Is It Health Reform Or Deform? Plus: Bridgeport Day In Hartford
The landmark health care bill has passed. It’s historic. But will it be a historic burden? Now what? It means more government and a victory for Barack. (For now, at least.) Some of the stuff kicks in...
View ArticleLet’s Lock Rell In A Room With Weicker (If We Can Find Her), And What Gives...
Wouldn’t it be nice if Governor Jodi Rell did something nice for the city before retreating to full-time granny life? Maybe she figures she already performed a benevolent act when she reversed herself...
View ArticleHimes: ‘Independent Voting Record’ And Barnes Wants Hennessy On Rocks
Congressman Jim Himes joins us for a Pol Pod chat. Himes won election in 2008 knocking off 20-year Republican incumbent Christopher Shays, backed by Barack’s Bridgeport tsunami, becoming the first...
View ArticleHoly Habanero, Things Heating Up
Tsunami Tuesday’s approaching. How will you vote two weeks from today? Will you vote? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. OIB readers vote! (It just may be too soon to say for whom.) Lots of soft...
View ArticleMayor, Mario And Malloy, Plus: Himes-Debicella Battle, And Pathetic Primary...
Sounds like Mayor Bill Finch and Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa are doing and saying all the right things reaching out to guber primary winner Dan Malloy. The mayor and Mario aren’t in any position...
View ArticleDick’s Congress Street Bridge Visit
U.S. Senator Dick Blumenthal (it has a new ring) will be in Bridgeport Tuesday for a tour of the Congress Street Bridge, or what’s left of the span connecting downtown and the East Side. From Dick:...
View ArticleGomes: Heal The Wounds Of Blight
Democratic mayoral candidate John Gomes shares his perspective on addressing blight in the city. See below: Blight in Bridgeport; the wound that needs healing. In a recent Connecticut Post story: “No...
View ArticleBridge Over River Pequonnock, And Haywire Harkins
Mayor Bill Finch and Congressman Jim Himes were joined today by a bunch of local officials at Knowlton Street and Crescent Avenue as demolition begins on the hulking upright leaves of the Congress...
View ArticleShaban Opens HQ In The Port: I’m A Team Guy … Not About Democrats Or Republicans
Republican candidate for Congress John Shaban on Thursday did something very few GOP regional candidates for office have even thought about: he opened his campaign headquarters in Bridgeport in an...
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Money For Airport Improvements, New Congress Street Bridge On State Bond...
City officials hope an effort to bring back commercial passenger service to Sikorsky Memorial Airport fashions a safe landing on the Dec. 11 State Bond
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State Bond Commission Flights $15 Million In Infrastructure Upgrades For...
The State Bond Commission on Tuesday, the last chaired by outgoing Governor Dan Malloy, approved roughly $15 million in infrastructure improvements for Bridgeport including $7
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Ganim Extols Infrastructure Money For City Projects
Mayor Joe Ganim, in the commentary that follows, highlights the State Bond Commission’s recent approval of $14.6 million for infrastructure upgrades and economic development projects.
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Moore Leaning Toward Ganim Challenge, Decision Soon
State Senator Marilyn Moore says she’s leaning toward challenging Mayor Joe Ganim who is seeking another four-year term. She expects to make a final decision
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Backed By Major Assist From State, Ganim Announces New Congress Street Bridge...
Mayor Joe Ganim on Thursday announced the Connecticut Department of Transportation has committed funds to cover 50 percent of the cost to build a new
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Ganim To Announce Details Of New Congress Street Bridge
Ramping up election-year media hits, Mayor Joe Ganim on Friday will be joined by Congressman Jim Himes and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal to formally announce
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Bridgeport’s Bonanza: $241 Million Poised In Direct Aid From Federal Stimulus...
Tucked into the stimulus relief bill signed by President Biden is something leaders from cities and towns across America have jawboned their congressional representatives for
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Here We Go: Engaging Political Year On Tap
What to look for in 2022: Two months away from primaries for March Democratic Town Committee seats, the officials who conduct party business, endorse candidates
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In Criticism Of Himes, Stevenson Seeks Better Bridge To Congress
In political terms replacing–or lack of–the Congress Street Bridge is an election ritual. In the 14 years since Jim Himes’ election to Congress every Republican
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