So, I had an interesting lunch on Thursday with that always entertaining Democratic Town Chairman Mario Testa and the Mother Goose of the party Dottie
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Welcome To The State Senate, Plus: Will Caruso Prevail?
What a crazy day and night on Wednesday and none of it had to do with the pope. You want to know how things work
Read moreUnion Protests Finch’s Cuts, Plus: Genuflecting To The Budget, And Syesha Mercado!
Echoing the battle cry “Reverse cuts that hurt kids,” roughly 100 union and neighborhood activists protested on the steps of Bridgeport City Hall late Wednesday afternoon
Read moreUnion Poised For Protest, Plus: The Tax Man
Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Bridgeport City Hall should be a hoot. That’s when members of the Service Employees International Union, whose local leadership supported
Read moreCompromise On Ethics Bill Blows Up, Plus: The Politics Of The Budget
Republican Gov. Jodi Rell and Democratic legislators thought they reached a compromise to revoke future pensions of public officials caught in scandalous acts, but Republican leaders don’t
Read moreSpeaker Kills Messenger, Plus: Council Passes Kuchma Tax Request, And Paoletto Says No
Talk about killing the messenger! Speaker of the House James Amann is not in a benevolent mood toward the city of his birth–Bridgeport–nor any Connecticut
Read moreMud Slides, Plus: How’s Your Health?
Decisions. Decisions. Several Bridgeport City Council members have more on their plate than examining Mayor Bill Finch’s proposed budget that starts July 1. Along with
Read moreKeeley: We’re On Our Own, And The Book Clubbing
Successful mayors build relationships: with the business community, with the city council, state legislature and the governor. They maintain those relationships even when they want
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