From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Ernie Newton wants to force the city to trash its plans to run the municipal dump in-house. 0
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City Council Approves Funding For Summer Youth Program, New Metered Parking
The City Council Monday night unanimously approved a $250,000 budget transfer from the Police Department salary line, as a result of a delay in hiring new recruits,
Read moreGanim, City Council Members Spar Over “Tax Relief” Dollars
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Mayor Joe Ganim’s last-minute effort to give youths more to do this summer is embroiled in a battle over spending $2.1
Read moreShould The Airport Be Sold?
Sikorsky Memorial Airport is owned by the city but located in the Lordship section of Stratford where neighborhood residents aren’t exactly flying high about a
Read moreNewton Dumped From Running City Dump, Misses Mark On Application Box
Addressing the City Council Monday night, former State Senator Ernie Newton declared “White privilege means you can commit crimes but held at a different standard.”
Read moreCity Government Tries To Do More With Less
From Mike Mayko and Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Ganim has also offered an early retirement incentive–a year of health care and $15,000 cash–to try and
Read moreLibrary Board Can’t Catalog Hughes
The Bridgeport Library Board has gone back and forth about Director Scott Hughes: keep him, fire him, lend him out? Will they ever turn the
Read moreFinally, The City Council Has Its Own Bean Counter
Operating in financial darkness for decades, the Bridgeport City Council has finally hired its own budget analyst to help navigate a $560 million proposed budget,
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