What’s on your list of top Bridgeport stories? In June, a tornado struck buildings on the East Side and downtown including heavy damage to the Barnum Museum. On July 24 two city firefighters perished in the line of duty. On Oct. 30, President Obama visited the Arena at Harbor Yard to campaign for Democratic candidates. Three [...]
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Tsunami Tuesday Eve, Plus: Finch Wants To Arrest Cop OT
August 11th, 2008 · 73 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Cops, Media, State Politics
Here we go, the eve of Tsunami Tuesday, and city Democrats are enduring phone calls, mailings, door knocking and last minute appeals for votes. Must make Republicans and unaffiliated voters happy. Well, wait until the general election! Meanwhile, the state’s largest city has some hot primaries on tap for Tuesday. I’ll be out in the [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bill Cummings·Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Carlos Silva·Chris Caruso·Chris Shays·CT Post·Eze Santiago·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·José "Chico" Rivera·Lee Whitnum·Lydia Martinez·Marilyn Moore·Mary Moran·Rob Russo·Sly Salcedo·Tom Bucci
Tsunami Tuesday Cometh, Plus: Cop House Remedy Order
August 7th, 2008 · 20 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Cops, State Politics
Five days until Tsunami Tuesday. In Bridgeport, politics is a sporting event. Republican operative Phil Smith said it all: “Some towns play political softball, other towns play hardball … in Bridgeport they play hand grenades.” We’ve got five Democratic General Assembly races in the big city, plus a battle for Congress (which isn’t much of [...]
Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Bryan Norwood·Carlos Silva·Chris Caruso·Chris Shays·Ed Gomes·Eze Santiago·Felipe Reinoso·Jack Hennessy·Jim Himes·José "Chico" Rivera·Lee Whitnum·Lydia Martinez·Marilyn Moore·Mario Testa·Mitch Robles·Phil Smith·Rob Russo·Sly Salcedo·Sue Katz
Politics And Media, A Fragile Existence, Plus: Program For City Students
August 6th, 2008 · 63 Comments · Education, Media
Media life is a crazy business. Here today, gone tomorrow, and once in a while back the next day. Acquisitions, cutbacks, closings, terminations, big papers and small have elevated paranoia–a bastion of media presence–to an all-time high. Newsroom life is a world of cigarettes (outside, of course) and coffee, banging phones, following leads, prodding sources [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bob Keeley·Carlos Silva·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Eze Santiago·General Electric·Harding High School·Hartford Courant·Jim Himes·John Ramos·José "Chico" Rivera·Lee Whitnum·Marilyn Moore·Sly Salcedo·WICC
Let The Games Begin, Plus: Saluting The Mayor’s Dad
July 24th, 2008 · 78 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
Okay, Rock ‘N’ Roll Hoochie Coo, with so many candidates having received official notification on Wednesday that they qualified for public financing, it’s now a fast blast of spending until Bridgeport’s Tsunami Tuesday Aug. 12. My media friends from around the state call me in amazement about the city’s plethora of primaries, but this is [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Beardsley Park·Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Carlos Silva·Chris Caruso·Chris Shays·Ed Gomes·Eze Santiago·Jodi Rell·José "Chico" Rivera·Lydia Martinez·Marilyn Moore·Rob Russo·Sly Salcedo
Tsunami Tuesday: A Night For The Blonde Banshee, Musto Holds Off Moore
August 13th, 2008 · 96 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
My oh my, State Rep. Bob Keeley, the longest serving legislator in Bridgeport’s history, has been taken out by Auden Grogins, the blonde banshee from Black Rock. Machine totals show Grogins a 655 to 576 winner. At approximately 11 p.m. Tuesday I spoke with Democratic Registrar of Voters Sandy Ayala who said Grogins also had a slight lead on absentee [...]
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Tags: Andres Ayala·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Bob Keeley·Carlos Silva·Chris Caruso·Danny Roach·Eze Santiago·Jim Himes·John Stafstrom·José "Chico" Rivera·Lee Whitnum·Lydia Martinez·Marilyn Moore·Mario Testa·Rob Russo·Sly Salcedo