Anyone read CT Post reporter Keila Torres’ piece on recent city hires? A snapshot: More than 100 jobs were added to the municipal and Board
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Mayor: “We Want To Stop The Violence, But Our Police Department Cannot Do It Alone”
Crime is a pain in the ass to fight when it takes on a life of its own. It impacts neighborhood stability, business retention, business
Read moreDeficit Clock Ticks, Plus: When Foes Become Friends
What’s new on the municipal union layoff/concession front? Still a holding pattern nearly two months into the budget year. City officials thought there was some
Read moreDo Results Match Finch’s Rhetoric
“Together we are making Bridgeport the cleanest, greenest, safest most affordable city, with schools and neighborhoods that improve each year” … Mayor Bill Finch Like
Read moreCrime, A Gigantic Toothache
It’s been a rough summer for Mayor Bill Finch. Damn tornado rips through the downtown, city cops arrest his son Pete for hauling a wind-blown
Read moreThe Budget’s Royal Flush?
Mayors, for the most part, live and die by budgets. If you think the city budget is bleeding red this year wait until next year when
Read moreA Radio Show For Joe? Plus: Zoo and Fish Tix
A tough few days for the Park City. Today was the day pink slips were poised for a few dozen municipal employees to begin closing an
Read moreThe Soap Opera, Taste Of Honey, Blonde Banshee, And The Super’s Ed Contract
In the ongoing soap opera As The Layoffs Turn (hopefully there won’t be any), it doesn’t appear pink slips will be issued this week. Looks
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