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,
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Let’s Get Back To Normal, City Finances, And We Need To Party
Happy Stinko de Mayo from my cat Stinky. Okay, with Times Square bomber news dominating, on to more mundane matters: city finances. The city’s issuing
Read moreThese Pols Are Popular, Plus: Lamont’s Jobs Plan
I got my mitts on a list of the 77 Bridgeport delegates to the state Democratic Party convention in May when donkeys will endorse candidates for constitutional offices
Read moreAre You On The Top 100 List? Plus: Council Approves New Test Fees
Always fun to examine the list of top 100 city employee wage earners. As usual Board of Education employees lead the pack from 2009 fronted by Superintendent
Read moreDon’t Forget The Library Money, Plus: Russo Rangels Himes And SuBy’s Legal Credentials
As city bean counters build a budget to submit to the City Council in early April, the spending plan that begins July 1 will include a new
Read moreShays Places Deposit On City Condo; What’s Next? Plus Sunday Suds, And Support For Evans
Former Congressman Christopher Shays, in an interview with OIB, confirmed he has placed a binder deposit on a condominium in Black Rock as he weighs his
Read moreBlumenthal Casts Doubt On SuBy, Plus Steel Language, And Live And Die By The Budget
Afternoon Update: Yikes! Be careful what you request. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal dealt, at the very least, a public relations blow to Secretary of the
Read moreTeddy, Get Ready, 911 Political From Bridgeport Motor Works
Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Billboard … Jumpers Beware: let’s give this billboard thing some thought because with potential Democratic Town Committee primaries on the horizon and
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