From Q Poll: In the wake of another massacre, American voters today support 95 – 4 percent, including 94 – 5 percent among voters in households where there is a gun, universal background checks for gun purchases, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.
Entries Tagged as 'Quinnipiac University'
Q Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Background Checks For Gun Purchases, Oppose GOP Tax Plan, Back Special Counsel
November 15th, 2017 · 6 Comments · National Politics, News and Events
UB Student Brainpower Connects A Bridge To Opportunity
December 8th, 2016 · 11 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
When college student creativity is available, you embrace it. Mayor Joe Ganim, unlike his predecessor Bill Finch, is leveraging the minds of University of Bridgeport students in the cause of marketing the city. Professor Susan Katz, who designed the OIB website, challenged her students in the Publicity Methods class to create a video, brochure and marketing […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·Neil Salonen·Quinnipiac University·Sue Katz·Tom Gill·University of Bridgeport
Kohut’s Plan For Bridgeport Rising, Giving Wings To The Phoenix
September 19th, 2016 · 27 Comments · Development and Zoning
OIB asked one of the city’s preeminent policy wonks Jeff Kohut for his take on what he would do were he city development chief. Grab a cup of joe and check it out. Bridgeport has been in governmental/administrative and socioeconomic decline for the better part of six decades. There are many reasons for Bridgeport’s decline, […]
Tags: Jeff Kohut·Quinnipiac University·Sacred Heart University·University of Bridgeport·University of Connecticut
Himes To Host Forum On Race Relations
July 22nd, 2016 · 13 Comments · News and Events
Congressman Jim Himes on Monday will host a forum to discuss current race relations in America, 6:30 p.m. at the Darien Public Library, 1441 Post Road, Darien. Doors open at 6 p.m.
A Pearl, A Pol And A University Partnership
April 20th, 2016 · 8 Comments · City Budget, Development and Zoning, News and Events
Update, Video: The ninth floor of the University of Bridgeport’s duPont Tower Room greets visitors with an exquisite expanse of Long Island Sound, a visual gem in Connecticut’s most populous city, what university president Neil Salonen describes “the pearl of the Connecticut coastline” and the “safest college campus in the state.” Tuesday night Mayor Joe Ganim […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·Neil Salonen·Quinnipiac University·Seaside Park·Sue Katz·University of Bridgeport
‘Ugly! Fat! Stupid!’ Fifty Percent Of Americans Embarrassed With Trump As President
December 22nd, 2015 · 1 Comment · National Politics, News and Events
Would you be embarrassed with Donald Trump as president? Half the country would. From the Q Poll:
Stallworth, Maya And Salonen To Lead Ganim’s Transition Team
November 16th, 2015 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Library, News and Events
State Rep. Charlie Stallworth, outgoing Town Clerk Alma Maya and University of Bridgeport President Neil Salonen will serve as tri-chairs of Mayor-elect Joe Ganim’s transition team scheduled to be announced Monday afternoon (today) at a news conference at the Bridgeport Public Library Downtown.
Tags: Alma Maya·Av Harris·Bill Finch·Charlie Stallworth·Don Clemons·Joe Ganim·Klein Memorial Auditorium·Mary-Jane Foster·Neil Salonen·Quinnipiac University·Seaside Park·University of Bridgeport
Jesus, Mary And Joseph! Litchfield County Pols Taste Ganim’s Chutzpah–Crashes Dem Event
October 9th, 2017 · 68 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Ah, the cashews on this guy! That’s what some pols say on both sides of the aisle. Mayor Joe Ganim knows a good party, even when he’s not invited. As CT Post reporter Neil Vigdor reports, “Joe Ganim didn’t resurrect his political career by waiting around for invitations.” The mayor’s been moving around the state […]
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Tags: CT Post·Joe Ganim·Quinnipiac University