Now that Mary-Jane Foster is exploring a mayoral run, what’s the over/under for the next time Mayor Bill Finch spews a meltdown about the University of Bridgeport? I say before May, but if not May he’ll more than make up for it this summer if MJ, a UB executive, becomes a candidate. Why? Finch cannot help himself. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Sue Katz'
Place Your Bets: Finch’s UB Freakout Meter
January 23rd, 2011 · 23 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Mary-Jane Foster·Sue Katz·University of Bridgeport
Mayor, Can UB A Good Boy? And Himes On Health
March 19th, 2010 · 100 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Library, News and Events
I didn’t see it with my own eyes, but OIB friends who were there report that Mayor Bill Finch clapped from his seat at the reviewing stand when an acknowledgment was offered for the University of Bridgeport float that participated in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. What’s the big deal? That’s a big leap for hizzoner [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Harding High School·Jim Himes·John DeStefano·Mary-Jane Foster·Quinnipiac University·Sue Katz·University of Bridgeport
UB Good Now, You Hear
April 28th, 2009 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education
The hiring of Mary-Jane Foster as vice president for university relations at the University of Bridgeport places an emphasis on relations, one in particular, that could favorably reconnect UB with the mayor’s office. UB has made a dramatic comeback from 1992 when it was broke, in need of financial assistance and on the verge of closing, [...]
Tags: Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Bluefish·George Estrada·Gregg Dancho·Jack McGregor·Jim Himes·Joe Ganim·Mary-Jane Foster·Quinnipiac University·Sue Katz·University of Bridgeport
Blackmail At Matty’s
March 14th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops, News and Events
I’ll tell ya how old I’m getting; I was a scribe covering the remedy order that U.S. District Court Judge T.F. Gilroy Daly issued in 1983 to resolve racial discrimination in the Bridgeport Police Department. Daly assigned a special master to oversee his order that created balance in assignments, promotions, dispute resolution, etc. Critics of [...]
Tags: Bob "Troll" Walsh·Ed Gomes·Jack McGregor·Joel Gonzalez·Keith Rodgerson·Marilyn Middlemass·Mary-Jane Foster·Matty's Corner·Pat Crossin·Ralph Mojica·Sly Salcedo·Sue Katz·The Gallery at Black Rock·Val Sorrentino·William "Ron" Bailey
Turkey Of The Year Nominations
November 18th, 2011 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment
Rockin’ time Thursday night at the Downtown Cabaret for the Rolling Stones tribute show. Nice to see a bunch of OIB friends including big Mojo Ralph Mojica, U.S. Senate candidate Sly Salcedo, OIB web designer Sue Katz and Anna looking out of control gyrating to Satisfaction. (Where’s yahooy when you need him?) Before the show [...]
[Read more →]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Downtown Cabaret Theatre·Jeff Kohut·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Lydia Martinez·Mary-Jane Foster·Ralph Mojica·Rick Torres·Sly Salcedo·Sue Katz