Charlie Tisdale is a significant figure in Bridgeport, both in and out of city politics. He was a Harding High School quarterback. As a candidate for mayor he was a one-man turnout machine who inspired voters to the polls, both for and against him. As a social service leader, he has led for decades Action […]
Entries Tagged as 'Tom Bucci'
Scholarship Tribute For Charlie Tisdale, Historic City Figure
March 18th, 2018 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Tags: Charlie Tisdale·John Mandanici·Lenny Paoletta·Tom Bucci
When Carson Clashed With Borges–Life On A Financial Review Board
January 22nd, 2018 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget
What’s government life like with a financial oversight board? Here’s a glimpse from my book Bow Tie Banker, a biography of David Carson, retired chief executive of People’s Bank. Carson had quite the exchange with then-State Treasurer Francisco Borges.
Tags: Bill O'Neill·David Carson·Francisco Borges·Jim Callahan·Tom Bucci·University of Connecticut
City Police Officer Placed On Administrative Leave After Wrong-Way Crash Causes Injuries
December 30th, 2017 · 29 Comments · Law Enforcement, News and Events
Bridgeport Police Officer John Carrano, whose wrong-way driving on Broadbridge Avenue in Stratford last Saturday morning triggered a head-on collision that led to extensive injuries to a woman, will be placed on administrative status in the records room pending an investigation by the Stratford Police Department and city’s Office of Internal Affairs, according to Police Chief […]
Tags: AJ Perez·CT Post·John Carrano·Tom Bucci
Gilberto Hernandez, Political Leader, City Councilman And Mayoral Aide
December 30th, 2017 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Whatever occurred in Democratic politics in the city the past 50 years, East Side District Leader Gilberto Hernandez was always a player at the table. We worked together as administrative aides to Mayor Tom Bucci in the mid 1980s. Alcalde is mayor in Spanish and what few know is that Gil nearly became Alcalde in […]
Tags: Gil Hernandez·Joe Ganim·John Mandanici·Nick Panuzio·Sam Tedesco·Tom Bucci
Four Seasons Staffer Canned From City Job, Bucci On The Case
September 22nd, 2017 · 40 Comments · News and Events
For several years Lisa Miro has been something of a fixture in City Hall working in both the mayoral administrations of Bill Finch and Joe Ganim, most recently an $18 per hour seasonal employee for the city’s after-school Lighthouse program. Miro worked full time but, she says, not accorded the requisite wages and benefits. Former […]
Crescent Crossings Brightens The East Side, Location Of Notorious Former Federal Housing Project
July 19th, 2017 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
City Councilwoman Mary McBride-Lee remembers when Martin Luther King Drive on the East Side was a war zone of gunfire, drug gangs, crime and grime and despair for public housing residents of the 1,000-unit Father Panik Village, the sanctuary of Waltersville School where she has taught for 35 years beckoning the children of the tenement-style projects. […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Denese Taylor-Moye·Joe Ganim·Mary McBride-Lee·Tom Bucci·Tom Gill
City Cop Charged With DUI, Assault With Vehicle In Wrong-Way Crash
March 28th, 2018 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Law Enforcement, News and Events
Bridgeport Police Officer John Carrano, whose wrong-way driving on Broadbridge Avenue in Stratford triggered a head-on collision in December that led to extensive injuries to a woman, was charged on Tuesday with driving drunk, second degree assault with a motor vehicle and driving the wrong way. Carrano, then a member of the SWAT team, had been partying […]
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Tags: AJ Perez·CT Post·John Carrano·Tom Bucci