2:30 p.m. update: Five weeks away from primary day for City Council seats. Is there a pulse out there? Any incumbents in serious trouble? What
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Can We All Get Along? Plus: Civil Service, And Saluting City Employees
Another week and still no realistic word on a state budget. Gotta wonder how this is impacting municipal budgets that rely on the state dough
Read moreLights, Camera, Politics … Time For A Casting Call, Plus: Primary Papers
11 a.m. update: Holy this-way-to-the-egress! Aussie stud Hugh Jackman to play Phineas Taylor Barnum in Columbia Pictures’ The Greatest Showman on Earth, a musical big
Read moreMaster Plan Approved, Plus: Council Primary Fever, And ‘I Want A Piece Of You!’
3:30 p.m. update: The City Council Monday night overwhelmingly passed the Master Plan that was debated in comments over the weekend. Big crowd on hand
Read moreThe Attack On Civil Service
Mayors are in a position to make things happen. And that’s the position Mayor Bill Finch is in nearly two years into his mayoralty. He
Read moreMaking Sense Of Master Plan, Plus: City’s Bond Rating Lowered, And We Love Raising Taxes
The city’s Master Plan of development has been a master migraine in recent weeks from issues involving public hearings to an enterprising community group (Committee
Read moreShould City Council Get Paid? Plus: McKinney’s Out, Russo Eyes Congressional Run
8:30 a.m. update: So, the other night I was subjected to sharing the stage with the irrepressible City Councilman Bob Troll Walsh on Rob Foley’s Bridgeport
Read moreYou’re On Your Own, Buddy
Hey, every man (and woman) for himself. Well, that will be the case for a number of candidates in upcoming City Council Democratic primaries. Example, incumbents in
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