It’s probably been 12 years since Joe Ganim sat through a 90-minute, city-government-related hearing of any sort. Monday night the former mayor was there suited
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Coviello Enters Mayoral Race
Claiming “real solutions, not promises,” three-time Democratic mayoral candidate Charlie Coviello is once again running for the city’s top office, the first formal challenger against
Read more‘Our Will Will Be Recognized’–Supporters Of Government Reform Bill Rally Against Union Opposition Controlling Key Legislative Votes
Rallying against powerful union interests that control key state legislative votes trying to kill a government reform bill, dozens of city stakeholders Monday night urged
Read moreOIB Poll: What If Special Interests Kill The Good Government Bill?
Powerful special interests want to kill a conflict-of-interest bill in the Connecticut legislature enforcing the voter-approved Bridgeport City Charter prohibiting city employees from serving on
Read moreHennessy: Conflict-Of-Interest Bill Faces Roadblocks, Encourages Support At Monday’s Public Forum
Despite near unanimous support from the city’s legislative delegation including for the first time its two state senators, the government reform bill An act prohibiting
Read moreKantrowitz Promises $6,000 Tax Cut, Mayoral Appointed City Council, Support For Deadbeats, Corporate School Control
Fire up the oligarchy. Claiming Bridgeport’s legendary conflicts of interest don’t run nearly deep enough, entrepreneur, attorney and former Bridgeport schoolteacher Jonathan Kantrowitz has launched
Read moreWho Will Replace Paoletto And DeJesus On City Council?
Political maneuvering is underway to fill the City Council seats of the recently resigned Richard Paoletto and Richard DeJesus. An addendum to the council agenda
Read moreWill Mayor’s Race Be A Yeller Or Yawner?
The special elections are over, March is on the horizon, time to segue to the city’s big enchilada: the race for mayor. 0
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