As a young music teacher in 1981, Ernie Newton was elected to the City Council and then named president of the legislative body by his
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Tom White Speaks Out About City Council President Tom McCarthy’s Hypocrisy On Municipal Layoffs
City Council President Tom McCarthy told CT Post reporter Brian Lockhart the Ganim administration is “making personnel decisions that are highly concerning, and I fear
Read moreGanim Proposes Government Accountability Office–Work Horse Or Show Horse?
Joe Ganim’s surreal comeback, arguably the only one of its kind in American mayoral politics, was lifted by the retired FBI agent Ed Adams who
Read moreDebating Demographic Makeup Of Uniformed Services, Day, Mackey and Dunn Air Out Positions
Retired African American city firefighters Donald Day and Ron Mackey, both of whom took on City Hall to increase the hiring of minorities and females
Read moreCity Council Approves McCarthy’s Severance Deal, No Public Discussion
The ground hog calls for an early spring. How about the Bridgeport City Council demanding the sunlight of scrutiny in public? Following an executive session
Read moreRighting The Port Authority Ship
Citizen financial scrutineer John Marshall Lee has uncovered waves of dubious decisions from the prior administration’s control of the Bridgeport Port Authority, what he describes
Read moreCity Council Expected To Approve McCarthy’s Severance Agreement Under ‘Consent Calendar’ Cover
It’s one simple sentence on the City Council agenda for Monday night “Miscellaneous Matters Committee Report re: Settlement of Legal Claim with Thomas C. McCarthy”
Read moreCouncil Committee Approves McCarthy’s Severance Package
City Council President Tom McCarthy’s employment exit with the city as deputy director of Labor Relations received a boost Monday night when his peers on
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