“Bridgeport’s democracy must be fixed, and it’s our job to fix it,” says Bridgeport Generation Now Votes President Gemeem Davis who served as State Senator
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Coming Soon, Ganim’s Budget Plan: Little Tax Cut, Big Tax Cut, Something Else?
In two weeks Mayor Joe Ganim will submit his spending plan to the City Council for the budget year beginning July 1 that includes the
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Bridgeport’s Bonanza: $241 Million Poised In Direct Aid From Federal Stimulus Package
Tucked into the stimulus relief bill signed by President Biden is something leaders from cities and towns across America have jawboned their congressional representatives for
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When Dealing With A Stubborn Stool Try The Twist & Shout Technique–City Confronts Old Sewer System
UPDATE: City Council Monday night tabled the measure at the request of council President Aidee Nieves, following an appeal by Councilwoman Maria Pereira to do
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Police Union ‘No Confidence’ Vote Against Garcia Proves Flaccid
Members of the Bridgeport Police Union on Wednesday in a low turnout issued a vote of no confidence against Acting Chief Rebeca Garcia citing, in
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Read It And Roar! Top 100 Municipal Wage Earners Of 2020 Led By Police Overtime (Again)
It’s time to make new friends, especially among Bridgeport’s blue. Former Chief Armando Perez, awaiting sentencing on a federal plea for rigging his police chief
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Bull Durham Retires His Connecticut Law Enforcement Horns
Corrupt pols, crooked FBI agents, violent drug gangs, mobsters, tramps, thieves, demagogues, assassins: John Durham was the prosecutor defense attorneys didn’t want probing their targeted
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The Evolution Of People’s Bank From Acorn To Mighty Financial Oak
It began in 1842 as Bridgeport Savings Bank in the Downtown store of iron merchants George and Sherwood Sterling on Water Street. On Christmas Eve
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