9:30 a.m. update: Monday morning gossip: City Councilman Bob Curwen, one of several whose legislative efforts led to the departure of Bridgeport Port Authority Director Joe
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Committee Votes To Sink Port Authority; Lobbyist Screws City
The City Council’s Ordinance Committee voted Monday night to torpedo the Bridgeport Port Authority, the quasi-city agency that receives more than $1 million a year
Read moreHey, Wake Up! Plus: Ken Hays, The Best Of Bridgeport
It was impossible not to notice the public emptiness in City Council chambers Monday night as the city’s legislative body passed Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed
Read moreCouncil Budget Vote, Plus: Dodd ‘Don’t Mess With My Wife’
3:30 p.m. update Will it be the Monday night fights or just another boring budget session? The City Council meets tonight to act on Mayor
Read moreAmann’s Boomerang Factor
Former Speaker of the House Jim Amann says were he in Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy’s shoes–a 21-year-old son with an assortment of legal troubles–that he’d drop out of the
Read moreA Little Help For Friends, Plus: Best Of Bridgeport Mary-Jane Foster, And Fish Tix
It’s always nice for a mayor to leave the legislative body a little wiggle room to cut the recommended budget in an election year. Mayor
Read moreJawboning The Budget, Mayor And Council Reach Compromise, Plus: Here Come Da Judge
The good news is, they’re talking! On the eve of the Bridgeport City Council officially voting on Mayor Bill Finch’s budget, discussions between City Council
Read moreCouncil Takes Budget Action, Restores Some Cuts
How did you spend your Friday night? It was a long one for members of the Bridgeport City Council crunching numbers, weighing options, restoring cuts
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