Comments on: The Power Of Residency

By: city hall smoker

city hall smoker — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:03:29 +0000

Employees complained about Ned until they got stuck with Larry O. Yeah bring Ned back but as head of Labor Relations. He will be a welcomed relief. As least he is well qualified unlike that buffoon L.O.

By: stillstanding

stillstanding — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:43:01 +0000

We would have stayed in Bridgeport, but moved out because of prohibitively high taxes.

By: town committee

town committee — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:36:30 +0000

Park City fan you hit the nail on the head. It’s the school system. If we had a good school system people would stay in town. I stayed but it took me working 2 jobs to pay for the private school tuition. Did my kids get a better education maybe but what they really got was security and safety.
Until this school system realizes that they have to change what they are doing in educating our kids it will never be inviting to send your kids there if you have an option.
The magnet programs are good but after that it sucks and thus the 68% dropout rate. The educators have to realize that not all kids are going to go to college. There have to be programs that get these kids ready for the work world. We are building schools for aquaculture and for Science but nothing for the work world. Just look at the kids that apply to Bullard Havens every year, they turn away hundreds every year because of lack of space.

By: LennieGrimaldi

LennieGrimaldi — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:36:47 +0000

Hi Mojo, sorry you missed it. Sweet turnout. Hope you can make the next one. Meanwhile, I hope you’re in good health real soon. We need to squeeze another forty or fifty years out of you!

By: Mojo

Mojo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:47:39 +0000

*** Sorry I didn’t attend the shindig last night there Lennie, I’ve been Rx. a new diabetes med. & I’ve been having a hard time tweaking it along with the food hour’s consumption. Glad to hear it was a success, also can you post some more pictures of the party guests that showed, everyone looked very cheerful indeed. In ending, the fact that so many political guests showed, as well as city employees & OIB bloggers past & present says your website forum is popular, and that’s a good thing. Besides, through your web invitations, word of mouth & the Xmas holiday celebrations spirit in general, it’s not like you can actually control who came or not! *** As for the exiting of city workers & people in general, economics plays a big part anywhere when jobs are scarce, public education is not a priority, taxes are far too high for the minimum city & state services received, as well as the rising cost of your everyday necessities in general. Unfortunately, it seems like things always have to hit rock bottom first before anything of real substance is done to work towards improvement. *** Time will tell all. ***

By: park city fan

park city fan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:57:00 +0000

Okay sports fans … What are the odds that Mr. Ned Winterbottom winds up employed by the city of Bridgeport after he is canned in Stratford? I’m hearing that it is already in the works … and the kicker is, it is rumored to be in Civil Service … could you imagine … Dunn and Winterbottom working in Civil Service? Someone please tell me that I’m getting bad information … this is too much …

By: park city fan

park city fan — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:50:24 +0000

I think it is safe to say that a good number of city employees have chosen to leave the city because of the lack of faith in the public schools. Most would wind up paying a private school tuition on top of their already high property taxes. Can’t say I blame them … they want the best for their children and Bridgeport schools are not providing that.
Perhaps by giving city employees a property tax offset of 50% it would attract more employees to stay in the city. The savings realized would help defray the cost of private school tuition. Just a thought.