The city’s preeminent fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee made his case to the Bridgeport City Council Monday night two weeks before Mayor Bill Finch submits
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Is Paul Vallas The Goods?
Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas seems to be everywhere these days presenting school reforms, sharing his vision for education, meeting with parents, students, teachers and business interests. More
Read moreFinch: City Will Increase Investment In School Reform
Emphasizing school improvement and job creation Mayor Bill Finch issued his annual address to the Bridgeport business community Wednesday afternoon reasserting the need for mayoral
Read moreThe Mayor’s New Voter Outreach
Three weeks from today (Monday), Mayor Bill Finch will present his proposed budget to the City Council that will likely include a tax increase. The
Read moreWill Reshaping Education Become Finch’s Legacy?
Every mayor has a legacy, good, bad or indifferent. Mayor Bill Finch is acting like a pol who will have no problem embracing school reform
Read moreLegislators: Mountain Too High To Overturn Supremes
From Ken Dixon, CT Post: HARTFORD — The General Assembly will not seek to overturn last week’s state Supreme Court decision that rejected the takeover
Read moreWill Appointed BOE Members Seek Election?
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ordered a special election to fill four vacancies on Bridgeport’s Board of Education, following a ruling that invalidates state control
Read moreAs Supremes Ponder School Takeover, Vallas Makes Moves
Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas isn’t the bashful type when it comes to expressing his opinions or making decisions, be it Philadelphia, Chicago or New Orleans,
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