We Need Ron Watson …, Or a List of people who can’t say No?

Ron Watson has a full page ad in the newspaper today. The advertisement is to show the support Mr Watson has in the county by listing the names of supporters. We all know someone on the list.
The advertisement is launched before the candidate filing period has even begun. Ron has been making phone [...]

Joe Oliverio is Running for Governor Again

I love democracy. You are free to laugh any time you want except at funerals and in front of bosses without a sense of humor.
Here is Joey O’s news story.

Gabriel Brothers to temporarily close store in Bridgeport

Press release reveals plan to remodel exterior and interior. Will take 4 – 6 month. Read their press release here. Could be a good opportunity during closure to vary ones wardrobe by now buying shirts elsewhere that have all of the buttons attached.

Gov Manchin’s daughter gets an MBA for Christmas

Newspaper suggests that the Registrar’s records were changed to award her a MBA degree to match her resume. Questions raised how the Mylan executive received her degree.

Bridgeport and Home Rule

An erstwhile reader of this blog, as well as the Bridgeport News, suggests this medium as a forum to raise, discuss, and collect the ideas coming out of the last City Council meeting on the subject of the Home Rule Application proposal.
The questions before us are:
Do you think the Mayor and City Council should [...]

Michigan – The New West Virginia!

From the Charleston Daily Mail:
Sources say women’s soccer Coach Nikki Izzo-Brown interviewed with Michigan this month to be the next coach there. Izzo-Brown could not be reached for comment Sunday.
Rumor is that this might be close to a done deal. You might not want to wear a Michigan sweatshirt in Morgantown in the near [...]

A Contrast in Character

Joe Paterno makes $512,664 a year at Penn State. He and his wife have either donated or raised over $4 Million for the University’s library. Two National Championships, 371 wins and soon to be 34 bowl game appearances. Maybe he has stayed around too long.

STRIKE IT RICH! Coach Rod to UM

From the Detroit Free Press

Michigan has a new football coach.
West Virginia’s Rich Rodriguez, who met with U-M president Mary Sue Coleman and athletic director Bill Martin on Friday in Toledo, has accepted the Michigan coaching job, replacing retiring coach Lloyd Carr.

Associate athletic director Bruce Madej confirmed to a Free [...]

Bridgeport Fire Fee Proposals Raise Questions

The Mayor and Council appoint a committee of 15 to study and make recommendations to equitably charge the businesses and residents a fire fee Imagine the surprise of the Committee members when they show up at the council meeting to find that major modifications were made to their recommendations before hand and they were [...]

Bridgeport City Council hears objections on Home Rule application process

 
Last Monday’s Bridgeport Council meeting engaged some residents in the discussion of the city’s Home Rule application and the failure of the City to allow public participation in the process

An alert citizen rose to object to the application process that the City had been pursuing in their Home Rule application. She had read the [...]