Scalo v. Mandanici

For this court to uphold the ordinance granting the instant pay raises is in direct violation of article eleventh, § 2 of our state constitution and contrary to public policy.

It is undisputed that the various defendants are either elected or politically appointed officials of the city of Bridgeport. Article eleventh, § 2 of the constitution of the state of Connecticut provides in clear and unequivocal language that “[n] either the general assembly nor any county, city, borough, town or school district shall have power to . . . increase the compensation of any public officer or employee, to…