Malloy Tries To Cut $22 Million Using Line-Item Veto
Governor Malloy has employed the line-item veto to eliminate $22 million from the state budget, the first time a Connecticut governor...
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Bridgeport Passes Budget; Mil Rate Up 30%
In an uncannily well-timed announcement on the Friday before the Memorial Day weekend, Mayor Joe Ganim announced the signing of a...
Bridgeport Democratic Party Thanks Its State Rep By Not Endorsing Her
It is a pretty clear sign of the dysfunction within the Bridgeport Democratic Party establishment that, two days before our state...
Education Cuts Could Mean Fleeting Graduation Gains
In another example of how the mechanisms for funding our public education system are failing, Bridgeport is following in Norwalk’s footsteps...
Bassick High School – Politics of Perpetual Failure
Thanks again to Lenny Grimaldi over at Only in Bridgeport for highlighting this story of the half century of challenges at...
Massive Meteor Fireball Lit The Northeast Sky Last Night
I guessed I missed the massive meteor fireball that streaked across the sky in the Northeast in the early hours of Tuesday...
Good News for Animals, For a Change
With the dismal and depressing daily reports of our deteriorating ecological climate (see here, here, and here), it is nice to...
Jodi Rell and Uncertainty
I promise this will be my last post on this, but I just can’t get over the richness of Jodi Rell’s...
Is Jodi Rell's Departure An Income Tax Dodge?
I’m not sure why former Governor Rell’s comments have gotten under my skin, but they obviously have. Although she states the...
Jodi Rell's Final Cheap Shot
It is really classy of former Governor Jodi Rell take some cheap shots at Connecticut as she moves her primary residence to her...