Illegal… as in not legal. The Bridgeport Board of Education’s 5 to 4 illegal vote - Wait, What?

Illegal… as in not legal. The Bridgeport Board of Education’s 5 to 4 illegal vote - Wait, What?:

Illegal… as in not legal. The Bridgeport Board of Education’s 5 to 4 illegal vote

by jonpelto

(Co-written by Jonathan Pelto and Retired Connecticut Judge and public education advocate Carmen Lopez)

“Yes officer, I know I was driving 65 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour school zone and yes I know it is “illegal” to drive that fast, but you don’t understand, that law doesn’t apply to me. I’ll be going now.  Have a nice day.”

In July 2011, the loyal Democrats on the Bridgeport Board of Education illegally voted to disband the elected Bridgeport BOE.

At the time, Bridgeport’s City Attorney, Mark Anastasi, told them that their action was legal.  He said that the Board had the authority to throw Bridgeport residents out of positions to which they had been elected and replace them with an appointed board,