Layoff letters were issued Friday to several city employees whose positions are funded by state grants. Historically various departments covered by grants will receive a verbal or
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Put On A Pot Of Coffee, The Mayor’s Annual Address
Mayor Bill Finch delivered his annual address to the City Council Monday night. His speech touched on all the usual stuff in the best possible
Read moreMaley And Beccaro Emerge As Mayor’s Sludge Kings
Great to have friends in high places. Two lawyers and friends of Mayor Bill Finch have quietly emerged as key to his reelection in 2011.
Read moreTroll On Warpath Over Maley Money, Wants List Of Paid Consultants
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
Read moreRemington 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 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
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