Sounds like Mayor Bill Finch and Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa are doing and saying all the right things reaching out to guber primary winner Dan Malloy.
The mayor and Mario aren’t in any position to cut a specific deal with Malloy. They made their deal with Ned Lamont. But the more they’re on board with Malloy the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Susan Bysiewicz'
Tsunami Tuesday, Get Out And Vote!
August 10th, 2010 · 12 Comments · State Politics
Afternoon update: The primary vote hit the halfway point at 1 p.m. and the turnout is death valley in the city and around the state. Some absentee ballot shenanigans today in the Longfellow precinct, where portions of Black Rock and West End vote, but what would a Bridgeport election be without a few operatives knocking on doors and grabbing [...]
Tags: Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Jodi Rell·Linda McMahon·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz·Testo's Restaurant·Tom Foley
GOP Leader Files Ethics Complaint Against City Council
August 6th, 2010 · 59 Comments · City Council
Update: Republican Town Chair Marc Delmonico filed a formal complaint Friday with the city’s Ethics Commission charging the Bridgeport City Council with receiving improper benefits from promoters of the Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park.
The City Charter and Code of Ordinances addresses several areas the GOP leader cites in his complaint, including:
2.38.030 Standards of conduct.
B. [...]
Tags: Bob Walsh·Dick Blumenthal·Gathering of the Vibes·Hartford Courant·Ken Hays·Marc Delmonico·Seaside Park·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom McCarthy
Malloy Lawn Signs In Mario’s Kitchen
August 3rd, 2010 · 17 Comments · City Politics, State Politics
One stinking week left! The tide of Tsunami Tuesday lands in seven days.
Yes, what I’m about to share with you is inside baseball, but in tight primaries inside baseball matters. Politics high and tight. Yup, get right in the batter’s kitchen. Savoy Street is one of those classic North End arteries with well manicured yards [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Mario Testa·Nancy Wyman·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz·Testo's Restaurant
How Are Your AB Muscles? Let Us Vote Early, Plus: Should Lamont Debate Malloy?
July 21st, 2010 · 14 Comments · City Politics, Events, Political Analysis, State Politics
Say absentee ballot in Bridgeport, and it was money in the bank. (The question was whose bank account?) Say absentee ballot and you wondered just how many voted from St. Michael’s Cemetery. Hey, what’s wrong with a few dead guys voting?
Ah yes, Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz is reminding voters absentee ballots are ”available for any Connecticut voters who [...]
Tags: Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Joe Lieberman·Mario Testa·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Paul Ganim·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Foley
The Budget Toothache, Plus: Will You Make The Switch?
July 9th, 2010 · 48 Comments · City Budget, City Council, State Politics
Notice to City Council members:
There will be a meeting of the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee to be held on Monday evening, July 12, 2010 at 6:30 p.m., at City Hall, 45 Lyon Terrace, Bridgeport, Connecticut in the Wheeler Room, Side A.
By way of this notice, the Committee respectfully requests the attendance of this [...]
Tags: Anthony Musto·Bill Finch·Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Discovery Museum·Jim Himes·Linda McMahon·Nancy DiNardo·Ned Lamont·Peter Schiff·Rick Torres·Susan Bysiewicz·Tom Foley
Who’s Your Caddie? Plus: Schiff On Ballot
June 21st, 2010 · 18 Comments · City Politics, Library, Political Analysis, State Politics
An interesting configuration of local pols, sometimes friends, sometimes not, are lining up behind their respective Democratic candidates for governor.
Ned Lamont received the backing of the entire Bridgeport delegation at the state party convention last month. Some delegates went with the flow to be cooperating members of Team Lamont led by Mayor Bill Finch and Democratic Party Chair Mario Testa, even [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Andres Ayala·Auden Grogins·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Malloy·Danny Roach·Honey Parziale·John DeStefano·John Fabrizi·John Stafstrom·Mario Testa·Ned Lamont·Peter Schiff·Ralph Ford·Susan Bysiewicz