As governor, Lowell Weicker rescued Bridgeport from financial ruin, now he’s hoping his endorsement of Mary-Jane Foster adds credibility and financial resources to her mayoral campaign.
Entries Tagged as 'Tom Dudchik'
Weicker: Foster A Trusted Leader
October 2nd, 2015 · 55 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Housatonic Community College·Joe Ganim·Joe Lieberman·Lowell Weicker·Mary-Jane Foster·Tom Dudchik
How Lowell Weicker’s Windfall For Bridgeport Rescued The City
February 2nd, 2015 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics
We generally pay tribute to people when they die. How about doing it while they are still among the living? If Bridgeport had a Monument Park for politicians, former Governor Lowell Weicker, now 83 years old, deserves one measuring his full 6’6″ stature. He was the closest thing the city’s ever experienced to a benevolent […]
Tags: Beardsley Park·Dick Blumenthal·Housatonic Community College·Joe Ganim·Lowell Weicker·Mary Moran·Tom Dudchik
OIB Cracks One Million Views In 2014
December 29th, 2014 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport
Okay, you gotta give me a little latitude to toot my testosterone. We’ve been populating this site for seven years and in 2014 OIB hit the one million view mark for the first time, according to statistics compiled by WordPress and Google Analytics that keep track of this sort of thing. Every year OIB traffic […]
Barf Bag! What’s The Deal With Hearst Newspapers Shameless Backpatting?
February 26th, 2013 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Journalists deserve praise for breaking stories, but it’s vomit time when it becomes an institutionalized jerk off. Lately Hearst Newspapers, owner of the Connecticut Post, Greenwich Time, Stamford Advocate and Danbury News-Times, has hauled out the arousal gel time and again.
Tags: Bobby Valentine·CT Post·Hearst Corporation·Sacred Heart University·Tom Dudchik
Paging Governor Malloy! How About Commissioner Meetings In Bridgeport?
December 4th, 2012 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment
Some of them weren’t crazy about driving down to the state’s largest city, but when Lowell Weicker was governor he ordered his commissioners to conduct meetings at the governor’s Bridgeport office on Middle Street. Some commissioners were actually required to conduct working days touring the city. A Bridgeport office was among a number of Weicker initiatives […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Housatonic Community College·John Marshall Lee·Lowell Weicker·Tom Dudchik
The Power Of OIB Voters–Pols Use Advertising To Target Voter Groups
July 17th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Media, News and Events, State Politics
OIB readers matter in more ways than one. OIB is featured in this report from Greg Hladky www.ct.com Linda McMahon is promoting her U.S. Senate candidacy on the “personalized” radio website Pandora–possibly targeting Connecticut listeners who are both likely Republican primary voters and enjoy wrestling theme songs. Over on Capitol Report (www.ctcapitolreport.com), a hot spot […]
Tags: Chris Healy·Chris Murphy·Dan Malloy·Greg Hladky·Linda McMahon·Mitt Romney·Tom Dudchik
Big Guy Endorses Foster
September 9th, 2011 · 71 Comments · City Politics, News and Events
Lowell Weicker, the greatest Connecticut governor for Bridgeport, has endorsed Mary-Jane Foster for mayor. There should be a life-sized statue of this man in Bridgeport. From Foster:
Tags: Housatonic Community College·Lowell Weicker·Mary-Jane Foster·Tom Dudchik
Who Is Joe Ganim? The Early Years
November 8th, 2015 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics
Joe Ganim’s political resurrection has generated local, state and even national interest. Who is he? Where does he come from? What were his early years in office like? What follows is the first of two installments about young Joe Ganim, his growth as a politician and the initial years of his first mayoralty based largely […]
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Tags: Beardsley Park·Bridgeport Hospital·Charlie Tisdale·Dennis Murphy·Housatonic Community College·Jim Callahan·Joe Ganim·Lee Samowitz·Lowell Weicker·Mary Moran·Sue Katz·Tom Bucci·Tom Dudchik·University of Bridgeport·University of Connecticut