With limited options in desperation mode, Mayor Bill Finch Monday evening met with Republican candidate for mayor Enrique Torres urging him to vacate his line
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Job Creation Party Dumped From Ballot, Finch Ballot Spot In Jeopardy
Mayor Bill Finch’s ballot access is not getting better every day. Av Harris, spokesman for the Connecticut Secretary of State’s Office, told OIB Monday afternoon
Read moreFoster May Stay In Race
Statement from Mary-Jane Foster to supporters: I am overwhelmed by the response to my announcement yesterday and the subsequent news that the incumbent will not
Read moreShameless Plug For OIB
The oversight became public Monday after an inquiry to the secretary of the state’s office by Lennie Grimaldi. He chronicles Bridgeport politics in a blog
Read moreWill Foster Change Her Mind?
In a letter to supporters on Monday, Mary-Jane Foster decided against placing her name on the ballot as a petitioning mayoral candidate in November. Foster
Read moreWill City Council Genuflect To Transparent Government?
In his first address to the City Council after he came up short as a candidate in a Democratic primary, citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall
Read moreGanim Extends Olive Branch, Calls For An End To Finch’s Gutter Politics
Mayor Bill Finch has aligned Joe Ganim with the KKK and mobsters, called him a crook and a variety of other things. And in the
Read moreNumbers Show Geographic Split In Primary, Ganim Breakthrough Wins
The results from last Wednesday’s Democratic primary for mayor tell a story of neighborhood geography in which Bill Finch had voter successes in the South End,
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