The next mayoral election is 2015, but if you want to build coalitions, speak out on issues and poise yourself as mayoral timber, it’s not too soon to commence groundwork. That, at least, is the thinking of a number of political operatives and neighborhood leaders prevailing upon Anthony Bennett, pastor of Mount Aery Baptist Church [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Lenny Paoletta'
The Power Of The Pulpit–Is Pastor Bennett Considering A Mayoral Run?
December 12th, 2012 · 49 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education
Tags: Anthony Bennett·Bill Finch·Charlie Tisdale·Ernie Newton·Excel Bridgeport·John Ramos·Lenny Paoletta·Residents for a Better Bridgeport
Ralph Cennamo, A Maverick In City Politics–Fabs: A Passion For The City
June 10th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Ralph Cennamo, multiple mayoral candidate, was one of a kind in city politics. Maverick, opinionated, independent, his span in city politics went back to the era of Socialist Mayor Jasper McLevy who served from 1933 to 1957 right up to the current era. And even in 2008 he was a potential factor holding a spot for [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Hospital·Charlie Tisdale·Chris Caruso·Harding High School·Jasper McLevy·John Fabrizi·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Ralph Cennamo·Sacred Heart University·Tom Bucci
Bob Halstead, Ex Finch Roomie, No Longer Tending Community Gardens–Claims Retribution
May 18th, 2012 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning
Bob Halstead has been part of the city’s neighborhood fabric for decades. As founder of the city’s community garden program he was instrumental in transforming vacant eyesores into community pride points. He no longer serves in that capacity, a victim, he claims, of retribution for supporting Mayor Bill Finch’s mayoral opponents. Halstead shares this commentary [...]
Tags: Andy Nunn·Bill Finch·Charlie Carroll·Chris Caruso·John Fabrizi·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Mary-Jane Foster·Michael Feeney·Pleasure Beach
Time To Razz Our Favorite Political Snakes
March 15th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
It took an Italian-American Mayor Lenny Paoletta to float the city’s first St. Patrick’s Day Parade, but 30 years later the parade has taken on a celebration far beyond Lenny’s vision. You gotta love Lenny, now in his late 70s. He’s the only mayor I know who could Irish jig while sipping Sambuca. The parade [...]
Alvin Penn’s Legacy, ‘The Penn Act’ Against Police Profiling
January 26th, 2012 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Not later than January 1, 2000, each municipal police department and the Department of Public Safety shall adopt a written policy that prohibits the stopping, detention or search of any person when such action is solely motivated by considerations of race, color, ethnicity, age, gender or sexual orientation, and the action would constitute a violation [...]
Tags: Alvin Penn·Charlie Tisdale·Lenny Paoletta·Margaret Morton·Sal DePiano·Tom Bucci·Webster Bank Arena
The Top 100 Wage Earners, A Political And Journalistic Legacy
March 22nd, 2013 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment
OIB correspondent John Gilmore, who served as political reporter for the Bridgeport Post, predecessor of the Connecticut Post, shares this insight about the genesis of publishing a list of the city’s top wage earners. Oh yes, the annual Top Wage Earner story! It’s one of the best-read stories in the newspaper. Just from a historical [...]
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Tags: CT Post·John Gilmore·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Michael Daly