Leave it to the mischievous Sly Salcedo, barrister extraordinaire and library lover to wedge the Nov. 3 library referendum question in the September 15 primary
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The Budget Impact, And New Steel Deal
9:30 a.m. update: Lots of stuff today including the state budget impact on Bridgeport and an announcement by Mayor Bill Finch and the developer for
Read moreJacobs’ Ladder Enters Court, Termination Called Fabrication Plus: Dems Pass New Budget
What will the firing of Ralph Jacobs cost the city? The ousted personnel director has filed a complaint against the Civil Service Commission in Superior Court seeking
Read moreWhere Are The Cranes?
Bill Finch needs some momentum in his mayoralty, an economic development initiative to call his own, or maybe revive a languishing project than can provide
Read moreThe Mayor’s Gravy Train, Plus: Bucci Says Jacobs’ Terminators Should Resign
Ding, ding, ding. Ding, ding, ding. Ding, ding, ding. That sound you just heard was Mayor Bill Finch ringing the dinner bell for Democratic operatives.
Read moreCommittee Urges Mayor To Gag Greg, Plus: What Happened To The Money!
The Committee To Ungag The People, a community group making a lot of noise through silent protests, wants Mayor Bill Finch to remove Associate City Attorney Greg
Read moreWhen A Store Was King
It’s hard for me not to think about King Cole when I’m at the corner of North and Park. That was the spot my parents
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
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