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Friday, June 27, 2014

6-27-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy

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“This is stealing from the poor and middle class to make a billionaire even richer” (Pelto, August 2012)
Twenty-two months later – vindication! Almost two years ago, Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy announced that he was giving Bridgewater Associates, the world’s most profitable hedge fund, $120 million to move their headquarters from Westport to Stamford. Bridgewater’s CEO, Ray Dalio, is known as the nation’s highest paid individual with an annual income of over $2 […] The post “This is stealing from th


Who me?  Pryor calls for an investigation of Jumoke Academy/FUSE charter school management company
Until tonight, observers could safely say that the single most outrageous political maneuver during Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy tenure has been his claim that he was pro-public education while being the only Democratic Governor in the nation to propose doing away with teacher tenure and repealing collective bargaining for teachers in so-called “turnaround” schools. But […] The post Who me?  Pryor


IT’S ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE (By Ann Policelli Cronin)
In this guest post, educator Ann Policelli Cronin provides a clear-cut explanation of some of the problems with the Common Core.  Now if our elected officials would just take the time to learn the facts, they’d join us in our effort to drop the Common Core and stop the inappropriate, unfair, and expensive Common Core […] The post IT’S ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE (By Ann Policelli Cronin) appeared first on


Squelching dissent in Bridgeport City Hall (by Carmen Lopez)
This commentary piece first appeared in the CT Post on June 25, 2014  The 1949 movie “All the King’s Men,” based on the novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren, opens with the main character, Willie Stark, confronting political corruption in a small southern town. Stark, played by Broderick Crawford, claims that a […] The post Squelching dissent in Bridgeport City Hall (by Carmen Lopez) appea




6-26-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? I met my political tracker….Following my speech to the Working Families Party last Saturday, I held an informal press conference outside the hall with members of the Connecticut media.  While a few of the reporters are relatively new to the state, I’ve known others for well over 30 years.  I have tremendous respect for the role real journalists play […] The post I met my pol