What Mayor Bill Finch had once viewed as a governmental credential in his embrace of charter schools and private management of selected schools has become
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Foster To Finch: Use Your Own Loot
Mary-Jane Foster, a 2011 mayoral candidate considering another run in 2015, asserts Mayor Bill Finch is using city funds to promote his reelection campaign. Commentary
Read moreOIB Poll: Finch, Ganim, Foster Or Torres? Someone Else?
It’s the holidays, time to celebrate. That means we raise a glass to voter power because OIB readers vote. Here’s an unscientific hypothetical poll because
Read moreFoster To Make Decision About Mayoral Run In January
The length of the holiday shopping list pales in comparison to the list of things to do for a mayoral run. That’s where potential candidates
Read moreJoe Haines Never Tasted Skunk, Pepe Le Pew Is Safe
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without OIB’s annual salute to Connecticut’s wilderness warrior, Bridgeport native, Joe Haines who’s eaten just about everything that cannot eat him.
Read moreWill Ganim Get Back In The Game?
About 10 months from a Democratic primary–if there is a Democratic primary–Mayor Bill Finch has amassed a mighty $300,000 campaign warchest in his quest for
Read moreFabs Says No To Mayoral Run
Uninspiring poll numbers, the dread of raising campaign cash and the reelection of Dan Malloy as governor have all contributed to former Mayor John Fabrizi
Read moreDoes “The Movement” For Mayor Beat A Pulse For 2015? Or Flatlined?
The Movement “to raise issues facing the citizens of Bridgeport, educate and engage people in fostering real changes” will conduct its third community forum on
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