Veteran political reporter Jim Callahan files his perspective on Republican candidate for mayor Rick Torres’ chances in November. BY JIM CALLAHAN A Bridgeport Republican mayoral candidate these days has got to be claustrophobic and lonely. So many Democrats. So few Republicans.
Entries Tagged as 'Nick Panuzio'
Callahan To Torres: Healthy Doses Of Passion And Humor
October 5th, 2011 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·George Bush·Jim Callahan·Lenny Paoletta·Mary Moran·Mary-Jane Foster·Mike Bloomberg·Nick Panuzio·Rick Torres
The City’s Changing Political Landscape–Hey, There’s Still A General Election!
September 29th, 2011 · 61 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
In Bridgeport, Democrats outnumber Republicans 10 to 1. How the city has changed the past 20 years, even the past 10 years. In the old days if an incumbent Democratic mayor emerged from a hard-fought primary the Republican candidate for mayor was there to pounce. The registration numbers and mood of the city allowed it.
Tags: Alma Maya·Bill Finch·Cesar Batalla·CT Post·Jeff Kohut·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Lenny Paoletta·Margaret Morton·Mario Testa·Mary Moran·Mary-Jane Foster·Nick Panuzio·Rick Torres·Sal DePiano
Len Mainiero Brought Banking Close To Home
July 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · News and Events
Leonard Mainiero wasn’t a banker from Bridgeport. He was a Bridgeport banker. He spent a professional lifetime bringing banking closer to home, visiting city neighborhoods to encourage banking opportunities for African Americans and Latinos. It was good for business. It was good for the community. Mainiero passed away a few days ago. He was 82. [...]
Tags: Harding High School·Jasper McLevy·Lenny Paoletta·Nick Panuzio·Sam Hawley·Sam Tedesco·University of Connecticut
A Couple Of Mayors At R&R
March 4th, 2011 · 29 Comments · Development and Zoning, News and Events
I was thinking (yes, that can be dangerous) about writing a column for weekend bantering–development, downtown stuff, city restaurants–when I came upon Michael Daly’s Sunday column advanced on the Connecticut Post web site. Michael is the editor of the Post editorial page. I always like to be around conversations between former mayors. Nick Panuzio, a Republican [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish·CT Post·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·John Rowland·Michael Daly·Nick Panuzio·Steelpointe Harbor·Webster Bank Arena
Election Panel Reveals Report
March 2nd, 2011 · 3 Comments · News and Events
Four months after a ballot shortage placed Bridgeport in the national news, an informal committee appointed by Mayor Bill Finch shared its report. From the mayor: Bipartisan election review panel releases final report The five-member bipartisan panel tasked with reviewing Election Day procedures in Bridgeport made its final recommendations to the Mayor and Secretary of [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Hospital·Denise Merrill·Nick Panuzio·Robert Trefry
It’s Almost 2011 And They’re Still Counting Ballots–Finch: State Should Use Touch Screen
December 6th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Bridgeport’s Socialist Mayor Jasper McLevy was cheap, so cheap in fact his Public Works Director Peter Brewster embraced a strange way to clear the streets of snow. Let the Guy who put it there take it away! Well, God would eventually get around to it, if one of Brewster’s trucks would not. But could Jasper [...]
Tags: CT Post·Jasper McLevy·Nick Panuzio
No Longer City Lobbyist, Is Former Mayor Nick Panuzio Squeezing Sour Grapes Or Sense?
March 26th, 2012 · 30 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
In a commentary published in the Connecticut Post, former Mayor Nick Panuzio is weighing in against a mayoral-appointed Board of Education. A former administrator at the University of Bridgeport (and currently a member of the Board of Trustees), Nick served as Bridgeport’s Republican mayor from November 1971 to September of 1975 when he resigned from [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Ella Grasso·Nick Panuzio·University of Bridgeport