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Ned Lamont: “Coming out of COVID they [Bridgeport] got a lot of federal…”

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Governor Ned Lamont on Connecticut's Stability in Uncertain Times

Published | Video Starts at 47:59

I mean, the quick answer is more funding by the state, but that's. I don't go right to the quick answer. I can tell you I was a little disappointed in Bridgeport because Coming out of COVID they [Bridgeport] got a lot of federal money and they doubled the size of the. Their central staff. and everybody got paid more, and there was less money going in the classrooms, less money going to libraries, more money going to overhead. I Think I referenced that before. (47:59–48:05)

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Asserts that Bridgeport doubled its central staff size with federal COVID funds.

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