The city is rebidding its sidewalk repair program and that’s just peachy by City Councilman Pete Spain who makes a pitch for taxpayers to solicit
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Category: City Council
Ganim Juggles The Politics Of Election-Year Public Safety
For the most part mayors live and die by their budgets. And public safety. And public safety. Did I mention public safety? Yup. Last year,
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Public Hearings Scheduled For Draft Of “Plan Bridgeport”
News release from Mayor’s Office: The City of Bridgeport’s Planning Department has completed a draft of “Plan Bridgeport,” the city’s ten-year master plan for conservation
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Software Innovator Who Visited Curiale School Honored By City
Mayor Joe Ganim and the City Council Monday night honored inventor Andre Gray who recently spoke to students at Curiale School with advice on technology
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Paging Typo Vigilantes, Read The Audit, Receive A Gift Card
Fiscal scrutineer John Marshall Lee has thrown down a challenge. “I have purchased ten $10 gift cards and I will make an award of one
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Gas Plant Conversion Powers City Tax Dough, Steelpointe Harbor Cracks Top 10
Led by PSEG’s $500 million Bridgeport Harbor Station, Mayor Joe Ganim announced on Monday a five percent increase in the city’s grand list of taxable property that
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Lee Speaks To City Council From The ‘Cheap Seats’
No box seats at City Council meetings, unless of course you’re boxed in informationally. Citizen fiscal observer John Marshall Lee Monday night addressed the city’s
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Ganim’s Reelection Juggle: New City Revenues While Courting State Financial Support
In about four weeks Mayor Joe Ganim will submit his election-year budget to the City Council. It will not include a tax increase. The larger
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