Wow, stop the presses. The governor gave up a day’s pay on Tuesday. How many hundreds of Bridgeport city employees are collecting unemployment, gave up
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Raise Your Hand And Swear With Me, Plus: Tie One On
This week a whole lotta pols will be swearing. And after they’re sworn in it won’t take long for OIB’s posters to be swearing at
Read moreSinners And Saints Step Up
Welcome to OIB 2009 where we put rumors to rest (unless, of course, we start them). I was chatting with OIB friend MCAT (Michele Mount)
Read moreFor All My Deserving Friends
Ho, ho, ho. Or should it be ha, ha, ha? Time to fill the annual OIB stocking stuffers for those city, state and national pols who’ve been naughty
Read moreMy Kinda Party, Plus: A Himes Hire And Mayor’s Snow Advisory
What a slammin’ party at Two Boots Wednesday night, by far our largest turnout. Must be the good cheer of the season. Johnny Fabs stopped
Read moreThe City’s Bank Job, Plus: Don’t Lie To Big Daddy
The city’s placing the old Mechanics & Farmers building at Main and State for sale. Is it the right thing to do? Is it a
Read moreShays’ Campaign Blues, Plus: The Politics Of Crime
Congressman Christopher Shays, known for expressing emotion, is not a happy man these days, and his mood goes far beyond losing the job he’s had
Read moreI’m Green, Clean, Mean … Yadda, Yadda, Yadda, Plus: Shays Reveals Campaign Probe
“Together we are making Bridgeport the cleanest, greenest, safest most affordable city, with schools and neighborhoods that improve each year” … Mayor Bill Finch. Really?
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