From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: After three months of wrangling over intent and language, the City Council Monday passed a resolution declaring Bridgeport a “welcoming”
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Council Committee Approves Budget, No Tax Increase
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee on Saturday essentially approved Mayor Joe Ganim’s proposed $542 million spending plan with some alterations including $3 million
Read moreGrace Period Delayed For Downtown Parking Meters
Taken to task by retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez who pushed back on her $40 parking meter ticket, the city is still working out
Read moreCity Council Rejects Classical Studies Move To Catholic Center Building
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The City Council on Monday blocked the proposed move of the Classical Studies Academy magnet school to the Catholic Center on
Read moreMeanwhile, Joe Flies Off To Lebanon
From Brian Lockhart CT Post: For the second time in six months–with a city budget to finalize and just days after announcing he will explore
Read more‘I Prefer An Engaging Rogue To A Complete Fool’
Leave it to retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez to assess the state of affairs in city politics. Fresh off taking the city to task
Read moreLining Up Spicy Characters In The Nutmeg State
CT Post scribe Brian Lockhart profiles my new book Connecticut Characters, Personalities Spicing Up The Nutmeg State. OIB readers are welcome to attend my book
Read moreDoes Marilyn Want Moore Than State Senate?
She’s an establishment fighter who does not suck up to the party fat cats, and won reelection overwhelmingly against a party insider in a Democratic
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