stafstrom, the city’s bound counsel, was an early supporter of Dannel Malloy for governor. He was there in 2006 and there again in 2010 and in between and after. Mayor Bill Finch’s campaign spent about $400k in its primary win over Mary-Jane Foster and now it’s time to reload for the general election (not that [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Dennis Murphy·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Nancy DiNardo·Ned Lamont·Paul Timpanelli
What Finch’s Win Means For Mario Testa, ‘Now They Have To Come To Us’
October 3rd, 2011 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa is a throwback politician, the kind who believes in respect, embraces the political action, the glory of power politics. He’s a competitor who wants to be relevant not just in city politics but throughout state Democratic circles. You do for me, I do for you is Mario’s political mantra. After all what [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster
Callahan’s Primary Post Mortem
September 28th, 2011 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Politics
Veteran political columnist Jim Callahan assisted OIB’s election coverage. Here’s his take on the primary results: Mayor Bill Finch had a nice win over challenger Mary-Jane Foster in Tuesday’s primary. A nice, solid, win. The mayor’s forces carried 20 out of 23 precincts on the voting machines. The results demonstrate no trend against the administration. [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Jim Callahan·John Gomes·John Stafstrom·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres·University of Bridgeport
Callahan: The Quest For A Revolution
September 22nd, 2011 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
OIB guest scribe Jim Callahan continues his commentary on Tuesday’s Democratic primary: The revolution starts west of Park Avenue. If Mary-Jane Foster has a shot in Tuesday’s Democratic primary against Mayor Bill Finch it begins in two districts: the 130th in Black Rock and the 132nd on the West Side. You can boil it down [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Chris Caruso·Jim Callahan·Joe Ganim·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mary-Jane Foster
Walsh Endorses Foster Care
June 20th, 2011 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Development and Zoning
City Councilman Bob “Troll” Walsh, legislative watchdog and veteran campaigner, is throwing his support to Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster.
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Ed Gomes·Joe Ganim·John Gomes·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Marilyn Moore·Mark Anastasi·Mary-Jane Foster
Governor Announces NBC–How About A Few Peacock Feathers For Bridgeport?
October 25th, 2011 · 48 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Governor Dannel Malloy was in Bridgeport Monday night at the home of city bond counsel John Stafstrom who hosted a fundraiser for Mayor Bill Finch. The mayor raised more than $100K the past week from fundraisers at Testo’s Restaurant and Stafstrom’s home. Not bad! That’s a mighty chunk to spend in the final two weeks [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·John Stafstrom·Testo's Restaurant