Connecticut Post editorial: It is beyond tone deaf, in this time of record unemployment, municipal layoffs, concessions and struggle for the average working taxpayer that
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Mayor Seeks Charter Revision Commission With Education Focus–Gaudett, Rooney Contracts Approved
Three weeks into a new four-year term, Mayor Bill Finch is forming a Charter Revision Commission designed to modernize an antiquated City Charter and examine
Read moreWhat’s A Government Position Worth? Check Out These Salaries
What salaries should be set for city officials and unaffiliated employees? Amendments to these positions, roughly 80, are established in a proposed city ordinance that
Read moreSilva Calls Personnel Moves “Slap In The Face”
Mayor Bill Finch’s recent personnel decisions which include the return of Alanna Kabel (see Kabel From Alanna: I’m Back) in an expanded administrative role at a higher
Read moreFinch, Other Elected Officials, Start New Terms
More than two dozen elected officials led by Mayor Bill Finch received the oath of office in City Council chambers Thursday night. Connecticut Attorney General George
Read moreCity Council Enters Era Without The Troll
After 16 years of huffing and puffing, kicking and screaming, probing and posturing, and serving as the resident legislative curmudgeon, Bob “Troll” Walsh is no longer
Read moreCity Council Bragging Rights–The Vote Leaders
One week after the lowest general election mayoral turnout in city history (18.2 percent according to the official number provided by elections officials), time to
Read moreThe Troll’s Final Council Meeting
Leave it to mischievous Bob “Troll” Walsh to send one final message to the City Council at its regularly scheduled final meeting Monday night before the term of the
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