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Report: Tough Decisions, Or An $82M Hole

by Thomas MacMillan | Sep 2, 2010 1:10 pm | Comments (31)

One vision of 2015: New Haven government is $82 million in the red. A second vision: New Haven has millions to spare, thanks to a modernized fire department, less police overtime, and increased fees for baseball in the park.

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Round 2: Living Wage Dispute Heats Up

by Thomas MacMillan & Allan Appel | Sep 2, 2010 7:17 am | Comments (48)

Charges and countercharges flew for a second day over a plan to increase the city’s “living wage,” as the mayor called the proposal unaffordable. Proponents’ response: City Hall’s making up scare stories to avoid paying low-wage workers enough to avoid living in poverty.

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Monetization Rises From The Grave

by Paul Bass | Aug 27, 2010 10:53 am | Comments (24)

Jorge Perez had a burrito for lunch at Zinc the other day. Also on the menu: the not-yet-dead idea of selling 25 years worth of city parking revenues for a quick $50 million.

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Custodian Dispute Heads To Arbitration

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 12, 2010 8:00 am | Comments (38)

After negotiations on a new contract hit an “impasse,” the school district and its custodians stopped talking and sent their dispute to a panel of arbitrators.

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City Enters The “New Normal” Era

by Melissa Bailey | Jul 2, 2010 7:12 am | Comments (17)

As he looks ahead to the new fiscal year, Mayor John DeStefano said he has a choice: keep unionized custodial services and have 30 students per classroom, or privatize and shrink class size to 24.

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Lemar Pushes For, Against School Budget Cuts

by Paul Bass | Jun 25, 2010 12:17 pm | Comments (26)

In May, Roland Lemar pushed City Hall to cut schools spending in order to keep taxes down. Thursday, he showed up at a rally to stop City Hall from cutting school spending.

He can explain.

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$471.6M City Budget Passes

by Thomas MacMillan | May 28, 2010 8:00 am | Comments (85)

Despite last-minute attempts to make more cuts, and an eleventh-hour insurgency that almost stopped the process dead in its tracks, the Board of Aldermen voted to approve the city’s new budget largely unchanged.

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TAG: You’re It

by Melissa Bailey | May 25, 2010 11:15 am | Comments (40)

“School to me is just boring,” Jordan Lampo told authorities. Without the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program—now on the budget chopping block—“I’d just be twiddling my thumbs.”

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Finance Co. OKs Mayor’s Budget Cuts

by Thomas MacMillan | May 18, 2010 5:52 pm | Comments (73)

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Mayor Finds $6M, Halves Tax Increase

by Thomas MacMillan | May 17, 2010 4:36 pm | Comments (68)

No new cops. “Talented and Gifted” and summer athletic programs slashed. No more holiday tree on the Green or Fourth of July fireworks.

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