It’s sad to say, but the factories of the past are indeed gone. If we travel through some parts of Bridgeport, it is evident that factories — now abandoned — are part of our great city’s history. Where do we place the blame? Was it politics, high taxes, economics, a better deal elsewhere, not enough [...] Continue Reading…

If marketing music is about creating an image with which individuals can identify — and that seems to be the case — then are emotions something that can be bought, sold and consumed, thrown out, commercialized and conveyed through marketing industries? Is that really what human emotions come down to? A simple trend? Perhaps it’s [...] Continue Reading…

Some decriers have tried to diminish the Connecticut Supreme Court decision regarding the illegal state takeover of the Bridgeport Board of Education. These spin masters, led by Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch and his sycophants, have been intellectually dishonest in referring to the basis of the decision as a “technicality.” Nothing could be further from the [...] Continue Reading…

While scattershooting around the Park City, here are a few nuggets I found that may have aroused some interest since the last time I, well, scattershot. In an otherwise innocuous puff piece about Mayor Bill Finch’s brown bag lunches with residents, Connecticut Post reporter Tim Loh caught the mayor making an offhand and ill-conceived remark [...] Continue Reading…

He’s b-a-a-a-a-c-k! Not that it’s any great surprise. Ernie Newton is officially returning to the political scene and will challenge incumbent state Sen. Ed Gomes (D-23) for the seat Gomes has held since Newton began serving his five-year federal prison sentence. The seat was once held by Newton and the veteran Park City politician wants [...] Continue Reading…

OK gang, it’s that day, coming up on the 8th. A day where strangers pump your hand, exhort you to “Do the right thing,” and give you reams of useless pasteboard “hints.” A day where Republicans pray for rain. Vote early and vote often, Curbsiders. Rather than get involved in the political fray, I am [...] Continue Reading…

It is well-established in our representative democracy, that the power of government is shared among three equal branches; the Judicial, the Legislative and the Executive. Fearful as the drafters of our federal and state constitutions were of the abuse of power by a tyrannical ruler, and fully aware of the human tendency to control and [...] Continue Reading…

It has been said that in order to understand and make sense of the present, we must have some level of clarity of the events and factors that led us into the present. While this is true for the individual, it also applies to organizations, corporations, and government. As the students and teachers of the [...] Continue Reading…

On Wednesday, Aug. 10, the front page of the Connecticut Post declared that “Bridgeport Hispanics BOE Snub Leads to Angry Letters.” Former State Representative Edna Garcia, a dedicated and committed member of the Latino community, is quoted as saying, “I just thought that was so disrespectful to the Latino community.” Frank Delgado, owner of Edit [...] Continue Reading…

Political power is generally defined as the capacity to influence the public affairs of a community, a state and/or a nation. Political power may be acquired through either the electoral process or the appointive process. The pursuit of political power relentlessly seduces the pursuer without mercy. This is because the person in pursuit of political [...] Continue Reading…