There’s still a lot of moving parts in Mayor Joe Ganim’s proposed $560 million budget as the Budget and Appropriations Committee prepares to vote on
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Righting 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 moreRead It And Roar–The Top 100 Municipal Wage Earners For 2015
Okay, strap in, grab a cup of joe, or if you need it a cocktail, to review the list of top 100 wage earners for
Read moreGanim Names Budget And Labor Chiefs
With the retirement of budget chief Tom Sherwood, Mayor Joe Ganim has elevated veteran financial official Nestor Nkwo to serve as director of the Office
Read moreWho’ll Be Jamming In Joe’s Garage?
Rock icon Frank Zappa scored an infectious FM favorite about several band buddies, an unconventional bunch, coming together to play in “Joe’s Garage.” In Joe
Read moreThe End Of Sherwood’s Budget Forest?
No one knows the city’s more than $500 million budget like Tom Sherwood. For more than a decade he has served as director of the
Read moreWhen Red Ink Flows, The Trapdoors Of Election-Year Budgets
In 2007, mayoral candidate Bill Finch promised a dubious $600 tax cut as a strategic edge in his Democratic primary struggle over party outsider Chris
Read moreDriving Miss Daisy Or Fiscal Crazy?
Love him or not, perhaps somewhere in the middle, citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee, also a petitioning candidate for City Council, keeps on barking
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