Here is what a real Democrat says in the face of injustice
Bobby Simmons, the lone independent Democrat on the Bridgeport Board of Education provides a valuable lesson to other Democratic elected officials around the state and nation. When faced with injustice and wrongdoing you stand and up speak out. The responsibility to speak out is even greater when the perpetrator is a fellow Democrat.
Bobby Simmons’ commentary piece appears in today’s Connecticut Post and is entitledPlantation life in Bridgeport
I wish to thank the Connecticut Post editorial board for its recent editorial highlighting the outrageous allegations leveled against your newspaper and a highly regarded reporter, Daniel Tepfer, by the chairman of the Bridgeport Board of Education and former campaign treasurer of Mayor Bill Finch.
However, I am compelled to place my remarks, which were accurately quoted in the