City Council President Tom McCarthy has issued his first mail piece in his quest to defeat freshman State Senator Marilyn Moore in an August 9 Democratic primary, highlighting his public service and building coalitions to bring people together.
Entries Tagged as 'M. Evette Brantley'
McCarthy’s State Senate Message: Together We Can Do Better
July 21st, 2016 · 42 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Anthony Musto·Danny Roach·Joe Ganim·John Olson·Katie Bukovsky·M. Evette Brantley·Marilyn Moore·Michelle Lyons·Tom McCarthy
Fireworks At City Council Meeting, Angry Taxpayers Vent At Mayor, Council Over Hike
July 6th, 2016 · 107 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Update, includes video: More than 400 vexed taxpayers, most from the higher assessed Black Rock neighborhood, vented on Mayor Joe Ganim in a jammed City Council chambers Tuesday night about their tax bills in a revaluation year. And he let them spew in a noisy night punctuated by booing, hissing and chanting and calls for […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Bill Finch·David Walker·Denese Taylor-Moye·Enrique Torres·Joe Ganim·John Marshall Lee·Katie Bukovsky·M. Evette Brantley·Marilyn Moore·Tom McCarthy
City Council Sets Mil Rate, Ganim Signs Budget, Claims Lower Tax Burden, Walker: Disease Has Not Been Treated
May 27th, 2016 · 59 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Education, News and Events
UPDATE: Mayor Joe Ganim announced on Friday he has signed a $552 million budget approved by the City Council that sets a mil rate at 54.37 for real estate and personal property and includes a motor vehicle mil rate at 37 per a state-mandated cap. Ganim asserts, despite the rate increase from the current year […]
Tags: AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·David Walker·Joe Ganim·Katie Bukovsky·M. Evette Brantley·Michelle Lyons·Tom McCarthy
Budget Committee Cuts Chapman From Ganim Plan, Delays Police Class, Adds $1.5 Million To Education
May 9th, 2016 · 22 Comments · City Budget, City Council, Education, Law Enforcement
A weary Budget and Appropriations Committee turned a long day’s Saturday journey into an early morning Sunday vote just after midnight by cutting nearly $4 million from Mayor Joe Ganim’s $560 million spending plan, adding roughly $1.5 million to the flatfunded Board of Education, delaying a police class until the next fiscal year, cutting vacant positions […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·AJ Perez·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Av Harris·Bill Finch·Denese Taylor-Moye·Joe Ganim·Joe Gaudett·Jose Casco·M. Evette Brantley·Tom McCarthy
Ganim Putting Finishing Touches On Budget Proposal To City Council
March 28th, 2016 · 11 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Mayor Joe Ganim, according to the City Charter, is scheduled to submit the first budget of JG2 to the City Council no later than next Tuesday April 5. This is a tricky budget for Ganim and city bean counters because it will reflect the revaluation of city property that kicks in for the budget year […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Denese Taylor-Moye·Joe Ganim·Jose Casco·Ken Flatto·M. Evette Brantley·Nestor Nkwo·Tom McCarthy
Democratic Political Leadership Shows Male-Dominated Gender Gap
March 21st, 2016 · 49 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Bridgeport’s Democratic Party is looking for a few good women in district leadership positions. On March 14, Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa, backed by Mayor Joe Ganim, overwhelmingly won another two-year term as party leader. On the same night the respective members of the 10-district, 90-strong DTC also announced district leaders. All of them are […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Anderson Ayala·Angel DePara·Charlie Coviello·Charlie Stallworth·Chris Rosario·Danny Roach·Dennis Scinto·Eneida Martinez-Walker·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Ernie Newton·Gil Hernandez·Jim Holloway·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Olson·Jose Casco·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Mitch Robles·Ralph Ford·Tom McCarthy·Tom Mulligan
Finger Politics! Piranha Power Sweeps To Democratic Town Committee Victory
March 2nd, 2016 · 80 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Board of Education member Maria Pereira, Bridgeport’s self-described establishment fighting piranha of politics, reasserted her voter strength in the Upper East Side leading a slate of nine candidates to a sweep in the Democratic Town Committee primary in the 138th District, according to unofficial returns. Tuesday was a night of sweeps in two other districts as […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Anderson Ayala·Eric Stewart-Alicea·Gil Hernandez·Jessica Martinez·John Olson·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Pereira·Maria Valle·Mario Testa
Cecil Young Is Noisy, And That’s No Bull, Airs Out Lungs In Front Of FBI Office
August 23rd, 2016 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, News and Events
Community gadfly Cecil Young‘s bullhorn is much a part of the fabric of Bridgeport as the coal burning South End smokestack. They both huff and puff and spew. Cecil’s blown out the ear drums of residents at all points in the city. Several years ago his bullhorn created such a racket in front of then Mayor […]
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Tags: Angel DePara·Cecil Young·Doing It Local·M. Evette Brantley·Mario Testa·Mike Rizzitelli·Norm Pattis·Steve Krauchick·Tom McCarthy