Heading into the 2023 municipal election cycle a fissure between Mayor Joe Ganim and a City Council majority over the timing of charter revision that
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In Clash With Ganim, City Council’s Charter Examination Falls Short
For a second time the City Council’s efforts to empanel a Charter Revision Commission next year failed, this time by one vote in a Monday
Read moreBob Walsh, Former City Councilman, Campaign Warrior, Dies
Robert Walsh, the curmudgeonly former City Council member who railed against political elite while serving Bridgeport’s West Side for more than a decade passed away
Read moreGanim, City Council Leadership At Loggerheads Over Timing Of Charter Revision
The City Council Monday night is scheduled to vote on empaneling a Charter Revision Commission to update the document guiding Bridgeport’s rules and regulations that
Read moreShowing Humility, Pereira Apologizes To Newton, Committee Assignments Restored
Maria Pereira and Ernie Newton have gone back and forth from literal pissing contests to sharp exchanges from their City Council perches. The talk of
Read moreA Tribute To Stanley Lord, Former President Greater Bridgeport NAACP
John Marshall Lee provided these remarks Monday night to the City Council to honor Rev. Stanley Lord who passed away last week. A wake will
Read moreThe Rev. John Olson, Former School Board, City Council Member, Passes Away
He served on the school board and represented the West Side on the City Council. The Rev. John Olson was certainly not one to hold
Read moreWhere’s The Beef? Porterhouse On The Menu–Roderick Porter Tapped For New Police Chief
Left to right, Roderick Porter, Rebeca Garcia, Lonnie Blackwell. He shares a piece of Bridgeport in his last name with a beefy law enforcement undertaking
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