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  • Candidate for Mayor Makes Straightforward Pitch: ‘I’m the Smartest Guy in This Whole D*mn City’

    01/28/2019 1:59:52 PM PST · by edwinland · 22 replies
    New Boston Post ^ | Jan 28, 2019 | New Boston Post
    A 52-year-old community activist running for mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut offered a succinct reason for his candidacy during his announcement speech Monday, according to the Connecticut Post. “People say I’m delusional. That I’m crazy. I’m the smartest guy in this whole damn city,” said Tony Barr. Barr ran for mayor as an independent “petitioning candidate” in November 2015, getting 24 votes out of 20,726 cast, or 0.12 percent of the vote, losing to the current mayor, Joe Ganim. This time Barr is running as a Democrat. He and Ganim have a complicated history. In February 2016 Barr pleaded guilty to...