Profiles in courage go to Bridgeport State House members Jack Hennessy and Auden Grogins for trying to bring some reform to the City Council whose
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Why Is Anthony Musto Afraid Of Supporting A Good Government Bill That Prohibits City Employees From Serving On The City Council?
Democratic State Senator Anthony Musto is hearing it from constituents, in emails, phone calls, letters, letters to the editor, from readers of OIB and Connecticut
Read moreHennessy: Good Government Bill “Dead” Without More Local Support–State Legislative Wimps Duck Reform–Grogins Still Hopeful For Passage
Update, Includes Petition: State Rep. Jack Hennessy’s legislative bill that would bar city employees from serving on the City Council doesn’t have a pulse without
Read moreGovernment Reform Bill To Bar City Employees From Serving On City Council Takes Shape, Possible Committee Vote This Week
Legislation introduced by State Rep. Jack Hennessy that seeks to “prohibit municipal employees from serving on any governmental body charged with preparing the municipal budget
Read moreCommunity Action Group Hosts Forum On Government Reform Proposal
UPDATE: About 60 people attended Saturday’s forum at the Bridgeport Public Library hosted by Citizens Working for a Better Bridgeport regarding the State House bill
Read moreSpineless Pols Take Note! New Citizen Action Group Organzing Public Forum In Support of Hennessy Government Reform Bill
What pol will grow a spine? What political chickens will run for the hen house? The newly formed neighborhood action group Citizens Working for a
Read moreHennessy: The Unions Screwed Me, Legislative Colleagues Threw Me Under The Bus (Except Grogins)–Slater Says Follow The Charter
UPDATE: Fearing his state legislative bill to prohibit city employees from serving on the City Council is dying the gooey death, State Rep. Jack Hennessy
Read moreSay Hello To Your Legislative Friends
The state legislature’s in session weighing a whole bunch of issues impacting the state’s largest city, from the budget to taxes to education to economic
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