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    1. Thank you Up On.
      How refreshing would it be to have Bridgeport leading the state in open and transparent government instead of fighting reforms like this every step of the way???
      I am guessing Mark Anastasi is feverishly writing a legal opinion saying it would be unconstitutional for the B’port Town Clerk to post this info since individuals were not warned of this in advance.
      Once again he will miss the Mark. But what can you expect? This is the same City Attorney appointed by Ganim and retained by Finch. Only in Bridgeport!

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  1. Marilyn Moore $100, Ed Gomes $200, Ron Mackey? Donald Day? Just wait for that huge minority delivery! Sorry, that’s all I have to say about that.

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    1. Some folks are not rolling in dough. Gomes, Mackey and Day are all retirees. Marilyn is a working-class woman just like the rest of us. Is this really a thing? It shouldn’t be.

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      1. Don, his boy the mayor, “counterfeit Bill” is in real trouble of coming in third place in the primary and Steve knows the mayor needs any help he can get. July 11 had bought some joy to a lot of people, oh well.

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        1. Ron Mackey and Donald Day, I really don’t think Mayor Finch is going to come in third and I do not believe the voters believe Joseph Ganim is the second coming of Christ. But I do believe my friend Mary-Jane Foster has surrounded herself with such bad advisers she is currently not a contender. The Ganim camp doesn’t even acknowledge her campaign, they are brilliant! They know how to make news but they do represent the past. Ganim is everywhere. He is tenacious and personable and his entourage is extremely loyal. They do not waste time, they are busy.

          Mayor Finch announced yesterday another 100 jobs for city youth increasing to 700.
          Joe Ganim announced a career politician of 24 years to support him.
          And the Foster campaign is upset my July 11th departure was short lived. Are you guys stupid or being paid by Ganim to stay in the race? Either way, it would appear Foster may be heading into oblivion. I am not happy about that. But I am supporting Finch and in the end nobody cares who comes in second or third. As of today, the only thing I personally lose is a bet with Maria Pereira and Howard Gardner and a dinner to Come Back Bridgeport. The Mayor will miss the opportunity to cross the city over the finish line with every great project happening in the city, the city will lose everything including its pride under Ganim and Foster’s career will be over.

          Keep up the good work!

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    1. Agreed! It is very transparent of her to do this. Also, I hope she shames the others into doing the same. If they don’t make their contributions public, then the question becomes, “What do you have to hide?”

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  2. The end of the Connecticut Post article cited above pretty much wraps it all up.
    “Alma Maya, the town clerk for Connecticut’s largest municipality, Bridgeport, was out of the office Wednesday and not available. A request for comment was also left for Mayor Bill Finch’s office.”

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  3. City Clerk office charges $.50 per copy for first 10 copies, $.30 per copy for next 20 copies, and $.10 per copy for additional copies. Town Clerk office has a different expense charge? Go figure. (Do you think that the different clerk office copy charges are the results of studies done by the City or a department?) Or are they arbitrary and meant to cover the frequent request for fewer than 10 copies? Long runs with the automatic feeding mechanisms do not take up the time of a clerical operator.
    Why aren’t many items posted to a Department site and then people can use their own time, paper and toner to produce a hard copy if required? Too futuristic? Or just a sign of how far behind the curve “Business as Usual Bill” is in operating OPEN, ACCOUNTABLE, and TRANSPARENT process? Time will tell.

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