by Zachary Janowski | Nov 1, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch supported a special permit for a billboard on top of the Webster Bank Arena before the arena donated advertising space on that billboard to the city, which Finch is using to get more Twitter followers. Jonathan Pelto puts it together...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 29, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch is looking for followers on Twitter and he is using billboard space donated to the city to recruit them. The billboard, visible from I-95, promotes Finch’s account, @MayorBillFinch. “The billboard space is provided to the city as free...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 25, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
The results of Gov. Dannel Malloy’s fundraising trip to California on behalf of the Democratic Party last week won’t be public until next year because he left for California immediately after the most recent reporting period ended. Both major state parties...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 18, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
State officials recently purchased Hartford’s Morgan Street garage, paying significantly more than its appraised value, in a move that results in a better financial picture for the Hartford Parking Authority. Last year, the city took $1.2 million from...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 27, 2013 | Features, General, Politics
New Haven City Clerk Ron Smith admitted to Raising Hale in January that he never played for a the New York Knicks, despite claims in a biography on the city website that the team drafted him. At the time, Smith called the information in the biography a “big...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 26, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
The two remaining candidates for New Haven mayor share the belief that the city’s pension system needs reform, although they disagree on what specific changes to make. Both New Haven pension funds, one for police and firefighters and another for all other city...
