Mike Marella made his return to the City Council Monday night replacing long-time councilman Bob Curwen who resigned from the city’s legislative body several weeks ago citing family health issues. Marella was a key figure on the council in the 1990s during the Joe Ganim mayoral years. He was a council spearhead for the establishment [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mary-Jane Foster'
Marella Returns To City Council, Residents Protest Mayor’s Budget, Finch Cites Progress In Response
April 16th, 2013 · 43 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Andre Baker·Bill Finch·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Bluefish·David Walker·Elaine Ficarra·Joe Ganim·John Slater·Mary-Jane Foster·Mike Marella·Rick Torres·Tom McCarthy
Fabs Presses Nose Against The Window Of Budget Hearing
April 11th, 2013 · 32 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education
Where did 10 years go? The first week of April 2003, John Fabrizi started his first full week as mayor of the state’s largest city replacing Joe Ganim who had been convicted on federal corruption charges March 19, St. Joseph’s Day, and submitted his official resignation two weeks later. Fabs, the City Council president, per [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Dan Tepfer·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Mary-Jane Foster
Black Rockers Protest Budget Proposal
April 9th, 2013 · 42 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee Monday night conducted a public hearing on Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed $520 million spending plan for the budget year starting July 1, with a majority in attendance from Black Rock, the waterfront hamlet whose residents pay a whole lot in taxes (is there a pulse in the rest [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·David Walker·Keila Torres Ocasio·Mary-Jane Foster
Foster: Finch’s Budget April Fool’s Day Prank
April 2nd, 2013 · 4 Comments · City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Mary-Jane Foster, 2011 mayoral candidate, calls Mayor Bill Finch’s budget proposal a cruel prank. See her commentary below that also appears in the Connecticut Post. Mayor Finch has taken April Fool’s Day pranks to a new and most unwelcome level. First is the lack of respect and courtesy he showed in deciding not to discuss [...]
Will Citizens Working For A Better Bridgeport Have Staying Power?
March 13th, 2013 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Library, News and Events, State Politics
Early 2013 looks like it’s shaping up as a long strange trip for the state’s largest city. A screwy budget cycle, a Democratic governor acting like he’s received a blood transfusion from a Republican–cut this, slash that, whack the cities–is causing much trepidation among city bean counters. To some degree Governor Dan Malloy’s austerity program [...]
Tags: Angel Reyes·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·Dan Malloy·David Walker·Jack Hennessy·Marilyn Moore·Mary-Jane Foster·Rick Torres·Tom White
Spineless Pols Take Note! New Citizen Action Group Organzing Public Forum In Support of Hennessy Government Reform Bill
March 8th, 2013 · 44 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Library, News and Events, State Politics
What pol will grow a spine? What political chickens will run for the hen house? The newly formed neighborhood action group Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport will host a public forum March 16, 2 p.m. at the Bridgeport Public Library on the long-shot legislative bill advanced by State Rep. Jack Hennessy that proposes to [...]
Tags: Andres Ayala·Angel Reyes·Anthony Musto·Auden Grogins·Charlie Stallworth·Christina Ayala·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·David Walker·Don Clemons·Eze Santiago·Jack Hennessy·Marilyn Moore·Mary-Jane Foster·Max Medina·Tom White
If Hennessy’s Reform Bill Fails Will A Legal Challenge Follow?
May 16th, 2013 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics
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