From Dan Tepfer and Brian Lockhart, CT Post: When you’re an elected official and your reality-television style personal drama goes public, with explicit text messages,
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Callahan: Why Local Election Turnout Sucks
Hey, there’s a Democratic primary for Board of Education today and we’ll post results as soon as we have them after 8 p.m. If local
Read moreRoll The Fight Tape! The Night Dems Mario Testa And Mike Rizzitelli Duked It Out At Party Convention
Do we have a special video for you. We’re a few weeks away from a Democratic Town Committee convention to endorse school board candidates. Channeling
Read moreWhen Public Hearings Were Jammed, Plus: The Scratchy Relationship Between Mario Testa And Ex-School Chief Jim Connelly, A Study In Political Pragmatism
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee has set a tentative date Saturday to vote on Mayor Bill Finch’s $520 million spending plan for the
Read moreThe Knights Of Engineering–Let UB Engineering Students Craft Solutions To South End Flooding
In this season of peace, love and diplomacy, OIB correspondent Jim Callahan proposes a resolution to the flooding issues plaguing the South End: the brainpower
Read morePaging Christina Ayala
Christina Ayala needs to make a statement. The political jackals are already sniffing around to replace her. The longer she waits to issue a statement
Read moreCallahan Throws Book At Education Question– ‘Suppression Of The People To Represent Themselves’
OIB contributing writer Jim Callahan has a long history covering city government and politics. He served as the editor of The Bridgeport Light, prior to
Read moreOne Day Until Tsunami Tuesday–Pick Your Horse
The last mail pieces are dropping. Phone lines have hit a feverish pitch. Campaign operatives have identified their votes. Now it’s just a matter of
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