Weekend update: Ah yes, Labor Day weekend. In the spirit of hard work, goodwill and the laborious efforts of the Democratic Town Committee, OIB presents for
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Where’s The Pleasure? Plus: Promises, Promises
Leave it to the mischievous Sly Salcedo, barrister extraordinaire and library lover to wedge the Nov. 3 library referendum question in the September 15 primary
Read moreThe Budget Impact, And New Steel Deal
9:30 a.m. update: Lots of stuff today including the state budget impact on Bridgeport and an announcement by Mayor Bill Finch and the developer for
Read moreJacobs’ Ladder Enters Court, Termination Called Fabrication Plus: Dems Pass New Budget
What will the firing of Ralph Jacobs cost the city? The ousted personnel director has filed a complaint against the Civil Service Commission in Superior Court seeking
Read moreWhere Are The Cranes?
Bill Finch needs some momentum in his mayoralty, an economic development initiative to call his own, or maybe revive a languishing project than can provide
Read moreWhy Can’t We Be Friends? Plus: Judge Underhill Dumps Public Financing, And Mayor’s Storm Warning
Mary-Jane Foster Rina Bakalar Dottie Guman And now Carolanne Curry These women all supported Bill Finch’s mayoralty in 2007, worked their fannies off, in fact, to
Read moreLiberate The Library! Plus: Rell’s Budget, Tax Cuts, Tax Hikes
4:30 p.m. update: Do you know why I call this webzine Only In Bridgeport, named for my book of the same name? Because of one-of-a-kind
Read moreA Dunn Deal, Plus: Judge Sides With Library Supporters
5:30 p.m. update: David Dunn, former labor relations director under Mayors John Mandanici and Tom Bucci, has been appointed by Mayor Bill Finch as acting personnel
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