UPDATE, includes link to unofficial results here: Veteran slates in Black Rock, North End, West Side and East Side were victorious on Tuesday while challenge slates in three other districts picked up a number of seats for election to the 90-member Democratic Town Committee. Seven of 10 districts had primaries. Absentee ballots made the difference […]
Entries Tagged as 'Maria Pereira'
Is John Bagley A School Board Puppet For The Working Families Party?
February 12th, 2014 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Megan DeSombre, who publishes the Education Bridgeport website, shares her take and video from Tuesday night’s meeting about a much-needed new high school that the Working Families Party-controlled school board turned into a political snowball fight. Will the power-hungry WFP demagogues prevail? Last night’s Board of Education Facilities Committee Meeting was “open to the public.” […]
Tags: Carmen Lopez·General Electric·Harding High School·John Bagley·Maria Pereira·Megan DeSombre
Pereira-DeSombre Education Catfight
January 29th, 2014 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education, News and Events
Traffic to Megan DeSombre’s Education Bridgeport site has probably quadrupled the past few days as news outlets from around the state such as CT Capitol Report and Hartford Courant link stories of her continuing education editorial slash with former legislator turned blogger Jonathan Pelto. The vitriolic verbiage now has former school board member Maria Pereira in on […]
Tags: Hartford Courant·John Bagley·Jonathan Pelto·Maria Pereira·Megan DeSombre
Finally Here! Democratic Town Committee Primaries–Don’t Mess With Maria
March 4th, 2014 · 35 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Update: Bridgeport Working Families Party Chair Maria Pereira, a registered Democrat, is passionate about her political work. So passionate, she’s handing out cut cards to her voter contacts in front of Hooker School precinct crossing out the names of town committee candidates she had supported including Pat Fardy and Ann Barney in the Upper East […]
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