The political action group Citizens Working For A Better Bridgeport on Thursday issued endorsements for five citywide school board seats and selected City Council districts. The group endorsed for Board of Education Democrats Andre Baker, Howard Gardner and Dave Hennessey and Republicans Joe Larcheveque and Steve Best. Baker’s name will also appear on the Connecticut […]
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Political Action Group Announces General Election Endorsements
October 3rd, 2013 · 94 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Education, News and Events
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Andre Baker·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·David Hennessey·David Walker·Gabrielle Parisi·Howard Gardner·Joe Larcheveque·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Michelle Lyons·Milta Feliciano·Phil Blagys·Ralph Mojica·Rick Torres·Steve Best
You Can’t Be Serious! No Abracadabra For General Election
October 2nd, 2013 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Stop the presses. Workers in the Town Clerk’s Office who processed roughly 1000 absentee ballots for the September 10 tsunami Tuesday Democratic primary that wiped out all endorsed candidates are in shock. As of Wednesday morning a grand total (drum roll please) of six absentee ballot applications had arrived so far for the November 5th […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Andre Baker·David Hennessey·Howard Gardner·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Milta Feliciano
Lydia Wins One! Complaint Alleging Absentee Ballot Abuse Dismissed
September 19th, 2013 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
While a local political action committee has asked the state to investigate a high volume of absentee ballot voting in last week’s Democratic City Council primary on the East Side, the Connecticut Elections Enforcement Commission recently dismissed a complaint against City Councilwoman Lydia Martinez that accused her of taking unauthorized possession of absentee ballots at an apartment building at […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Andres Ayala·Ed Gomes·Ernie Newton·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Milta Feliciano·Ralph Ford
PAC Urges AB Audit
September 17th, 2013 · 29 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
Update includes letter to State Elections Enforcement Commission: News release from Citizens Working For A Better Bridgeport: On September 16, 2013 Political Action Committee Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport (CW4BB) made the following announcement regarding the Bridgeport City Council Primary results in the 137th District. The Primary Election was held on September 10, 2013.
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·David Walker·Gabrielle Parisi·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Milta Feliciano·Santa Ayala
Lydia Loses Machine Count, Pulled In By Absentee Ballots, Feliciano Sings Feliz Navidad
September 14th, 2013 · 57 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
UPDATE: Milta Feliciano, director of the city’s Veteran’s Affairs office, wins recount by one vote picked up at Barnum School. Recount took place on Friday. Feliciano was supported by Mayor Bill Finch. City Councilwoman Lydia Martinez isn’t the city’s queen of absentee ballots for nothing. Tuesday night, once again, absentee ballots saved the day for […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Bill Finch·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Milta Feliciano
No ABracadabra For General Election, Queen Lydia’s Dubious Operation
October 29th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
As far as absentee ballot action goes, what a difference an election cycle makes. As of Monday just 346 absentee ballots citywide had been returned to the Town Clerk’s Office for next Tuesday’s general election, about half of what had been received one week prior to the September 10th Democratic primary for school board and […]
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Tags: Aidee Nieves·Lydia Martinez·Maria Valle·Milta Feliciano