Governor-elect Dan Malloy thanked a packed audience of city pols–some who love each other, some who can’t stand each other, some who stick pins in
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John Stafstrom’s Governor’s Grin
Politics is rarely a game of instant gratification. It requires patience. You win, you lose … you lose, you win. Former Democratic Town Chair John
Read moreLine Up The Body Parts, Frankenstein’s Monster = The Budget
OIB friend Hartford Courant columnist Rick Green writes “The folks at the Connecticut Lottery Corporation apparently think that a $3 billion deficit is the right time
Read moreWhy Foley Wanted Lamont
I’ve met a boatload of folks in politics and I can say definitively that most, put in the same shoes as Tom Foley, would have
Read moreNow What, For Bridgeport: Will Malloy Be Like Weicker?
It was a screwy election, with the state’s largest city at the center of a ballot storm, the city’s Registrar of Voters Office vilified for its myopic election management, Connecticut
Read moreWinners And Losers, Bridgeport Kingmaker (maybe), Debicella’s Lame Strategy
On a day a whole bunch of souls made it to the polls, who were the goats and who were the toasts? Yes, Bridgeport can
Read moreHoly Moly, Malloy And Foley In Flat Tie, Time To Suck Up!
Could this be the closest gubernatorial election in decades? OIB pollster Merriman River, commissioned by
Read moreGee Ned, Now The Tax Truth Comes Out
I guess Ned Lamont has received a heavy dose of truth serum since he lost the Democratic guber primary. From the CT Mirror: Lamont, whose
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