I’m up to my eyes in squid. And you thought I didn’t have another pair of eyes to navigate the weekend? Look at all these orbs. Many blessings to my OIB friends. Thank you for your eyes and ears and readership. When I’m not juggling calamari or cracking open oysters I’ll check in to see if anything’s going on. Meanwhile, thanks for your pearls of wisdom.
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C’mon, there’s always something going on at OIB.
Here’s the latest example:
BEACON2, Hector and yahooy are well-intentioned and rightfully concerned about Bridgeport’s political future. However, if you’re serious about attracting your candidate of choice, you must find a way to properly incent him. Let me be clear: placing campaign HQ @ The Mayflower won’t cut it.
Instead, use something that’ll put a smile on your hero’s face and prompt him to accept your intentions.
Try something like this:
www .coolestdudeinbridgeport.com
and substitute Hubler’s photo from the guy on the motorcycle and watch your efforts go V-rooom!
Local, your eyes left the Bridgeport Skyline out of the picture. I am afraid putting Hubler’s (or anyone else’s) photo in the interest of political candidacy will occasion much Vrroooming!
However, if John Gomes is walking the East Side (and leaving pictures of himself) to promote voter identity, and Mary-Jane Foster and Chris Caruso are using the next couple weeks to consider and make their choices before telling the public, it’s all to the good. Posters to OIB on occasion have indicated that Finch never wanted the job he holds currently and that this is part of the reason his objectives and methods of governing seem at odds with Bridgeport’s problems and needs. If that is a fact, then no future candidate should be less than fully focused on the fact that the Mayoralty position is desired for certain reasons that can be proudly shared with the entire public. We don’t need any accidental mayors!
For Christmas Eve best wishes to all especially my friends who celebrate the flavors and scents of baccala, scungili, calamari, eel, shrimp, etc.
May each of you with family and friends enjoy a genuine time of peace and good health.
To all a very happy and safe Christmas. To those in the military or with loved ones overseas check out the attachment and Thank You.
www .youtube.com/watch?v=5MtdIO23MKM
Merry Christmas Lennie, and to yours, and to everyone at OIB.
Callahan
You are a Squid-Pro-Quo! Feliz Navidad to all and to all a good night!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!
I have good news for you Lennie. Come Christmas morning, we will all have to call you Mr. Gonadal. I’m in D.C. and I caught Santa before he headed your way. He promised me that by Christmas morning your “Hypogonadal” issue will be gone. Feliz Navidad to the entire OIB family.
Hope y’all had a Merry Christmas. Since we are going to be snowed in and staring at our computers all day I will give my unbiased opinion on the 2011 mayoral free-for-all in our city:
Only announced candidate John Gomes:
Bright but underfunded, speaks multiple languages but can he get the words out? Has been spotted walking the streets to get the word out, so he has a tireless work ethic. Darkhorse candidate who will pick up steam as the process plays out as he does have a working knowledge of how to run a city and a business and most important cares about our children as he has kids in the Bpt school system—You never know as I would not have bet Obama would be president 10 years ago.
Chris Caruso:
Still an enigma. Will he run or won’t he? He seems to enjoy the grown-up atmosphere of Hartford compared to the childlike games of Bpt politics. He ran on hate last go ’round and only lost by 270 votes. Does he have a platform? He will clean house of the hated machine but does he want to put himself through a grueling campaign again as health issues must be a concern? Does he team with Gomes to provide the best of all worlds to the voters? If he runs he would be the favorite in my opinion—that’s a big if at this juncture.
Mary-Jane Foster:
She has the money and the smarts. No name recognition outside of the money circles of Black Rock and will get battered about the Bluefish bailouts—darkest horse out of the supposed candidates. We have learned from Lamont, McMahon and Foley you can’t buy an election in this era, Ms. Foster would be doing just that in my opinion.
John Fabrizi:
A likable gentleman who loved being the mayor of Bpt—with that said his time has come and gone and he looks MUCH healthier now than when he was mayor. Enjoy your retirement with the BOE, Johnny Fabs. The budget problems and stress of the 2011 job could be bad for anyone’s health.
A Ganim, any Ganim: Heck no. enough said.
Bill Finch:
Another likable gentleman who would have to be placed as a slight underdog to Caruso. I would handicap Bill as a winner if he cleaned his own house of the machine players he now employs and does the legwork to get out a kinder and gentler message. His cronies use the Republican intimidation theories and the hatred for this administration is well known. Bill knows what needs to be done and has a bad rap as a bad person. Much like Cheney was to Bush, Finch’s cabinet is to him.
Just one person’s opinion on a snowy day, and as an avid reader of this space but a none-too-much poster, I’m sure the know-it-alls with their anger and agendas will rip me a new posterior—go for it.
Good job UNION.
Union: I think you have hit the nail on the head. Good post.