Dan Shamas, who served as chief of staff for Joe Ganim from 1997-2000, will return to his former position for JG2. Ganim made this announcement Friday afternoon. Shamas will be paid $129,778.
Entries Tagged as 'University of Bridgeport'
Shamas Returns As Ganim’s Chief Of Staff
February 24th, 2017 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Shamas·Danny Roach·Joe Ganim·University of Bridgeport
The Dollars And Cents Of Taxpayer Investments
February 14th, 2017 · 4 Comments · City Budget
Fiscal bloodhound John Marshall Lee spends days and nights examining financial reports to raise questions about spending justification. Does a purchase jibe with what’s good for city taxpayers? He addresses a number of issues in this commentary including his take on City Hall’s consideration to relocate the statue of electrical pioneer Lewis Latimer. From Lee:
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·John Marshall Lee·University of Bridgeport
Foster To Lead Domestic Violence Organization
December 19th, 2016 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Two-time mayoral candidate and co-founder of the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball team Mary-Jane Foster has been named new president and CEO of the Hartford-based Interval House, the largest domestic violence agency in Connecticut. Foster most recently served as vice president of University Relations at the University of Bridgeport. Foster has a long history helping victims of […]
Tags: Bridgeport Bluefish·Mary-Jane Foster·University of Bridgeport·Webster Bank Arena
UB Student Brainpower Connects A Bridge To Opportunity
December 8th, 2016 · 11 Comments · Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
When college student creativity is available, you embrace it. Mayor Joe Ganim, unlike his predecessor Bill Finch, is leveraging the minds of University of Bridgeport students in the cause of marketing the city. Professor Susan Katz, who designed the OIB website, challenged her students in the Publicity Methods class to create a video, brochure and marketing […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Joe Ganim·Neil Salonen·Quinnipiac University·Sue Katz·Tom Gill·University of Bridgeport
Credit Agency Affirms Bridgeport Bonds, Outlook ‘Stable’
November 15th, 2016 · 10 Comments · City Budget, Development and Zoning, News and Events
The credit rating agency Fitch on Tuesday affirmed an ‘A’ rating on a variety of municipal bonds with an outlook revised to stable from negative.
Tags: Av Harris·Joe Ganim·Steelpointe Harbor·University of Bridgeport
Kohut’s Plan For Bridgeport Rising, Giving Wings To The Phoenix
September 19th, 2016 · 27 Comments · Development and Zoning
OIB asked one of the city’s preeminent policy wonks Jeff Kohut for his take on what he would do were he city development chief. Grab a cup of joe and check it out. Bridgeport has been in governmental/administrative and socioeconomic decline for the better part of six decades. There are many reasons for Bridgeport’s decline, […]
Tags: Jeff Kohut·Quinnipiac University·Sacred Heart University·University of Bridgeport·University of Connecticut
A ‘Horatio Alger’ Career–Business Titan Ernie Trefz
February 26th, 2017 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Ernie Trefz, a Bridgeport business community titan for decades whose Downtown-based Trefz Corporation owned dozens of McDonalds franchises, commercial real estate and apartment buildings, passed away Saturday morning. He was a major benefactor of the University of Bridgeport including a business school named for him. He was 84.
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Tags: Bill Finch·David Carson·Ernest Trefz·Mary-Jane Foster·Nancy Wyman·Neil Salonen·Seaside Park·Tom McCarthy·University of Bridgeport