Monthly Archive for May, 2014

: May, 2014

McKinney slams Malloy on transit fund

Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, who is running the GOP gubernatorial nomination today challenged Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s assertion that the state invested more than a billion in

Bridgeport GOP bullish on Kudlow

Connecticut’s largest city is hardly an incubator for Reaganomics. But don’t tell that to members of the Bridgeport’s Republican Town Committee, who landed CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow as their

Environmentalist protesters target Greenwich summit of Democratic governors

Rolaids won’t help relieve these gas pains. Greenwich, where Democratic governors from at least four states put out the welcome mat for big-time donors, is the latest front in the anti-fracking

Second chances: Scott Brown stumps for Debicella

If only Dan Debicella could get the keys to Scott Brown’s ubiquitous pickup truck. The GOP’s presumptive nominee for Congress in Connecticut’s 4th District will have to settle for a truck-load of

Boughton-Lauretti petition drive scrutinized by Foley operative

A petition drive organized by the the newly-formed ticket of Mark Boughton and Mark Lauretti encountered its first potential roadblock Wednesday — and the mayoral tandem from Danbury and Shelton is

Despite Malloy’s sometimes-abrasive personality, an observer and an insider believe Dems may come home to him in election.

Okay, so some strata of Democrat-leaning union members, public school teachers in particular, are fulminating over Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s education initiatives and reforms, including what they

Former Comptroller General of the United States, David Walker of Bridgeport, files paperwork for August 12 GOP Lt. Gov. Primary

This from David Walker of Bridgeport, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor: “Dave has partnered with State Senator and Republican Leader John McKinney, who qualified for the Republican

Two months after announcing for re-election, Gov. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Wyman are near fund-raising goal

The power of incumbency and the efficacy of computer programs will come to partial fruition this weekend when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman expect to reach the $250,000 threshold

War of the roses: Somers ditches Boughton

Theirs was supposed to be a pragmatic political marriage. It checked off all of the boxes: gender balance, geographic diversity and money. But the pairing of Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and former

Shelton’s Lauretti seeks petition signatures to get the GOP nomination for Gov.

  Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti is joining another GOP gubernatorial hopeful in taking out petitions to win a spot on the August 12 primary. To get on the ballot, Lauretti, who only got 1 percent