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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Wait, What? - Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics

Wait, What? - Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics:


Kenneth Moales Jr. and his Certificate of Occupancy Service and Party
Categories: Kenneth Moales Mayor Bill FinchTags: Kenneth Moales Jr.Mayor Bill FinchIn case you missed it, below is the link to Kenneth Moales Jr. announcing his “Certificate of Occupancy Service and Party that is taking place today. You’ll notice that Mr. Moales appears to be filming his invite from his church-owned Cadillac Escalade.  There are also two Mercedes that appear on the church’s Bridg
You say “entitled” like it is a bad thing…..
Categories: Malloy Paul Vallas Stefan PryorTags: heMalloyPaul VallasStefan Pryor“I’m right and you’re wrong, I’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”  -Roald Dahl, Matilda Okay, let’s take a break from examining the sense of “entitlement” that surrounds Paul Vallas, Stefan Pryor and Governor Malloy. How about this… Today the Hartford Courant’s Jon Lender writes;  “Twent

The Power of Truth: A CT Post Editorial observes …“Board ignoring responsibilities”

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Bridgeport’s faux superintendent of schools, Paul Vallas, and Board of Education Chairman Kenneth Moales Jr. are two of the leading characters in the charade that has been created by Governor Malloy, Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch.
Claiming they are “doing it for the children,” Vallas, Moales and the rest of the actors have been staring in a macabre display of “education reform” frenzy.
Back when it all started with the Malloy administration’s illegal take-over of the Bridgeport Schools and the arrival of education reformer extraordinaire, Paul Vallas, it appeared that the worst offense might be “nothing more” than the expenditure of millions of dollars’ worth of taxpayer funds through no-bid contacts, an even greater reliance on useless standardized testing and some ongoing attempts to expand the role of charter schools.
But now, more than a year later, we see that those tactics were mere child’s play compared to the myriad of abuses we’re now witnessing.
As a prime example, in a powerful editorial late last week, the Connecticut Post wrote;