Entries Tagged as 'Mark Anastasi'
Following numerous letters and phone calls from constituents, State Senator Anthony Musto has finally come out of hiding, taking a public position against the government reform bill proposed by State House members Jack Hennessy and Auden Grogins that would bar city employees from serving on the City Council, prohibited by the City Charter but allowed [...]
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Tags: Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·David Walker·Jack Hennessy·Mark Anastasi·Tom McCarthy
State Rep. Charlie Stallworth has confirmed with OIB he now supports State Rep. Jack Hennessy’s state legislative bill that bars city employees from serving on the City Council amended to grandfather in municipal workers currently serving on the city’s legislative body. The City Charter prohibits city employees from sitting on the council, but a loophole [...]
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Tags: Charlie Stallworth·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·David Walker·Jack Hennessy·Mark Anastasi·Mary-Jane Foster
Last week the Bridgeport Board of Education conducted its first meeting as an elected body since July of 2011 when a majority vote dissolved the elected school district in support of state control of schools that was eventually overturned by the Connecticut Supreme Court. A coalition of four school board members argued based on the [...]
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Tags: Bob "Troll" Walsh·Carmen Lopez·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Mark Anastasi
From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: Leticia Colon’s right to return to the city school board–despite spending months on the City Council while a state-appointed board was in charge of the school district–won’t be decided by the judge who set the ground rules for Sept. 4′s special election, according to the attorney who has asked [...]
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Tags: CT Post·John Bohannon·Leticia Colon·Linda Conner Lambeck·Mark Anastasi·Max Medina·Sauda Baraka·Tom Mulligan
Sacred Heart University professor Jacqueline Kelleher was elected president of the Board of Education Monday night at an organizational meeting of the newly elected school board in which the opposition bloc didn’t waste any time continuing the controversy that marred the school board prior to state control of city schools that was overturned by the Connecticut Supreme [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Bobby Simmons·Carmen Lopez·Ernie Newton·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Mark Anastasi·Paul Vallas·Sacred Heart University·Sauda Baraka
UPDATE, includes BOE agenda: The Board of Education with four newly elected members is scheduled to conduct an organizational meeting Monday 6:30 p.m. at the Aquaculture School with Mayor Bill Finch chairing the meeting to select officers. Will Leticia Colon be there? Yes. Colon announced Friday afternoon she has resigned from her City Council seat [...]
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Tags: Alma Maya·Bill Finch·Bobby Simmons·Denese Taylor-Moye·Fleeta Hudson·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Mark Anastasi·Mitch Robles·Paul Vallas·Sauda Baraka·Tom McCarthy·Tom Mulligan
From the City Charter: No person while holding office as a member of the city council shall be a member of any of the boards of the city … Let’s reminisce about the future. The two candidates running on the Working Families Party line in Tuesday’s special election for Board of Education, John Bagley and [...]
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Tags: Barbara Pouchet·Bill Finch·Bobby Simmons·Carmen Lopez·Evelyn Hayes·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·Joe Borges·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Mark Anastasi·Sauda Baraka·Tom Mulligan·Wayne Hayes
No Gusto For Musto–Opposes Government Reform Bill, Defies City Charter–Walker: Musto Fails
May 21st, 2013 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Following numerous letters and phone calls from constituents, State Senator Anthony Musto has finally come out of hiding, taking a public position against the government reform bill proposed by State House members Jack Hennessy and Auden Grogins that would bar city employees from serving on the City Council, prohibited by the City Charter but allowed [...]
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Tags: Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·David Walker·Jack Hennessy·Mark Anastasi·Tom McCarthy