Out of Mike’s League
November 11, 2010 (GBN News): The abrupt resignation of NY City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, and Mayor Bloomberg’s surprise choice of his successor, Cathleen Black, has led to rampant speculation as to the real story behind these moves. But GBN News has learned that the reason for the change was actually quite simple, and it came down to money.“The Mayor was never really comfortable with the Chancellor”, a source close to the Mayor told GBN News, on condition of anonymity. “To put it very plainly, Joel wasn’t rich enough. There’s a qualitative difference between the very wealthy and the merely well off. Joel just wasn’t in the same class.”
“Mike feels that the most important quality in a Chancellor is empathy,” the official went on to say. “He wanted someone who can relate to him, who knows what it’s like to be in the trenches. A person who understands the tough decisions parents have to make, like, ‘Do we send the kids to a prestigious boarding school, or to that exclusive private school in town?’ Joel never had to make a choice like that – for someone of his limited means, it was private school or nothing.”