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Monday, October 28, 2013

10-28-13 Wait What?

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Hartford Officials: We don’t have to follow any stinking FOI laws
Capital Prep’s principal, Steve Perry, isn’t the only one acting like he is above the law as Hartford officials refuse to release Federal Subpoena WNPR News is reporting – http://wnpr.org/post/hartford-officials-refuse-release-federal-subpoena “Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra told reporters last week that federal prosecutors had served a subpoena on city hall. His attorneys won’t release them. Federa

Steve Perry…People get fired or worse for the illegal things you are doing…
Yesterday’s Wait, What? post asked, When will Steve Perry be shown the door? The reason? Because he has been misusing public funds. Since opening his twitter account, Steve Perry has pumped out more than 30,694.  Many of those were sent out while he was supposed to be performing his job as principal of Capital Prep […]The post Steve Perry…People get fired or worse for the illegal things you are do

Real Hartford Blog examines “bait and switch” with Clark School and Achievement First Inc.
Despite significant public opposition to another Achievement First, Inc. school in Hartford, Mayor Pedro Segarra, Board of Education Chairman Matt Poland and a majority of the Hartford Board of Education voted to give Achievement First, Inc. a second Hartford school — but they did so without identifying where the new Achievement First, Inc. school would […]The post Real Hartford Blog examines “bai


Wait What? - When will Steve Perry be shown the door?
When will Steve Perry be shown the door? - Wait What?: When will Steve Perry be shown the door?Last week, a White House employee was fired for using his twitter account to make insulting comments while on the public payroll.  Tweeting while on the job got him fired on the spot and escorted to the door. His twitter account has now been deleted but according to press reports, the White House aide wa