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
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Jacobs’ 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 moreWhy Can’t We Be Friends? Plus: Judge Underhill Dumps Public Financing, And Mayor’s Storm Warning
Mary-Jane Foster Rina Bakalar Dottie Guman And now Carolanne Curry These women all supported Bill Finch’s mayoralty in 2007, worked their fannies off, in fact, to
Read moreHow About Before 2010, Plus: Hoping Quick Cure For Curwen And Meeting On The Lake
Will these pols make up their minds! If the Dems had done this from the beginning maybe there’d be a deal. Do they have any clue?
Read moreLibrary Board Goes To Court, Plus: Being Mayor, No Walk In The Park
Weekend update: The Bridgeport Library Board is taking the city to court to bring a voter referendum that could determine a funding level for city
Read morePrimary Fever, The Riccio Plan And The Rell Bell
5:30 p.m. update: Okay, here’s the City Council primary lineup for September 15. District 135: Peter Clarke and Mary McBride-Lee have qualified to challenge incumbents
Read moreThe Risk Of Changing Spots, Plus: Willard And Ben
Congressman Jim Himes will not be easy to knock off in 2010. The first-term Democrat will have several million to dump in his reelection effort and
Read moreCan We All Get Along? Plus: Civil Service, And Saluting City Employees
Another week and still no realistic word on a state budget. Gotta wonder how this is impacting municipal budgets that rely on the state dough
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