DFER's 'Education Warrior' Sen. Smith, busted trying to rig N.Y. mayor's race
Smith, in a conversation with a federal informant, expressed his feelings on the illegal payoffs. “Business is business.” |
Hedge-fund school reformers at DFER's held up State Sen. Malcolm Smith, as their all-time school privatization hero. They describe Smith here as "a proud supporter of public charter schools long before it became popular to do so within the Democratic Party." Smith was even honored with DFER's 2007 Education Warrior Award .
Oops! This from today's Daily News:
Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith was busted Tuesday with City Councilman Dan Halloran in a
Walton paying for CPS propaganda campaign on school closings
Walton dollars were also used to set up this website with a video showing a concerned CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett bemoaning the fact that her school district is not providing "all children" with a "high quality, 21st