The City Council Monday night approved a $517 million budget referred by the council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee, a spending plan $3 million less in total from the budget recommended by Mayor Bill Finch, with a series of revisions made to revenues and expenditures. All those approved changes can be viewed in the final council [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Tom McCarthy'
City Council Approves Budget To Lessen Tax Hit, Finch Praises Council
May 14th, 2013 · 30 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Tags: Andre Baker·Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Michelle Lyons·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy
Council Committee Reduces Mayor’s Proposed Tax Increase, McCarthy Praises Work Of Members
May 12th, 2013 · 59 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee Saturday morning voted unanimously to reduce Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed tax increase from 2.5 mils to less than one mil. Finch’s budget proposal called for a $400 tax increase on the average homeowner. The council committee heard vociferous complaints from taxpayers urging tax relief at public hearings this budget [...]
Tom White: City Government Is A Morally Compromised Institution
May 9th, 2013 · 12 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, News and Events
Former City Councilman Tom White has an interesting perspective on how the city’s legislative body works. White, the council’s legislative liaison for several years, was whited out of the budget last year for trying to reform the way it conducts business, according to a federal lawsuit he brought against the city several months ago represented [...]
Tags: Brian Lockhart·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·CT Post·Tom Bucci·Tom McCarthy·Tom White
Budget Battle–Is There An Appetite To Cut? If So, What?
May 9th, 2013 · 15 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, Cops, Education
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee is examining each department budget for potential cuts as the days wind down to vote on Mayor Bill Finch’s $520 million spending plan that calls for a $400 tax increase for the average homeowner. Wednesday night council members debated a haircut for the mayor’s budget but moved on at [...]
Big Mac’s Having A Ball
May 5th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, News and Events
Paging Zombie Land–Can Mojica Drum Up The Mojo For A City Council Challenge? Election Year For The Council
April 30th, 2013 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
Former City Councilman Ralph Mojica has filed paperwork to try to reclaim his former seat on the city’s legislative body challenging incumbents Denese Taylor-Moye and Jack Banta in the 131st District that covers the South End, Downtown and the West End. Big Mojo served on the council for several years. He supported Chris Caruso for [...]
Tags: Alberto "Tito" Ayala·AmyMarie Vizzo-Paniccia·Andre Baker·Andres Ayala·Angel DePara·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Bluefish·Carlos Silva·Chris Caruso·Christina Ayala·Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport·Denese Taylor-Moye·Dottie Guman·Ed Gomes·Howard Austin·Jack Banta·Jim Holloway·John Fabrizi·John Gomes·John Olson·Lydia Martinez·M. Evette Brantley·Manuel Ayala·Maria Valle·Marty McCarthy·Michelle Lyons·Mike Marella·Ralph Mojica·Rich Paoletto·Sacred Heart University·Steven Stafstrom·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy·Warren Blunt
Big Mac’s Salary In Line With Others In His Government Field
May 15th, 2013 · 27 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Budget, City Council, City Politics, News and Events
OIB readers have speculated the last few days about the Labor Relations salary of City Council President Tom McCarthy who’s become something of a whipping boy for fiscal watchdogs unhappy with the pace of government salaries as the city faces a tax increase come July 1. So we spent the day doing some checking to [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·John Fabrizi·Tom McCarthy