Carmen Lopez explains why taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for Vallas’ legal defense
The following is a commentary piece that appeared in yesterday’s Connecticut Post.
It explains, in no uncertain terms, why it is legally and moral wrong for the taxpayers of Bridgeport and Connecticut to be paying Paul Vallas’ legal bills. But leave it Mayor Bill Finch and the City of Bridgeport to turn their backs on the law and the taxpayers.
Paul Vallas brags that he balanced the Bridgeport school budget but he regularly overlooks the fact that in addition to picking up 80% of the cost of Bridgeport’s school budget, last year’s budget was balanced with an additional $3.4 million forgivable loan from the State of Connecticut….but the money had to be spent on educational costs…
So what is Bridgeport doing? Spending tens of thousands to defend Paul Vallas’ and that was before the City hired one of Connecticut’s most prominent law firms to defend Vallas.
Here are the facts;