From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: A City Council “informational session” on changing zoning rules controlling liquor sales threatened to turn into a rowdy bar brawl
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Carrolling A Career Of City Service
Last week Mayor Joe Ganim offered a money-saving early retirement plan to about 100 eligible city employees: $15,000 lump sum and a year’s health benefits
Read moreWho’s More Disingenuous In The Battle For Government Reform, Ganim Or McCarthy? Is Ed Adams Window Dressing?
Joe Ganim’s first pass at his so-called watchdog office of Government Accountability is about as flaccid as the city’s Ethics Commission that has done nothing
Read moreTom White Speaks Out About City Council President Tom McCarthy’s Hypocrisy On Municipal Layoffs
City Council President Tom McCarthy told CT Post reporter Brian Lockhart the Ganim administration is “making personnel decisions that are highly concerning, and I fear
Read moreHolding The Key To The Paycheck
Mayor Joe Ganim has proposed creation of a government watchdog unit, but how can it be truly independent when the head of the agency works
Read moreIs Gomes Ganim’s Hatchet Man?
The city released on Friday a list of city employees who were pink-slipped last week, largely developed by acting Chief Administrative Officer John Gomes described
Read moreGaudett Contract Now Public, City Council To Take Up Agreement
The City Council’s Contracts Committee will meet Monday at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall to review the professional services agreement detailing Joe Gaudett’s new role
Read moreLeap Year Politics, Does Gaudett Deal Leap Over City’s Bidding Process?
It’s a leap year, right? On Monday, the tacked-on last day in February, the City Council’s Contracts Committee followed by the full legislative body will take
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