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 23, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General
Connecticut’s lauded ethics laws allow state officials to make vague disclosures about their sources of income in some cases, but for Commissioner Dan Esty his wife’s filings as a member of Congress reveal more details than his own. Esty joined Gov. Dannel Malloy’s...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 22, 2013 | Ethics, Features, General
State officials required by Connecticut’s popular ethics laws to disclose their income are allowed in some cases to use vague terms such as “clients” to describe how they earn a living. Most state officials required to file a statement of financial interest –...
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 | Oct 17, 2013 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Unions
With the end of longevity payments for non-union state employees, total payments will fall to $13.6 million this month. Longevity payments for about 27,300 union employees will appear in their Oct. 18 paychecks. (View the list here.) Two prosecutors, Matthew Crockett...
