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  • Norwalk Council decision brings on ‘The Wrath of Cahn’

    Updated, 12:36 p.m.: Comment from Steve Serasis. Correction: Shannon O’Toole Giandurco is minority leader, not majority leader. NORWALK, Conn. — James Cahn is not letting his non-appointment to the Norwalk Zoning Commission go without a fight. Cahn, a District A Republican, sent an email to every Common Council member last week asking for direct answers…

  • Norwalk’s ‘damn Council’ tables ‘Go Ape,’ no testimony allowed

    NORWALK, Conn. — A planned outpouring of anti-Go Ape! anger got short circuited Tuesday as the Norwalk Common Council voted to table the item at the beginning of its meeting, thereby taking it off the agenda and making public comment inappropriate, according to Corporation Counsel Mario Coppola. The Go Ape! treetop adventure course proposed for…

  • Norwalk Dems, Republicans, invite voters to caucuses to elect new members

    Updated, 2 p.m., comment from Pete Torrano. NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Democrats have finalized the locations for their Jan. 6 caucus, in which Democratic Norwalkers – anyone who is registered Democrat – can vote on who will be in the expanded Democratic Town Committee. The DTC is expanding from 35 members to 55 members in…

  • Dem former mayors see Norwalk moving in right direction

    NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk’s Democratic former mayors are optimistic about the future given Tuesday’s landslide victory by Mayor Harry Rilling and the emergence of a Democratic majority on the Common Council that they expect to be a more functional caucus than has been the case. “I think it was a strong affirmation of the public…

  • Watts rebuts Kimmel in part 2 of Norwalk Democratic dirt show

    Watts rebuts Kimmel in part 2 of Norwalk Democratic dirt show

    Updated, 2:47 p.m., comment from John Igneri NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk’s Common Council continued to, at times, resemble a circus Tuesday night, but Mayor Harry Riling, who is vacationing but was still part of the proceedings, missed the show. Councilman David Watts (D-District A) pointed to the mosque issue as part of the reason the…

  • Contentious vote makes it official: Norwalk DTC will expand to 55 members next year

    Corrections 4/26: The original story identified Vinny Mangiacopra as Democratic District D chairman. He is the former chairman. Also, Haraldo Williams was not the only person of color in the room after the others walked out. DTC Chairman Ed Camacho and Eloisa Melendez also remained. We have removed the reference altogether. NORWALK, Conn. — There…

  • Norwalk Democrats split on racial lines when it comes to Rilling

    NORWALK, Conn. — With the 2015 local elections looming, fissures in Norwalk’s Democratic Party are becoming more pronounced. The Democratic Town Committee remains firmly behind Mayor Harry Rilling, but Democratic Common Council members are split along racial lines, with members of the unofficial, so-called Black Caucus voicing unhappiness with the city’s top elected official. While…

  • Kimmel says he’s back with Norwalk Republicans; Dems say otherwise

    NORWALK, Conn. – A move to redistribute the power on Norwalk’s Common Council is based on a misconception, Councilman Bruce Kimmel (D-At Large) said Tuesday. Wednesday, Kimmel said comments made by Minority Leader Travis Simms (D-District B) and Councilman David Watts (D-District A) at Tuesday’s meeting were false. “I never officially resigned from the Republican…

  • Kimmel leaves GOP caucus, wants ‘situation’ remedied

    Updated 7:54 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, with remarks from Republican Town Committee Chairman Pete Torrano, other informtion. NORWALK, Conn. – Bruce Kimmel has been looked at as the swing vote on the Common Council for the past two years. His next swing could cause a major change in the makeup of the Council. Kimmel, an…

  • Norwalk Dems again shuffle deck

    NORWALK, Conn. – There has been another change in Norwalk Democratic Party leadership. Councilman Travis Simms (D-District B) announced at Tuesday’s council meeting that he had been named the new council minority leader, replacing Councilman John Igneri (D-District E). The announcement was brief. Simms said it had been unanimously decided. “I wouldn’t say it’s unusual,”…