More than 70 layoff slips for city teachers are poised and ready to go. Sucks to lose your job. But when you’re a BOE official stuck with a flatline budget there’s not much choice if the teachers’ union isn’t willing to negotiate concessions.
Entries Tagged as 'Mark Lauretti'
A Game Of Chicken? Plus, Guber Money Matters, But It’s Not The Only Thing, And Fedele’s Boughton Fountain
May 17th, 2010 · 19 Comments · City Budget, Education, Political Analysis, State Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish·Chris Shays·Dan Malloy·Ed Gomes·Mark Lauretti·Mary-Jane Foster·Michael Fedele·Milton Johnson·Ned Lamont·Tom Foley·University of Bridgeport
SuBy’s Mario Schmooze, Dem Storm Clouds, And Lots Of Park City Stuff
May 7th, 2010 · 51 Comments · City Politics, Events, State Politics
Say what you want about Susan Bysiewicz, she’s relentless. The day before a state judge cleared the way for Secretary of the State Bysiewicz to run for state attorney general she visited Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa in his Madison Avenue restaurant to schmooze support.
Tags: Barack Obama·Barnum Museum·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Café Roma·Chris Dodd·Dan Malloy·Discovery Museum·Downtown Cabaret Theatre·Épernay Bistro·George Bush·George Jepsen·Hartford Courant·Jodi Rell·Joe Lieberman·Joseph's Steakhouse·Klein Memorial Auditorium·Mario Testa·Mark Lauretti·Ned Lamont·Playhouse on the Green·Ralph 'n' Rich's·Susan Bysiewicz·Testo's Restaurant·Two Boots·University of Bridgeport
The Ringmaster’s Rabbit, Bird Is The Word
April 2nd, 2010 · 5 Comments · City Budget, Political Analysis, State Politics
In this weekend of resurrection, Mark Lauretti is feeling pretty good.
He has endured story after story about the federal government accusing him of a bribery conspiracy with developer James Botti except the government hasn’t charged the Shelton mayor. Why? Because prosecutors don’t think the evidence is strong enough for a conviction against a public official. [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Mark Lauretti
Judge Declares Mistrial On Lauretti-Related Botti Charges, Plus: Lowell Weicker’s Stones, Creative Coin And Pavia’s I-95
April 1st, 2010 · 33 Comments · State Politics, Uncategorized
Afternoon Update: A federal jury in New Haven has convicted Shelton developer James Botti on one count of mail fraud but was deadlocked regarding the conspiracy and bribery charges relating to Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti who has not been charged in the case. The judge has declared a mistrial related to the Lauretti counts.
The mail fraud [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·John DeStefano·John Marsilio·John Rowland·Lowell Weicker·Mark Lauretti·Ray Baldwin·Tim Herbst
The Jail Bail, Plus: Botti’s Fat Mouth
March 9th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Development, Education, Events
Who gets the credit for vanquishing Jodi’s Jail? State Rep. Chris Caruso who led the initial opposition? Mayor Bill Finch who joined in when the neighborhood chorus against became ear-splitting, and put city lawyers on alert for a lawsuit? Jodi Rell herself for realizing that the state’s largest city has enough prisons?
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Chris Caruso·Don Clemons·Ed Gomes·Harding High School·Jodi Rell·Mark Lauretti·Rich Paoletto
Dodd Done, Blumenthal In, Plus: Jodi’s 30-day Reprieve, And Lauretti’s Guber Mark
January 6th, 2010 · 36 Comments · Development, State Politics
Afternoon Update: See ya Chris Dodd. Hello Bloomer.
Connecticut’s senior senator, poll numbers sagging and Dem operatives suggesting quietly to step aside, has decided to do just that. This changes the whole political landscape. Attorney General Dick Blumenthal will run. And GOP sentries are pulling out the razor blades. With Dodd in they probably had it, with [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Chris Dodd·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·George Jepsen·Jodi Rell·Linda McMahon·Mark Lauretti·Merrick Alpert·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz
Political Sinners And Saints, Plus: Bring Home The Beacon
November 6th, 2009 · 79 Comments · City Politics, Education, Library, Political Analysis, State Politics
Weekend Update: What say you about winners and losers this week?
Library supporters big winners. I’m just wondering about the small print they’ll encounter when it comes to funding the 1 mil for library services. What can the city take away from the library that was a previous cost?
Losers? City polls that had pledged to work against [...]
Tags: Chris Caruso·Chris Shays·Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Joe Lieberman·John DeStefano·Marc Delmonico·Maria Pereira·Mark Lauretti·Nancy DiNardo·Nancy Pelosi·Ned Lamont·Ray Baldwin·Rob Russo·Sauda Baraka·Susan Bysiewicz·Tim Herbst