The full City Council will vote on Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed budget Monday May 7, according to an email circulated by City Council President Tom
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Kohut Screams For Tax Strike
Jeff Kohut, 2011 independent mayoral candidate, is calling on fellow taxpayers to join him in a tax strike as the City Council prepares to vote
Read moreWalker: Unfunded Obligations Could Bankrupt City
Opposing a property tax increase, Black Rock resident David Walker, the former U.S. Comptroller General, writes in a letter to City Council President Tom McCarthy,
Read moreCity Fiscal Watchdog Claims Large Deficit
The city’s preeminent fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee made his case to the Bridgeport City Council Monday night two weeks before Mayor Bill Finch submits
Read moreMoney For A Good Cause–How About A City Council Caucus Under Water?
What would we be if we couldn’t make fun of our favorite local legislative body? Only In Bridgeport do they promise truth-telling on a street
Read moreCity Council Scales Back Pay Increase Ordinance
The City Council Tuesday night approved a controversial pay scale for about 80 non-classified city employees, but with an amendment eliminating language in the ordinance that authorized
Read morePublic Hearing Tonight–Big Mac’s Red Meat Gauge
8:45 p.m. update: A testy crowd of more than 100 showed up at City Council Chambers for the public hearing conducted by the Ordinance Committee
Read moreDennis Wants To Menace Pay Raises
Madeline Dennis, host of www.bridgeportintheknow.com, has launched a Facebook page urging attendance at Tuesday night’s public hearing at City Hall to address a proposed ordinance that would
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