UPDATE: Complete unofficial Tuesday results here. Tuesday was an old-fashioned political ass kicking. It proved several things including the notion Democratic Town Committee endorsed candidates cannot be defeated is a fallacy. It’s also a fallacy they cannot be defeated in a low turnout. So, was Tuesday’s blowout of endorsed candidates really about the schools? Or […]
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The Democratic Primary Results
September 11th, 2013 · 2 Comments · City Council, Education, News and Events
The Registrar of Voters’ unofficial results for Tuesday’s Democratic primary, according to the CT Post.
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Andre Baker·Angel DePara·Bob Halstead·Brandon Clark·Carlos Silva·CT Post·David Hennessey·Howard Gardner·John Olson·Katie Bukovsky·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Valle·Milta Feliciano·Simon Castillo·Trish Swain·Warren Blunt
Final Push For Votes, Stakes High In Control Of School Board
September 10th, 2013 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Education, News and Events
The door knocking, phone calls, mail pieces, lit drops are coming to an end. One last final push is on for control of the Board of Education. On the top line for Tuesday’s (today) Democratic primary endorsed candidates–Kathryn Bukovsky, Simon Castillo and Brandon Clark–backed largely by the Democratic political establishment, Mayor Bill Finch and education […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Andre Baker·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Halstead·Brandon Clark·Carlos Silva·David Hennessey·Howard Gardner·John Olson·Katie Bukovsky·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Valle·Milta Feliciano·Paul Vallas·Simon Castillo·Trish Swain·Warren Blunt
Will Absentee Ballots Decide School Board Primary?
September 6th, 2013 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Education
More than 700 absentee ballots have been returned to the Town Clerk’s Office for Tuesday’s Democratic primary involving citywide school board seats and four City Council districts. It’s likely more than 10 percent of the overall vote will come via absentee ballot. The size of the absentee ballot spread could determine what school board candidates […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Andre Baker·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob Halstead·Brandon Clark·Carlos Silva·David Hennessey·Howard Gardner·John Olson·Katie Bukovsky·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Valle·Milta Feliciano·Simon Castillo·Trish Swain·Warren Blunt
The West Side City Council Primary, The Battle For Brooklawn And Bassick
September 5th, 2013 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics
On Tuesday, in addition to a citywide primary for Board of Education, Democratic primaries for City Council are on tap in four districts including the West Side where incumbents Evette Brantley and John Olson are opposed by Bob Halstead and Trish Swain. Bridgeport’s 132nd District runs west of Park Avenue to Brooklawn Avenue that meets […]
Tags: Beardsley Park·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Halstead·Chris Dodd·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·John Olson·John Ricci·John Stafstrom·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·M. Evette Brantley·Manny Moutinho·Seaside Park·Trish Swain·University of Connecticut
Lame Duck Brantley’s Incredible Final Junket At Taxpayer Expense, What’s The Benefit (Other Than For Herself)?
November 21st, 2013 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
How about an ordinance prohibiting junkets for lame duck City Council members? From Keila Torres Ocasio, CT Post: A City Council member who lost her re-election bid in September’s primary took one last taxpayer-funded trip recently–just two weeks before the end of her term.
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Tags: CT Post·Keila Torres Ocasio·M. Evette Brantley