Acknowledging city employees serving on the City Council “doesn’t look good,” Mayor Bill Finch appeared on the Chaz & AJ radio show Wednesday morning urging
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Lee To City Council: Follow The Money
What’s in the city budget and who’s getting paid? City fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee provides a primer to City Council members where taxpayer money
Read moreFoster To Finch: Enforce The Charter, Leadership, Not Gamesmanship
2011 Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster, considering another run for office, declares Mayor Bill Finch must take a stand to enforce the Bridgeport City Charter
Read moreViolating The City Charter, McCarthy Puts Finch In Political Predicament
City Council President Tom McCarthy has placed Mayor Bill Finch in a pickle. McCarthy serves at the pleasure of the mayor as deputy director of
Read morePat Crossin, Former City Councilor And School Board Member
Former city councilman and school board member Pat Crossin, who waged a courageous struggle with lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system, passed away Thursday
Read moreCampaign 2015: Ganim’s Reinvention, Finch’s Incumbency, Foster’s Decision
It’s probably been 12 years since Joe Ganim sat through a 90-minute, city-government-related hearing of any sort. Monday night the former mayor was there suited
Read more‘Our Will Will Be Recognized’–Supporters Of Government Reform Bill Rally Against Union Opposition Controlling Key Legislative Votes
Rallying against powerful union interests that control key state legislative votes trying to kill a government reform bill, dozens of city stakeholders Monday night urged
Read moreOIB Poll: What If Special Interests Kill The Good Government Bill?
Powerful special interests want to kill a conflict-of-interest bill in the Connecticut legislature enforcing the voter-approved Bridgeport City Charter prohibiting city employees from serving on
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