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	<description>with Lennie Grimaldi</description>
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		<title>Report: Vallas Consulting Company Seeking $1 Million Contract In Illinois</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crain&#8217;s Chicago Business reports that a consulting firm headed by Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas is in position for a major Illinois school board contract. Political columnist Jonathan Pelto, a skeptic of Vallas&#8217; past work, also weighs in jonathanpelto.com. Vallas is a turnaround guy who spends a few years trying to reposition low-performing school systems. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appointed BOE Members: We Want Your Endorsement To Run</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 22, the Democratic Town Committee will meet at Testo&#8217;s Restaurant to endorse candidates for a variety of offices. Three city-resident members of the current state-appointed Board of Education, Jacqueline Kelleher, Ken Moales and Hernan Illingworth, are seeking the DTC endorsement. As a result of the Connecticut Supreme Court reversing state control of city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials Announce Construction For A New Longfellow School</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Bill Finch and several members of the city&#8217;s legislative delegation announced today funds have been approved to build a new Longfellow School in the West End. About $50 million dollars are now in place for school construction. Officials announced $23 million will be combined with a previous allocation three years ago of $27 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor On The Legislative Session: Positive, Meaningful Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 04:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Donovan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Malloy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Wyman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 state legislative session is over. It produced repeal of the death penalty, passage of medical marijuana, Sunday sales at liquor stores, increased regulation of the massage-parlor industry, a compromise on education reform that includes more loot for poor-performing schools, and much more. During some legislative sessions nothing gets done. You may not like what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voters May Decide Question Of Removing Naughty Officials</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 05:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city&#8217;s Charter Revision Commission is examining a provision for removing elected and appointed officials convicted of crime or found of gross misconduct. A ballot question, if approved by the City Council, will be decided by city voters in November. The charter panel, appointed by Mayor Bill Finch, has focused much of its public efforts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excel Bridgeport Hires Cabrera As Community Organizer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LennieGrimaldi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The education advocacy group Excel Bridgeport www.excelbridgeport.org has hired Bridgeport native Jorge Cabrera to serve as community organizer to work with parents and youth in support of its education initiatives. From Excel: Excel Bridgeport continues to build its movement for better schools and brighter futures in Bridgeport. Recently, Excel Bridgeport welcomed its newest staff member, Jorge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council Votes On The Budget&#8211;The Meaning Of Declaring Victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 01:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Fardy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The full Bridgeport City Council Monday night, following the lead of its budget committee, cut back Mayor Bill Finch&#8217;s budget proposal in what the mayor and council leadership describe as a compromise. Residents will pay more, but not as much as originally presented. The budget process isn&#8217;t about how it starts, it&#8217;s all about how [...]]]></description>
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