CT Post columnist MariAn Gail Brown writes that the City of Bridgeport should be dissolved as a result of the state takeover of city schools.
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Is There A Benevolent Dictator In Bridgeport’s Development Future?
Lowell Weicker, the ex Republican U.S. Senator who served as Connecticut’s independent governor from January 1991 to January 1995, was a benevolent dictator for Bridgeport. Revenues
Read moreA Land Swap For You! Carve Up The City–Abolish The Board of Education
All this talk about land swaps between Bridgeport and Trumbull has me thinking (always a peculiar thing) back to the days of State Rep. Lee
Read moreWhere Have You Gone Lowell Weicker? Gov’s Bridgeport Office On Chopping Block
The governor’s Bridgeport office opened by Lowell Weicker 18 years ago is in jeopardy of closing. Essentially it’s hammered shut, unless Governor-elect Dan Malloy, who
Read more‘Our House Is A Very Very Fine House …’ Plus: Storm Update
The campaign season is getting festive and feisty, just in time for the Fourth of July. Crank up those fireworks. Check this out from columnist
Read moreNed’s Mr. Green Jeans
If you heard that ear-splitting spew Sunday morning that was me spitting up my coffee when I read Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa proclaim in the Connecticut Post that
Read moreThe Preservation Pilot Prince, Plus: Gutzon’s Gusto
Update: New link to city website is up under Government, here. Nice to be a pilot with your own plane. Morgan Kaolian, octogenarian extraordinaire, has
Read moreWhat’s The Bong Commission Smoking? Derail The Jail Events
Afternoon Update: This should be some week. The State Bond Commission–or shall we call it Bong Commission? … depends on what they’re smoking, eh?–will take up
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