Malloy Makes It Clear: Your State Senator is Your Business, Your Board of Education Member is My Business.
You can call it an interesting commentary on politics and the control of education resources or you could call it yet another installment in the “you just can’t make this stuff up” saga that continues to swirl around the “education reform movement” in Connecticut.
This week, the Bridgeport Democratic Party selected former State Senator Ernie Newton to be their candidate for a seat in the Connecticut State Senate. Newton, a former Bridgeport state representative and state senator served four years in federal prison after being convicted of soliciting a bribe in return for his help to get a $100,000 state contract to a particular local vendor. Newton was Bridgeport’s state senator at the time.
When asked about Newton’s nomination, Governor Malloy said that the Democratic Party’s decision to select Newton as their candidate was a “local issue” and that he is a