To most observers, analyzing the municipal budget is a serpentine exercise in frustration. What’s fixed? What isn’t? What can be chopped? What must stay? Even
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Book Schools City Council On Minority Party Representation
One-party rule is a disservice to taxpayers. That’s the message Republican candidate for State House Ethan Book shared with the City Council Monday night, urging
Read moreLooking At Financial Reflections
Some people look at a mirror and like what they see. Others, not so much. Addressing the budget process, citizen fiscal reflector John Marshall Lee asked
Read moreThe Budget, Bridgeport And Broadway
Good theatrics make a point. City fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee recently pulled out red rubber boots to make a point at public hearings regarding
Read morePriority Is The Battle Cry As Council Prepares Budget Vote
The City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee will likely vote on Mayor Joe Ganim’s spending plan by Saturday. The full council will then stamp its
Read moreCrunch Time For Budget Committee, ‘Overtasked And Understaffed’
The nights and weekends are long for the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee reviewing Mayor Joe Ganim’s proposed $560 million spending plan in a
Read moreFiscal Watchdog Questions East Side Development
Citizen fiscal scrutineer John Marshall Lee has been working overtime examining the proposed city budget and asking lots of questions at City Council public hearings.
Read moreCrickets … Two Speakers For City Council Public Hearing On $560 Million Budget
Well, two speakers are better than none, right? At 6:07 p.m. on Thursday Scott Burns, co-chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, called the meeting
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