The late James G. Clark wrote “Bridgeport … where the circus never left town.” When it comes to the circus of politics, Bridgeport’s ultimate miniature couple Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren bicker often about such things including their benefactor Mr. Phineas Taylor Barnum who served one term as mayor. With the assistance of a Ouija Board (and essays submitted by an OIB friend), Lavinia and Tom provide thumbs up and down respectively about the paranormal politics of Mayor Bill Finch’s future. Happy New Year!
Wifey Thumb:
By gum, I almost sat straight up the other day when I realized Bill Finch was up for election. This is great news. Nothing can stop our Bill.
After seven long years, our mayor finally has the city going in the right direction. It should be wonderful to see him go, go, go in another term.
Steel Point is going forward after 30 years. The school system is finally being reformed. The Fairchild school has been built and the new high school named after President Obama is on the way. There’s more new housing Downtown. Pleasure Beach is back. Solar initiatives are changing the energy future of the city. Going green is more than just a slogan as Mayor Finch turns the Park City into the Park City again.
People are starting to notice. The City Council is enthusiastically supporting his agenda. Mayor Finch’s fellow Democrats are supporting him like never before. There are no credible critics to his policies. Who dares to run against the mayor? The people love him.
I can’t remember being this enthusiastic for–for a long time.
A new year of industry and progress is coming to our town, and I can’t wait to see what Mayor Finch is planning next!
Hubby Thumb responds:
Lavinia, I swear bugs are crawling through your skull.
Why can’t “My Wife” just keep quiet? This women’s liberation stuff has gone far enough. Old Bird Brain Finch is finished. It’s time for him to fly off and splat on someplace else.
We still have no idea what the budget looks like. It’s all being done with smoke and mirrors. He’s bought control of Civil Service after firing everyone. John Mandanici must be looking up and smiling to see what he’s done to Civil Service!
If P.T. were around, he’d make that City Council a fourth ring for the circus and put it out by a garbage dump. Unity? That council either works for the city or know someone who works for the city. The administration is protecting their jobs for their votes–or else.
The solar farm at Seaside Park is a joke. Pleasure Beach is nothing more than an orphan’s home for piping plovers.
The Democratic Party would turn Bridgeport into Syria with all their fighting if it weren’t for the governor.
The trouble is no one has any guts. There are only has-beens. And the only wannabe is Foster.
Will she ever get off a park bench and do something? If she wants Finch she has to go after Finch. None of that goody-two-shoes stuff from four years ago. The city needs a leader. She has to fight for it.
And Ganim? What does he think this is, Providence, Rhode Island? Even most nitwits in Bridgeport aren’t that dumb!
Cute. Sounds like Lavinia is a writer for the Finch Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.