The Dem and GOP conventions start tonight. You wanna be a delegate? Or an alternate, at least? Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa has been scrambling for
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Will Paul Ganim Run For AG? Plus: Dick’s Not Done, SuBy’s Done This Year, And In Case You Missed The Fight …
Update: Party convention fever is here. Is there a hotel room to be had in the Hartford area? With so many possible constitutional officer configurations,
Read moreMatthews Screws Up Filleting Dick, Bridgeport’s Birthday Gifts, Downtown Development Forum
Dick Update: What a nutty few days. I’m dizzy. Tuesday night Bridgeport Town Committee members endorsed incumbent state reps for reelection including (OMG) State Rep.
Read moreA Game Of Chicken? Plus, Guber Money Matters, But It’s Not The Only Thing, And Fedele’s Boughton Fountain
More than 70 layoff slips for city teachers are poised and ready to go. Sucks to lose your job. But when you’re a BOE official stuck
Read moreIs P.T. In West End Or Black Rock? Suit Expected In P.T. Deaths, Marconi Telegraphs Ned, And Let Merrick Speak
It’s time to start a fight. Geographically, where is P.T. Barnum Apartments located? My friends at the Connecticut Post write West Side. I say West
Read moreOIB Party Skinny: The Candidates, The Budget And Concession Demands, Plus: New Trees For Saints
The chatter and juniper were flowing at the OIB party at the Bridgeport Holiday Inn. Lots of discussion about State Comptroller Nancy Wyman agreeing to serve as
Read moreCaruso: Anyone But Bysiewicz, Plus: MalloyMan, And Council Approves Budget With Big Hole
Afternoon update: You think the scoreboard keeper at Fenway Park is paying attention? That’s nothing compared to the scorekeepers in Connecticut politics these days. Every endorsement triggers
Read moreThe Budget Vote, Jimmy’s Vote And Party Note
Yikes. Work on the city budget is hardly finished, although the full City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on the $494 million spending plan
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