AltWeeklies Wire
Chris Dodd: PAC-Mannew
The senator's presidential campaign is gobbling up corporate cash from Wall Street PACs with the fervor of an arcade game monster.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
11-20-2007 |
Politics
Wall Street Embraces Chris Dodd With Open Walletsnew
Chris Dodd and Hillary Clinton are the only two candidates from either party who've collected 65 percent of their fund-raising dollars from donations of $2,300 or more.
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
11-13-2007 |
Politics
Chris Dodd Gives Iowa a Trynew
The good news: Iowans like Sen. Chris Dodd. The bad news: probably not enough to vote for him.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
11-06-2007 |
Politics
Mayor for Life in Connecticut?new
Seven mayors and first selectmen push the limits of incumbency with an average 18 years in office apiece -- is this a good thing?
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
10-30-2007 |
Politics
If This is Clean Elections, I'd Hate to See the Unclean Kindnew
Mayor John DeStefano is running for re-election this year under a first-of-its-kind municipal public financing model that DeStefano himself helped create, but he's gone back to the same well of city contractors, city employees and public schools workers who have been his bread and butter for the last several elections.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
10-23-2007 |
Politics
High-Profile Dems Skip Key Abortion Votenew
Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd could have undone a regressive, four-year-old Bush administration policy on family planning, had they shown up to vote.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
10-02-2007 |
Politics
The Do-Something Connecticut State Legislaturenew
Like the majority of state governing bodies nationwide, the state's "citizen legislature" is comprised of lawmakers who presumably legislate for a few months per year and hold down jobs the rest of the time -- some are proposing going full-time.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
08-28-2007 |
Politics
Remounting Ned Lamontnew
Is Lamont's re-emergence tied to a possible 2010 run?
New Haven Advocate |
Freda Moon |
08-28-2007 |
Politics
How Open Is Your Government?new
We asked ten Connecticut municipalities to let us see e-mails that should be public record -- some did, some didn't, most made excuses.
New Haven Advocate |
Nicole Mortimer |
08-21-2007 |
Politics
Tags: FOIA
New Ct. Law Could Put Third Parties on Ballotnew
A new Connecticut elections law allows third parties to cross-endorse candidates for office without first having to run a candidate for that seat.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
08-14-2007 |
Politics
Babz in Joylandnew
A New Haven politician steals $50,000 from the poor and gets 30 days in jail -- she should be thrilled.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
08-07-2007 |
Politics
You Call That a Democratic Convention?new
The biannual New Haven Democratic Party meet-up is a real lovefest.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
07-31-2007 |
Politics
Tied Primary Elections No Longer Decided by Coin Flipnew
A new Connecticut law ditches that antiquity in favor of a runoff election -- but should that end in a stalemate, perhaps Hartford could turn to the Maury Povich or the Iraq method.
New Haven Advocate |
Staff |
07-24-2007 |
Politics
New Haven's Mayor Moneybagsnew
Mayor John DeStefano may be pioneering a new way to raise campaign cash, but he's spending it the old-fashioned way.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
07-24-2007 |
Politics
James Newton Sez: Show Me the Moneynew
After swearing off New Haven's new clean-elections Democracy Fund -- adamantly at times -- the mayoral hopeful decided to formally apply to get public money. Why the sudden turnaround?
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
07-17-2007 |
Politics
