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Thursday, July 3, 2014

7-3-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy

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How much did you or your UConn student contribute to Hillary Clinton’s $251,000 speaking fee
Here is the latest on UConn’s payment of $251,000 to Hillary Clinton for speaking on the Storrs Campus earlier this year Pat Eaton-Rob of the Associated Press writes, HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut on Thursday defended its decision to have former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speak on campus in April […] The post How much did you or your UConn student contribute t

Malloy and Pryor:  The Connecticut Charter School Debacle Expands
Thanks to Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy and his Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, Connecticut’s charter school industry has been sucking up tens of millions of dollars in public funds that could have been going to help Connecticut’s real public schools. Malloy’s unlimited commitment to charter schools runs so deep that when he brags that he […] The post Malloy and Pryor:  The Connecticut Cha


7-2-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? CT Post Editorial: A long-overdue step on chartersThe Connecticut Post has published a powerful editorial about the Jumoke/FUSE charter school debacle and the Malloy Administration’s failure to properly oversee the growing charter school industry in Connecticut. Governor Dannel “Dan” Malloy, his Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and Pryor’s minions of charter school a