5 p.m. update: Mayor Bill Finch has vetoed the City Council ordinance dissolving the Bridgeport Port Authority, joining Gov. Jodi Rell’s veto of state legislation that caused the city’s legislative body
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Hey, Buddy, You Gotta Dime? Plus: Rell Budget Veto, And Fishing For Fireworks
2:30 p.m. update: July 1, start of a new budget year for the state’s largest city without a state budget … yet. If you’re a
Read moreThe Budget Cramps, Plus: Fireworks!
Doesn’t look like we’ll have a state budget ratified by July 1, the day the new fiscal year begins for cities and towns across Connecticut.
Read moreSaluting P.T. And Friends
Bridgeport … where the circus never left town My late great friend James G. Clark, that genial wordsmith for the Connecticut Post and others, could certainly
Read moreCouncil Shoots Horse, Places Saddle On Finch, Plus: Shooting Update, And Himes’ Homeland
1:30 p.m. update: The Bridgeport City Council voted 13-6 Monday night to abolish the Bridgeport Port Authority. Now what? Mayor Bill Finch gave the council
Read morePort In A Storm
Should they or shouldn’t they? Big decision tonight before the full City Council following a vote by the Ordinance Committee last week to abolish the Bridgeport
Read moreHappy Daddy Day, Plus: Dudes, Agree On Something, Zoo For You, And New Eats Downtown
Hey Yahooy, Town Committee, and all other OIB friends who are dads, even cranky Joel Speedy Gonzalez, even step-dads like me, even honorary dads, a happy
Read moreWalk This Way, Talk This Way
As OIB friend Tom Kelly says the city’s legislative lobbyist in Hartford represents the ultimate in jaywalking. One day after it was disclosed that the
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