Flatto Working In City Finance Office–’Helping Part Time For A Few Days A Week’
Former Fairfield Democratic First Selectman Ken Flatto who recently became a resident of the Park City is working in the city’s Finance Department in a consulting capacity a few days a week. He has...
View ArticleKohut Issues Plea: Bridgewater Belongs In Bridgeport
Jeff Kohut, 2011 independent mayoral candidate, shares his take following last week’s announcement of major hedge fund Bridgewater Associates relocating to Stamford. Kohut declares it’s going to the...
View ArticleGomes-Driven Layoffs Impact About 20 City Employees Including Tax Assessor,...
In a financially bloody Friday about 20 city employees, some of them high profile, received layoff notices declaring they’re being let go as a result of government restructuring, including Tax Assessor...
View ArticleGrand List 15 Percent Lower, Mixed Bag Expected For Tax Bills
In about four weeks, Mayor Joe Ganim will submit his proposed budget to the City Council that will factor in the grand list of taxable property based on the new revaluation to kick in for July 1. The...
View ArticleSteel Point, Led By Bass Pro Shops, Hits Personal Property Tax Rolls July 1
In a few weeks Mayor Joe Ganim will submit the first budget of JG2 to the City Council based on a new reduced grand list of taxable property 15 percent lower than last year, according to city bean...
View ArticleWalker To City Council: Cut Budget By 10 Percent
Bridgeport resident David Walker, the former U.S. comptroller general, addressed the City Council Monday night with a sobering declaration: “You need to make sure that the total City budget is cut by...
View ArticleGanim Putting Finishing Touches On Budget Proposal To City Council
Mayor Joe Ganim, according to the City Charter, is scheduled to submit the first budget of JG2 to the City Council no later than next Tuesday April 5. This is a tricky budget for Ganim and city bean...
View ArticleWalker: Budget Clock Is Ticking, Time To Take Action
Bridgeport resident David Walker, the former U.S. comptroller general, addressed the City Council Monday night urging the body “to cut spending, transform City Government, and restructure retirement...
View ArticleGanim: Malloy Budget Cuts Devastating–Will State Legislature Rescue City?
The financial scenario is ugly. Mayor Joe Ganim on Wednesday issued a distress letter to department heads that calls Governor Dan Malloy’s state budget cuts potentially “devastating.” Malloy is trying...
View ArticleCrickets … Two Speakers For City Council Public Hearing On $560 Million Budget
Well, two speakers are better than none, right? At 6:07 p.m. on Thursday Scott Burns, co-chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, called the meeting to order for the public to speak on Mayor...
View ArticleIn April Budget Hearing The Sound Of Crickets, What About Tuesday?
On April 21, this happened: the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee conducted a public hearing on the city’s spending plan and two taxpayers spoke. On Tuesday, now that they’ve received...
View ArticleWatchdog Barks About “Hidden Government”–Will Others Dig In?
For years, citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee has been a lonely bark adding light to the dark of government finances with little backup from struggling taxpayers at City Council meetings. Last...
View ArticleStafstrom Calls On Mayor To Form Commission To Examine City’s Long-term Debt
A Black Rock community forum took place Tuesday night featuring City Council members Kate Bukovsky and Scott Burns hearing additional calls for a state oversight board to monitor city finances. The...
View ArticleCity Council To Vote On Labor Concession Deal
A special meeting of the City Council will take place Monday at 6 p.m. in City Hall to vote on two Contract Committee reports regarding labor concession agreements with the National Association of...
View ArticleCity Financial Position Improves, But Questions Linger
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The city has eliminated most of the $20 million budget deficit, if not the entire thing. But the fiscal challenges are again mounting, less than four months months into...
View ArticleSearching For City Council Heroes
Citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee Monday night addressed the City Council asking “Will you provide your constituents with one or two explanations why you hesitated to help those Kindergarten...
View ArticleBudget-stressed City Seeks Financial Guidance
Mayor Joe Ganim is implementing a suggestion by State Rep. Steve Stafstrom to create a financial task force to serve as an adviser for long-term fiscal stability. CT Post reporter Brian Lockhart has...
View ArticlePromoting Transparency, Ganim Unveils Financial Website, Lembo: Public Can...
Piggybacking a state online financial portal, Mayor Joe Ganim on Thursday introduced Open Budget that provides insight into city financial information including revenues and expenditures and payments...
View ArticleAway, But Still In Touch Fiscally
Citizen fiscal watchdog John Marshall Lee could not attend the speaking portion of the City Council meeting Monday night where he is a regular voice. But he does not disappoint, writing to council...
View ArticleWhat’s Ganim’s Grade On Government Reform His First Year Back?
During the 2015 comeback campaign Joe Ganim rolled on a deodorant to mask a past that had forced him from office in 2003: public support from the retired FBI agent Ed Adams who investigated him and...
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