Two weeks from the September 10th primaries the wheels are turning … hopefully, not in mud. Four years ago incumbent Mayor Bill Finch, facing a
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Flexing ABs–Watch: Barr Confronts Pereira On Campaign Trail
City politics is a combative sport. Democratic Town Committee member Tony Barr, a passionate supporter of State Senator Marilyn Moore for mayor, is a candidate
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Charlie Tisdale, A Giant In City Politics, Dies At 86, Services Announced
Update: A viewing will take place at The Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Avenue in Bridgeport, on Wednesday Aug. 28, from 4 to 8 p.m. A
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Moore: ‘I Know We’re Gonna Take Them Out In September, I Know It, I Know It’
About two weeks from the September 10th Democratic primary against incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim, State Senator Marilyn Moore on Saturday touched on populist themes at
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Channeling Pereira–The Machinations Of Mayoral Primary
The political plot thickens. Bridgeport features 22 precincts for primary day September 10th. The campaign strategy to yank a vote in Black Rock plays different
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A Plea To Stay Free–For Newton, It’s Finally Over–No Prison In State Campaign Finance Case
It took about seven years, a trial, a conviction, then reversal by the Connecticut Supreme Court but in the end City Councilman Ernie Newton is
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Cruz Control–Jorge Unplugged After Mayoral Forum
You want plain talk? Engage a conversation with Democratic Town Committee member Jorge Cruz, a candidate for City Council in the 131st district covering the
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Watch: Ho-Hum Mayoral Forum
Given the nature of the format, five candidates with no rebuttal time, Wednesday night’s mayoral forum–featuring Democrats Joe Ganim and Marilyn Moore and Republicans John
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