This is a City Council, school board election cycle, but it’s not too soon to parse its impact on the 2023 mayoral campaign that already
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Bicentennial Interview: Harborview Rick Bleeds Bridgeport Blue, A Park City ‘Lifer’
Rick Torres is an anomaly in city politics: the last Republican elected to a city office in one’s own right–the City Council–without the benefit of
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Goodbye To FOO-HAHA 366-4242, People’s Bank’s Legendary Time And Temp Number?
The texts and emails are flooding into OIB. Has People’s United Bank, on the verge of a takeover by M&T Bank, dumped the iconic time
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Mail-In Voting Rescued Senator Moore’s 2020 Primary Campaign, Will Puritanical State Expand Ballot Access?
Forward-thinking Connecticut, for all its health care advancements, institutions of higher learning, leading the country in COVID vaccination percentage; embraces the most restrictive voting laws
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City Council Lowers Tax Rate, Nieves Castigates Disengaged Budget Loafers
The City Council, as expected Monday night, approved a $598 million budget that includes a reduction in the tax rate by 10.5 mils, money for
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Budget Committee Approves Spending Plan, Money For 60 New Cops, Mil Rate Lowered To 43.45
The Budget & Appropriations Committee on Saturday approved a spending document of approximately $598 million for the fiscal year starting July 1, shifting $2.5 million
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“Confused” Perez Flip-Flops Testimony About Assistant Police Chief Appointment
The times they are confusing for former Police Chief AJ Perez who’ll report to prison soon for rigging his own top cop test. One day
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Bloomin’ Bridgeport–Watch: Ganim Morphs Into Flower Child
Remember that Pete Seeger folk song “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” covered by hundreds of musicians? Mayor Joe Ganim says they’re all around the
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