So what it’s the middle of winter? Why should that stop city pols from throwing a few primaries? OIB spies tell us a couple of district primaries for Democratic Town Committee seats could take place in March. The process to request the paperwork from the Registrar’s Office and seek petition signatures to qualify for the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mario Testa'
Fire Up The Absentee Ballots, The Passion Of District Politics
January 24th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·Americo Santiago·Bill Finch·Gil Hernandez·Leticia Colon·Lydia Martinez·Manuel Ayala·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Mitch Robles
Is Minority Party Representation On The Table For Charter Revision? Mike Garrett Says It Should Be
January 11th, 2012 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Education
Update with Mike Garrett comments: The seven-member Charter Revision Commission will look at reshaping the way school board members are chosen, among other items. The Bridgeport Board of Education is currently an elected body on hold as a result of state control of city schools that has created an appointed commission. Could a hybrid of elected [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·George Estrada·John Fabrizi·Mario Testa·Mary Moran·Mike Garrett·University of Bridgeport
There’s No Holiday Like A City Primary
December 14th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Who chimed we were done with city elections? In the state’s largest city primaries are sporting events. Too bad more voters don’t grab a ticket to join the gamesmanship. In September alone Dems had primaries for mayor, City Council, city sheriff, city clerk, town clerk and upcoming in March, perhaps, for something called the Bridgeport Democratic [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Mario Testa·Mary-Jane Foster·Mitch Robles·University of Bridgeport
Fleeta Hudson Transcends City Politics
November 20th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport, City Politics
In this week of thanks and giving if you want to discuss city pols who are decent and honorable, Fleeta Hudson’s at the top of the list. CT Post reporter Keila Torres Ocasio wrote a deserving tribute to her in the Sunday edition. Fleeta has a way of sharing her point of view without declaring [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bill O'Neill·CT Post·Fleeta Hudson·General Electric·Jasper McLevy·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Mandanici·Keila Torres Ocasio·Margaret Morton·Mario Testa·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom McCarthy
John $taf$trom’s UConn Coup
January 31st, 2012 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, State Politics
Former Democratic Town Chair John Stafstrom is a happy man today. Who could blame him? The attorney for Bridgeport-based Pullman & Comley structured the agreement that eventually led to the approval Monday by the State Bond Commission of $291 million for Maine-based Jackson Laboratory to construct a new building and create upwards of 300 bioscience jobs at the University of [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Dennis Murphy·John DeStefano·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·University of Connecticut