City fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee Wednesday night attended the first session of the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee as the city’s legislative body
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He’s Baaack! Financial Watchdog Returns–Good Gravy, An Avalanche Of Financial Reports
City budget examiner John Marshall Lee, the resident stick in the eye to city bean counters, is back from vacation in Ireland. (Some pols wish
Read moreGhostbusters Beware–There’s Ectoplasm In The Budget
Ectoplasm? Leave it to the indomitable budget busters from BOB (Budget Oversight Bridgeport) to conduct a séance over the city budget. In their latest commentary
Read more‘A Couple Of Loose Ends I’d Like To Tie Up’–Budget Question For Council Members, Defunded Or Eliminated?
When it comes to the City Council, those budget interrogators John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy are like Lieutenant Colombo coming back for more. In
Read moreVallas At Budget Hearing Urges $7 Million More For Schools–Others Demand Cuts
Facing a relatively tame audience of education advocates seeking more school aid and taxpayers exhorting budget cuts, the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee Thursday night
Read moreBobbing For Budget Accuracy
OIB readers John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy are part of team BOB–Budget Oversight Bridgeport–a collection of city taxpayers cynical about city budget numbers. They
Read moreForce-feeding OATS To City Budget–‘Ghost Positions’ Or Needed Positions?
City fiscal watchdogs John Marshall Lee and Andy Fardy present the second in a series of video windows into Bridgeport’s budget process: What’s in it? What’s
Read moreFinch Pitches Tax Increase In The Rock–Historic Opportunity For Schools: “I Never Asked This Before”
Facing a sometimes restrained, sometimes frustrated crowd, Mayor Bill Finch addressed a jam-packed audience Wednesday night at the Black Rock Library Branch to explain why
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