UPDATE: Keeley bails. Former State Rep. Bob Keeley may have thrown his so-called running partner under the bus by “mailing my candidacy in” but Anne Pappas Phillips says she’s not quitting on Tuesday’s primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District. Talk about cutting and running. Keeley left a voice message for his […]
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Keeley Bails On Running Partner, But Phillips Not Quitting
April 9th, 2018 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Anne Pappas Phillips·Auden Grogins·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo
A Martyr? Keeley: I’m Mailing In Candidacy To Expose Corruption
April 5th, 2018 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Days prior to a third Democratic primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District, that mischievous former State Rep. Bob Keeley says he’s using his run as a platform and not necessarily to win. As he puts it “I have been mailing my candidacy in” for the greater cause of stopping “corruption.” Is […]
Tags: Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Michael DeFilippo
On Tuesday Another City Council Primary–Is The End In Sight?
April 5th, 2018 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Less than a week from a third Democratic primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District, about 100 voters have requested absentee ballots, according to the Town Clerk’s office. Of those about 50 so far have been returned so a good majority of the absentee requests will be counted Tuesday night in a race […]
Tags: AJ Perez·Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo·Tom McCarthy
Supremes: Don’t Mess With Absentee Ballots
March 27th, 2018 · 22 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
Stop … in the name of absentee ballots, especially if you’re a third party in the collection of ballots. That’s one of the messages from the Connecticut Supreme Court in its written ruling, issued on Monday, upholding Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis’s order for another Democratic primary in the City Council’s 133rd District. For background […]
Tags: AJ Perez·Barbara Bellis·Jeanette Herron·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo
April 10, Next Step In Wild City Council Primary–Keeley Calls Top State Attorney “Chicken”
March 27th, 2018 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Will April showers deliver primary flowers? The 133rd City Council district is a campaign for all seasons … literally. What started last summer has segued through fall, winter and now spring. Is there any end in sight? Former State Rep. Bob Keeley and zoning commissioner Anne Pappas Phillips are engaged in a tug of war, […]
Tags: AJ Perez·Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Mario Testa·Michael DeFilippo
Great Scott! A Switch For Mitch In The 131st District–Party Officer Selection Thursday
March 13th, 2018 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
On Thursday, 5:30 p.m. the 90-member Democratic Town Committee will select party officers at the Madison Avenue restaurant of Mario Testa who will seek another two-year term as party leader. On Monday recounts took place in three districts following last week’s primaries. A change occurred in the 131st District where a slate led by former […]
Tags: Aidee Nieves·Anderson Ayala·Angel DePara·Anthony Paoletto·Charlie Coviello·Denese Taylor-Moye·Dennis Scinto·Donna Curran·Elaine Pivirotto·Eneida Martinez·Ernie Newton·Hernan Illingworth·Jack Banta·Jeanette Herron·Jessica Martinez·John Olson·Kevin Monks·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Maria Valle·Martha Santiago·Michael DeFilippo·Mitch Robles·Nessah Smith·Rafael Fonseca·Ralph Ford·Scott Burns·Scott Hughes·Tom McCarthy·Tom Mulligan·Tony Barr·Tyreke Bird
Big Night For Testa And Ganim–Pereira’s Insurgent Slate Loses, Black Rock Challengers Fall
March 7th, 2018 · 66 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Insurgents came up well short Tuesday trying to take out seasoned campaigners in Democratic Town Committee primaries. A slate led by 138th District Leader Maria Pereira has lost all nine seats to a coalition aligned with Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa in the Upper East Side, according to unofficial returns. Testa spent most of his day in the […]
Tags: Anne Pappas Phillips·Anthony Paoletto·Bob Halstead·Bob Keeley·Charlie Stallworth·Danny Roach·Denese Taylor-Moye·Donna Curran·Elaine Pivirotto·Helen Losak·Hernan Illingworth·Jack Banta·Jeanette Herron·JoAnn Kennedy·Joe Ganim·John Olson·Kevin Monks·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·M. Evette Brantley·Marcus Brown·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Martha Santiago·Mary McBride-Lee·Michael DeFilippo·Mike Freddino·Mitch Robles·Nessah Smith·Rafael Fonseca·Samia Suliman·Scott Burns·Scott Hughes·Tom McCarthy·Tom Mulligan·Tony Barr·Tyreke Bird
A Long, Strange Trip For City Council
April 10th, 2018 · 27 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Voting is underway at Blackham and Madison schools for the Democratic primary for City Council in the North End 133rd District between party endorsed Michael DeFilippo and Jeanette Herron challenged by former State Rep. Bob Keeley and zoning commissioner Anne Pappas Phillips. What a long, strange trip this has been since last September with campaigning […]
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Tags: Anne Pappas Phillips·Barbara Bellis·Bob Keeley·Jeanette Herron·Michael DeFilippo