Dennis Defends DOE Democracy
May 4, 2011 (GBN News): After a firestorm of criticism over the lack of transparency in the coming elections for Community Education Councils (CEC’s), NY City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott has finally offered an explanation for the failure to make public the list of candidates. “Since the linchpin of our democracy is the secret ballot,” Mr. Walcott told reporters, “it only seemed fitting that the names of the candidates on the ballot should be secret.”
In a related story, it was revealed today that Jimmy Carter has turned down a request to monitor the CEC elections. The former President, whose Carter
