In a one party town such as Bridgeport, politics tends to
be incestuous. There are no quarrels more vicious than family quarrels, because
in a family quarrel there is no outside mediating instrument to soften manners, no coach to make sure the teams abide by the rules.
“Three weeks from today,” Lennie Grimaldi notes on his
popular site Only in Bridgeport,
"the Democratic primary for mayor between
Bill Finch and Mary-Jane Foster begins at 6 a.m. The road to the primary has
taken a bizarre route, but what’s a Bridgeport mayoral election without a judge
involved, eh? Does anyone think we’re done with controversy involving local and
state election officials? Look for the Foster camp to fire off letters to city
and state officials demanding accountability. What assurances can Democratic
Registrar Santa Ayala and Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill,
the state’s chief election official, give the Foster camp that an election will
be honest, clean and transparent? Don’t hold your breath. Not after the madness
from the past year and personalities involved.”
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