Mary-Jane Foster, an exploratory candidate for mayor, wants to know how much taxpayer dough has been spent on outside legal fees since Bill Finch has been mayor. It’s a lot. But it’s not something hizzoner shares on his daily Twitter feeds. Wouldn’t that be nice? My guess is millions. Who’s being paid? How much? Any of these lawyers [...]
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Foster Issues FOI Request–Who’s Getting Paid?
March 3rd, 2011 · 70 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Tags: Andy Abate·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·Joe Riccio·Mark Anastasi·Mary-Jane Foster·Ralph Jacobs·William Beccaro
Do Results Match Finch’s Rhetoric
August 23rd, 2010 · 36 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Politics, Civil Service, Development and Zoning, Library
“Together we are making Bridgeport the cleanest, greenest, safest most affordable city, with schools and neighborhoods that improve each year” … Mayor Bill Finch Like it or not everything Mayor Bill Finch does within the next year will be measured against the declaration above that he includes on just about every news release, statement, correspondence, [...]
Will Moore Be More? Plus: Stipend Relief, And Malloy Spanks Ned On Sick Leave
February 8th, 2010 · 18 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, State Politics
Update: Marilyn Moore is a pistol. A pol with passion. And I say pol in the best sense of the word (some pols don’t like being called pols), a bright feisty force you want on your side in a fight.
Tags: Andy Abate·Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·CT Post·Dan Malloy·John Fabrizi·Keila Torres Ocasio·Marian Evans·Marilyn Moore·Ned Lamont·Ralph Jacobs·Tom Bucci
Jacobs’ Financial Ladder
February 1st, 2010 · 36 Comments · City Council, City Politics, Civil Service, State Politics
Sweet! New month, a short month, time to think pitchers and catchers, spring arrives next month. Will Phil see his shadow on Tuesday? And will Ralph see the money? And exactly how much loot? Ralph being Ralph Jacobs, canned by the Civil Service Commission last year as personnel director for something called “breach of city [...]
Tags: Andy Abate·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·David Dunn·DebraLee Hovey·Jasper McLevy·Jim Himes·Joe Riccio·Ralph Jacobs·Rob Russo·Rudy Marconi·Tim Herbst
Whoa! Finch Lawyers Rolling In Loot–Foster Claims “Pay To Play Back In Business”
May 27th, 2011 · 62 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Politics, Civil Service, Development and Zoning, Education
A freedom of information request to the city by Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster reveals a bunch of lawyers financing Mayor Bill Finch’s reelection making small fortunes since the mayor assumed office including Bill Beccaro who controls a political action committee aligned with the mayor. Beccaro has made more than $250K from city taxpayers since the mayor assumed office [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bridgeport Port Authority·CT Post·John Stafstrom·Mark Anastasi·Mary-Jane Foster·Ralph Jacobs·Rob Russo·Tim Herbst·William Beccaro