Hennessey Elected New School Board Chair, Pereira: We’re Coming For Ya
Update: includes video. Retired school teacher Dave Hennessey Monday night became the fourth Board of Education leader in less than four years, defeating incumbent Sauda Baraka in a 6-3 vote at the...
View ArticleHennessey Fills School Board Committee Assignments
As the Board of Education searches for a school chief to replace interim Fran Rabinowitz and examines the proposed construction for a new Harding High School, newly elected chairman Dave Hennessey has...
View ArticleWould An Employee Of Macy’s Be Allowed To Serve On The Board Of Lord & Taylor?
In a commentary that first appeared in the Connecticut Post, the leader of the District Parent Advisory Council Tammy Boyle shares a pointed perspective about conflicts impacting the parent group. As...
View ArticleFilling The Void For Andre Baker’s School Board Seat
In January school board member Andre Baker is expected to receive the oath of office to replace the retiring Don Clemons in Connecticut’s 124th State House seat. Baker has not announced definitively...
View ArticleSchool Board Alters Parent Advisory Council Executive Board
UPDATE: Former Board of Education member Maria Pereira shares her take on Monday night’s school board meeting. Tonight Attorney Mooney from Shipman & Goodman was present for the 5:00 PM Special...
View ArticleFinch Wins Endorsement For Mayor–Ganim, Other Challengers Press On, Torres...
Former Mayor Joe Ganim hoped for a winning strategy that landed him 45 votes at the Democratic Town Committee endorsement with a tie broken by Town Chairman Mario Testa. Ganim came up four votes short...
View ArticleWes Matthews Hopes To Be New Sheriff In Town On Ganim Ticket
Harding High School hoop legend Wes Matthews knows what it’s like to win championships, swishing two rings as a member of the NBA Los Angeles Lakers. He’s dishing an assist to former Mayor Joe Ganim’s...
View ArticleKate Rivera To Fill Vacant School Board Seat
It’s just for three months but Kate Rivera was chosen Monday night to fill the Board of Education vacancy of Democrat Jacqueline Kelleher who resigned July 31. The September 16 Democratic primary for...
View ArticleHimes Steps Up For Danny Roach As Town Committee Battle Heats Up
High-profile pols generally don’t avail themselves to local, insider political skirmishes, but they will sometimes step up for neighborhood leaders who’ve been there for them early and often. That’s...
View ArticleGuerrilla Warfare, Absentee Ballot Push In Town Committee Primaries
More than 1,000 requests for absentee ballots and counting. Just days from Tuesday’s Democratic Town Committee primaries in six districts, candidates and political operatives are placing a premium on...
View ArticleDragging Out Voters In Town Committee Wars, Flexing ABs In The Rock
Voters have been identified. Now it’s time to place last-minute calls, door knocks, lit drops and social media blasts. And oh, remind voters to send in their absentee ballot. Those could be pivotal. On...
View ArticleBig Night For Testa And Ganim–Pereira’s Insurgent Slate Loses, Black Rock...
Insurgents came up well short Tuesday trying to take out seasoned campaigners in Democratic Town Committee primaries. A slate led by 138th District Leader Maria Pereira has lost all nine seats to a...
View ArticleGreat Scott! A Switch For Mitch In The 131st District–Party Officer Selection...
On Thursday, 5:30 p.m. the 90-member Democratic Town Committee will select party officers at the Madison Avenue restaurant of Mario Testa who will seek another two-year term as party leader. On Monday...
View ArticleEducation Advocates Pack City Council Public Hearing For More Dough
Another year, another public hearing, another packed City Council chambers filled by education advocates urging more money for schools. School board members, parents and educators pleaded city...
View ArticleOnce Again, School Board Battle Erupts, This Time Over Cancelled Meeting
A Board of Education meeting that was cancelled has three board members w–o showed up Tuesday anyway–crying foul on a night the district was to consider an “update on budget gap” as well as naming of a...
View ArticleSchool Board Eruption Between Pereira And Taylor–Charges, Counter Charges
A battle over school finances and board policies has erupted into a hostile exchange between Board of Education members Maria Pereira and Chris Taylor. School board conflicts are not new among members,...
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School Board Votes On Bassick Plan
From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: Count a majority of the city school board in. They want a brand new Bassick High School too. After
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The Politics Of School Board Forums In An Election Year
Can anything become too political in Bridgeport, the city that rarely disappoints in its charges and counter charges? As noted here, the Board of Education yanked
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Pereira Trashes Recognition Certificate From Senator Bradley
State Senator Dennis Bradley likely spent his last regular Board of Education meeting Monday night–he’s expected to officially resign later this week–presenting coffee, donuts and
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Were Community Conversations Canceled For Political Expediency?
School board members Maria Pereira and Ben Walker charge that “These five school board members, with Superintendent Johnson’s support, didn’t cancel the Community Conversations because
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