Mayor Bill Finch is asking the state legislature to delay state-mandated property revaluation as the city seeks to regain financial traction in a difficult economy
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Spineless Pols Take Note! New Citizen Action Group Organzing Public Forum In Support of Hennessy Government Reform Bill
What pol will grow a spine? What political chickens will run for the hen house? The newly formed neighborhood action group Citizens Working for a
Read moreWalker Plays Locally, National Budget Voice Joins New Citizens Government Reform Coalition
David Walker, the United States Comptroller General from 1998 to 2008, has been urging sanity back in the national budget-making process through the organization he
Read moreCity Reports Modest Increase In Taxable Property
Completion of the Downtown rental complex 333 State Street as well as activity along Main Street and Park Avenue development corridors has led to a
Read moreFinch: Vallas A Godsend, Malloy’s Budget Whacks City To The Bone
Mayor Bill Finch, celebrating a birthday, has a busy schedule today that includes heading to Hartford to testify at a legislative hearing on a proposed
Read moreMusto’s Hennessy Problem–Government Reform Versus Political Establishment
State House members Auden Grogins and Jack Hennessy must feel like it’s us against the world when it comes to Hennessy’s proposed legislation HB-5724 if
Read moreMalloy’s Budget, Finch’s Budget–Will Sanity Prevail On Behalf Of Taxpayers?
The city was mauled both physically and financially from the blizzard of 2013, and some areas of the city still require attention. Mayor Bill Finch
Read moreHennessy: The Unions Screwed Me, Legislative Colleagues Threw Me Under The Bus (Except Grogins)–Slater Says Follow The Charter
UPDATE: Fearing his state legislative bill to prohibit city employees from serving on the City Council is dying the gooey death, State Rep. Jack Hennessy
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