Weekend Update: Ticking, ticking, ticking. The clock is ticking. Since we’re time sensitive at OIB we’ve decided to show a time clock–Bill’s Deadline for Jodi’s
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How Does Bridgeport Fit In? Where To Place The Jail?
I’m dizzy. I’ve lost track of the various candidates and potential state ticket configurations in the 24 hours since Chris Dodd’s sayonara announcement and Dick Blumenthal’s entry
Read moreWalsh Supporters Step Up; How Would You Handle This? Plus: McMahon Poll
Evening Update: The usual suspects that are the first to cry bigotry in the city have not been heard from in the Evette Brantley versus Bob
Read moreBidening Time As Knives Sharpen, Plus: New Dodd Poll
The state’s largest city will have a mighty say in the next governor, the next (or current) U.S. senator and a bunch of other offices in
Read moreGomes Canned, Shays’ Former Campaign Manager Charged, Plus: Me And My Shadow, And The Candidates
John Gomes, the city’s deputy chief administrative officer who was suspended without pay for an altercation with city police, has been terminated. Gomes had been
Read moreItch And Switch, Plus: Visit Tonight, And Tell Us Another One
Afternoon update: I’m thinking we may see some switchers in this gubernatorial cycle. Yeah, sometimes in politics it’s better to switch than fight. The wide
Read moreTransparency … What Transparency? Plus: The GOP Versus Dodd
Okay, now we’re talking. Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez is taking an interest in the case of the Bridgeport Civil Service Commission canning of
Read moreRamos On The Run, School Attendance, Jodi’s Port Plan, Another GOP Candidate, And Mary Travers
Stubbornness can be a tricky thing for a person in a powerful position. Depends if you’re on the side of the angels. Superintendent of Schools
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