Stratford resident Dave Mullane studiously examines campaign finance reports from Connecticut’s voluntary Citizens Election Program of publicly funded races than has spent tens of millions
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Ganim Continues Reorg With New Communications Leadership
Director of communications is a key role in government that extends far beyond serving as a mayoral mouthpiece. It’s the person that helps structure a
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Lee: Splash Sunshine On City Council Stipend Expenditures
In his second installment about City Council stipends, fiscal observer John Marshall Lee recommends a public accounting posted on the legislative body’s website of how
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Gen Now Votes ‘Year Of Change’ Flops – How They Wasted $100K Of Big Daddy’s Money
The deeper the community group Bridgeport Generation Now Votes burrowed into the mayoral election to work against Mayor Joe Ganim, the better the mayor performed.
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Debating City Council Stipends And What They Mean
City Council members technically are volunteers who may access dedicated stipends of $11,000 in the course of respective duties, expenses such as travel allowances to
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Paging All Delegates: Appointments To Endorse Candidates Set For City Hall On April Fools’ Day
This is about as public as you can get. A Democratic Town Committee meeting to approve a list of delegates to endorse candidates at respective
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Phew! Ganim To Host Campaign Victory Fundraiser
The peculiar 2023 mayoral derby that bled into 2024 has reached the finish line in favor of Mayor Joe Ganim, but there’s some cleaning up
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For Newton, It’s Back To The Future And A “Grassroots” Campaign For State Senate
If you believe everything comes in threes that was certainly the case Thursday night when City Councilman Ernie Newton conducted his first fundraiser to regain
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