From Mayor Finch: Mayor Finch Plans Public Budget Overview Sessions Mayor Bill Finch today announced a series of public budget presentations to be held in
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Mayor’s Business Community Speech
Mayor Bill Finch will have a lot to talk about when he delivers the mayor’s annual address to the business community at a luncheon March
Read morePelto: ‘Elected BOE Faces Almost Certain Death’
Jonathan Pelto, Connecticut political analyst, weighs in with his take on the state of city schools courtesy of his site jonathanpelto.com: Returning from the “dead” – Bridgeport’s
Read moreWill Reshaping Education Become Finch’s Legacy?
Every mayor has a legacy, good, bad or indifferent. Mayor Bill Finch is acting like a pol who will have no problem embracing school reform
Read morePattis Predicts More Legal Fireworks Over School Issue
Norm Pattis, the attorney for elected school board members Maria Pereira and Bobby Simmons, provides an update on potential court maneuvers regarding the scheduling of
Read moreEd Takeover Opponents Schedule Rally–Mayor Asks Business Community To Organize Counter Rally
Supporters of the Connecticut Supreme Court decision ordering a special election for four school board seats are organizing a rally for Wednesday in Hartford, among
Read moreAmerico’s Magic Act–Six-Pack Abs
Nothing like a hot Democratic Town Committee district race to rev up absentee ballot magician Americo Santiago. The number of absentee ballots returned in the
Read morePaging Hugo Chavez! Medina: Connecticut Has Become Venezuela
Max Medina, who spent 16 years on the Board of Education including several years as its president, is watching closely as city and state pols
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