Excerpt of letter to City Council President Tom McCarthy from peers Bob Walsh and Andre Baker: At a time when the City of Bridgeport is
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Remington Site Campaign Spin, And The Making Of Mark Anastasi, A Followup To Maley Money
Remington Demolition from DoingItLocal.com on Vimeo. Take a look at this video. If I’m Mayor Bill Finch, I’d run an ad financed by his reelection campaign
Read moreYou Want One Of These? Me Too!–Dick Still Leads Linda–Freaking Lawyers–Dining Alla Kantrowitz
Can we dream a little? Who says there’s no super wealth in Bridgeport? Get a load of this, the 281-foot, 3000-ton Cakewalk that according to
Read moreLayoff Notices
UPDATE: Layoff notices were issued Friday to about a dozen NAGE-affiliated city employees, it appears mostly to lower-paid clerical positions. I don’t expect the city to provide
Read moreBijou For You, Plus: Late Night With Mayor And Chief, And Hill Climbs All Over Linda And Dick
I visited Phil Kuchma, developer of Bijou Square, Thursday afternoon. If you’ve not seen what he’s done on Fairfield Avenue, check it out. He’s cleaned up
Read moreJodi, Please Be Lowell Weicker For One Day! Clean Remington Site
The former Remington site is a mess both politically and governmentally, and Finch administration officials appear to be paying a lot of attention to it
Read moreIs The Mayor Giving Up Enough To Sway Unions?–Another Shooting–Give Us Some Good News
Now three months into the budget year that began July 1, Mayor Bill Finch is trying to close an $8 million budget hole. He’s asking
Read moreDick And Linda In Pasties, Plus: Jimmy’s Tax Jam, BOE Building, And Malloy-Foley Debate Debates
A lot of fighting going on. The Board of Education, arguing over where to consolidate offices, authorized Superintendent of Schools John Ramos to negotiate a deal to house all administration/maintenance
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