Two Weeks Left To Election, You Hearing From Candidates?
On Nov. 5th, city voters will decide the future makeup of the City Council and Board of Education. Will the citywide turnout hit 10 percent? You receiving mail pieces and phone calls? If you want to...
View ArticleHoward Gardner Shares Perspective On “Monolithic” Comment At School Board...
UPDATE: Comments From Howard Gardner and John Weldon: Joe Larcheveque, Steve Best and John Weldon, Republican candidates for Board of Education, question Democratic candidate Howard Gardner’s usage of...
View ArticleBaraka Stresses Courage And Independence On Behalf Of Students
Two-term Board of Education member Sauda Baraka, first elected as a Republican, seeks another term running on the Connecticut Working Families Party line. She highlights her eight years and school...
View ArticlePush For Votes In Final Week
One week from Tuesday is Election Day. Campaign organizations are putting the final touches on identifying voters and persuading them to the polls November 5th. It’s a general election, but the turnout...
View ArticleEric Stewart-Alicea Emphasizes Parental Involvement
Eric Stewart-Alicea, who’s running on the Connecticut Working Families Party line on Tuesday, shares his background and outlook as a candidate for Board of Education: My name is Eric Stewart-Alicea and...
View ArticleVallas Shocked Abusive Principal Not Terminated, GOP Condemns Baraka’s Vote,...
UPDATE: Sauda Baraka, one of four Board of Education members Wednesday night who voted to rescue Tisdale School principal Carmen Perez Dickson from termination for dragging children through hallways,...
View ArticleWhom Are You Voting For Or Against?
Election day for City Council, school board and city sheriff seats. It’s not a mayoral year, but still a lot on the line for control of Board of Education policy and the direction of the city’s budget...
View ArticleWorking Families Party Wins Coalition Control Of School Board, Republican...
The tiny Connecticut Working Families Party, with just a few hundred registered voters throughout the state, has reached its goal of coalition control of the Board of Education, according to unofficial...
View ArticleIntense Town Committee Primary Looms, Pereira Leads Slate Against City...
If you enjoy ferocity in campaign battles, check out the Democratic Town Committee war for control of the Upper East Side. Dem voters in the 138th District could have 27 candidates from which to...
View ArticlePolitical Slates Set For March 1 Dem Primaries
And the battle is officially on. Three of ten Democratic Town Committee Districts will face off in March 1 primaries covering the West Side, East Side and Upper East Side that will feature three...
View ArticleWho Done It? Pereira Slate Walk Piece Altered In Democratic Town Committee...
Two years ago when Maria Pereira had a falling-out with three members of a Democratic Town Committee primary slate she had supported she literally crossed out their names and handed the palm card to...
View ArticleMaria Pereira Dances For Seniors And Votes In Dem Party Squabble, Wanna Cut In?
Who says Board of Education member Maria Pereira doesn’t have a sense of humor? Wednesday night the self-proclaimed piranha of city politics led her Democratic Town Committee slate in a prance with a...
View ArticleTown Committee Wars–The I, Me, Mine Of Politics (Absentee Ballots Too)
More than 1,000 absentee ballots have been mailed by elections officials in three of 10 Democratic Town Committee districts competing in Tuesday’s primary with 27 seats up for grabs. This is as retail...
View ArticleThe Race For Tuesday’s Cricket Vote
By the time polls close Tuesday at 8 p.m. for Democratic Town Committee primaries in three districts, about 700 electors will have cast votes by absentee ballot which could ensure that more votes will...
View ArticlePiranha Power Sweeps To Democratic Town Committee Victory
Board of Education member Maria Pereira, Bridgeport’s self-described establishment fighting piranha of politics, reasserted her voter strength in the Upper East Side leading a slate of nine candidates...
View ArticleDemocratic Political Leadership Shows Male-Dominated Gender Gap
Bridgeport’s Democratic Party is looking for a few good women in district leadership positions. On March 14, Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa, backed by Mayor Joe Ganim, overwhelmingly won another...
View ArticlePiranha Power, Pereira Launches Candidacy To Unseat Ganim’s Guy State Rep...
Claiming State Rep. Charlie Stallworth is an absentee legislator, Board of Education member Maria Pereira has filed state paperwork to challenge the veteran State House member, also a staffer of Mayor...
View ArticleParty Establishment Flips Finger Back At Pereira In State House War
Sometimes a primary result can come down to one digit. Supporters of State House incumbent Charlie Stallworth hope that’s the case in his favor, in more ways than one. A political action committee...
View ArticleAnother Board Of Education Showdown Looms Monday
UPDATE: meeting cancelled. The Board of Education is scheduled to meet Monday night and presumably take up the “Board member vacancy election,” according to the agenda, to fill the term of State Rep....
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