Category: "Announcements"

Nine Percent Does Not a Mandate Make

In his “victory” speech, Mayor Ganim told us “Bridgeport has Spoken,” that he “declare[s] victory for the City of Bridgeport.”

“The People of Bridgeport…” nine percent of Bridgeport's voters has actually spoken somewhat in Mr. Ganim's favor; I expect even some of these held their noses and voted for Mr. Ganim because they didn't have confidence in the alternative proposed.

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Thank You

Hello Friends:

I thank you for your support over this most odd of election cycles.

I appreciate both the kind and the critical words.

I share with you my last piece to the press:

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Herz endorses no one but himself

I am informed that some of Mayor Ganim's canvassers are suggesting that I have dropped out and endorsed him.

Statement on Daniels' Endorsement of Ganim

Statement on Daniels' Endorsement of Ganim

If it is going to be a Democrat, I agree that Mayor Ganim is the better choice.

I think it's a good move for Mr. Daniels. Mr. Ganim won't be mayor forever. Maybe he's looking for one more good term, and will then be ready to hand the city off.

I expect that Mr. Daniels will find an important place within the Ganim administration, and execute well, positioning him as the preferred candidate to follow Mr. Ganim.

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More of the same will only give you more of the same:

More of the same will only give you more of the same:

I agree with Mayor Ganim that he is the better choice in our upcoming primary. Why I Fired John Gomes, CT Post Jan. 11, 2024 . The problem is that both he and Mr. Gomes are different hues of the same failed color.

In his recent interview with Lisa Wexler, Mayor Ganim related that he came from Republican stock, and suggested that he was moved to become a Democrat because it is the “more compassionate” party. I laud that compassion, and have no doubt of Mayor Ganim's love for our city.

However, compassion becomes a curse when something else is necessary, the classic example being the butterfly that never properly forms because a human has tried to help it out of its chrysalis.

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