From Chris Keating, Hartford Courant: With nearly 30 percent of voters still undecided, Republican Linda McMahon and Democrat Chris Murphy are locked in a statistical
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Former Mayor Mary Moran Asserts She Was Right To Place City Into Bankruptcy
In June of 1991 Republican Mayor Mary Moran sent Connecticut’s largest city into federal bankruptcy court. The move sent a shockwave across the state, caused Governor
Read moreChris Murphy’s In Trouble–Can He Be Saved? DC Sends In Diehards
Remember that scene in Die Hard when FBI agents Johnson and Johnson show up at the terrorist attack of the Nakatomi Plaza? Deputy Chief Dwayne
Read moreSkippy Doo Dah! Bronson Blowtorches Rowland, Ganim And Newton In Book About Trump-Wynn Casino Wars
Do you like name dropping? Richard “Skip” Bronson obliges. The War at the Shore authored by Bronson provides an insider’s look at the scorched-earth relationship
Read moreWeicker: “We Have Met The Enemy And The Enemy Is Us.”
Forty years after burglars broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, Lowell Weicker who served on
Read moreMalloy Tours The Zoo–The First Governor Since Weicker
It was early in 1992, just months after the mayoral election of Joe Ganim. I was working in the mayor’s office trying to help Ganim
Read moreThe Day Mario Testa Blew Up The Party Convention
Kooky things can happen at political conventions. Republicans will gather Friday at the Hartford Convention Center to endorse candidates for U.S. Senate and House of
Read moreTime For 2012 Prognostication
Okay OIB friends, what’s in your crystal ball for 2012? Are we really living in Zombie Land, as ex-City Councilman big Mojo Ralph Mojica suggests?
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