Weekend Update: Can you believe it? Mario Testa was reelected by acclamation by the 90-member Democratic Town Committee Thursday night. No opposition. No screaming. No food
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AB Heaven, Plus: How Grand Is Your List? And Himes Donates Rangel Bucks To His Peeps
Vote totals were close, but absentee ballots made a difference in the 137th Democratic Town Committee primary. Winners: Vidal Agosto, Manny Ayala, James Brown, Brigida Diaz, Brendaliz
Read moreDon’t Forget The Library Money, Plus: Russo Rangels Himes And SuBy’s Legal Credentials
As city bean counters build a budget to submit to the City Council in early April, the spending plan that begins July 1 will include a new
Read moreBOE Bucks And Pissy Pols
Last year the Board of Education gave back $4 million to help ease the city’s deficit pain. Don’t expect that to happen again. In fact, the BOE
Read moreJodi’s Bridgeport Bucks And Jail Extension, Plus: SuBy For Pooper Scooper, And Malloy’s Take On Rell
Afternoon Update: Gov. Jodi Rell’s proposed 2010-11 budget that begins July 1 plugs in $189,568,331 for Bridgeport’s Statutory Formula Grant, roughly $1 million less than
Read moreBlumenthal Casts Doubt On SuBy, Plus Steel Language, And Live And Die By The Budget
Afternoon Update: Yikes! Be careful what you request. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal dealt, at the very least, a public relations blow to Secretary of the
Read moreJodi’s Jail Deadline, Plus: The City Budget, And What About Shays?
Okay kids, 10 days left to meet Jodi’s Jail deadline. Governor Jodi Rell wants to place a $20 million juvenile detention center for girls in a
Read moreHappy New Decade!
New Year’s resolutions. Predictions, predictions. Time to look into the OIB crystal ball. Tell us what you see. Look into my eyes. Jesus, I sound
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