Board of Education member Maria Pereira, the subject of a historic boycott by four school board members, writes in a commentary the strikers must “stop behaving like petulant children on a playground and get back to the critical work they were elected to do, or they should be the ones to resign.” One must ask […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sauda Baraka'
Pereira: Let’s Get Back To Work For Students
September 17th, 2016 · 128 Comments · Education, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·Dennis Bradley·Fran Rabinowitz·Howard Gardner·Joe Ganim·Joe Larcheveque·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Sauda Baraka
Wanted: Boycotting School Officials
September 14th, 2016 · 43 Comments · Education, News and Events
Who will win the public relations war in the historic school board boycott? Board of Education member Maria Pereira affixed fliers to the empty seats before the start of Tuesday’s Finance Committee meeting.
Tags: Dennis Bradley·Fran Rabinowitz·Howard Gardner·Joe Larcheveque·Maria Pereira·Sauda Baraka
“Dysfunctional” School Board Caused By Political Demagogues?
August 8th, 2016 · 13 Comments · Education, News and Events
Board of Education member Howard Gardner shares in a commentary that also appeared in the Connecticut Post his perspective on the real cause of school board behavior. Outside political forces tried to take over the Board of Education several years ago. Their strategy included promoting the concept a “dysfunctional board,” thus convincing the State Department of […]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·David Hennessey·Dennis Bradley·Fran Rabinowitz·Howard Gardner·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Sauda Baraka
Library Board Can’t Catalog Hughes
May 4th, 2016 · 18 Comments · Library, News and Events
The Bridgeport Library Board has gone back and forth about Director Scott Hughes: keep him, fire him, lend him out? Will they ever turn the page?
Questions Raised About Appointment Process For Library Board Members
February 13th, 2016 · 44 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Library, News and Events
Some Library Board members want to throw the book at Library Director Scott Hughes for poor performance. Hughes in response is challenging the board’s authority in court, alleging members were never properly appointed by the City Council. It raises questions about the self-appointing authority of the Library Board. If an existing member is reappointed for another […]
Pereira: Bradley BOE Chairmanship Means Ferocious Opposition–District Leader: Give Bradley A Chance
December 10th, 2015 · 58 Comments · Education, News and Events
It didn’t take long for the love, or should we say lashings, to be lavished on the newly configured Board of Education. Declaring “ferocious opposition” will now commence, school board member Maria Pereira who ran with and at times campaigned with Dennis Bradley is not pleased the buff young attorney with political ambition is now chairman of […]
Tags: Dennis Bradley·Howard Gardner·Maria Pereira·Megan DeSombre·Sauda Baraka
Mario Testa’s Double Indemnity
December 9th, 2015 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Education
When was the last time Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa showed up to a Board of Education meeting and a City Council meeting on the same night? You might have to dig deep for that one. Monday night the little giant stepped away from his popular Madison Avenue restaurant to show his face–and sometimes that’s […]
Tags: Bill Finch·Dennis Bradley·Howard Gardner·Joe Ganim·Mario Testa·Mark Anastasi·Mary-Jane Foster·Sauda Baraka·Tom McCarthy
Pereira: “Absolutely Not For Sale–EVER!” Challenges Stallworth In Legislative Run
May 21st, 2016 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education, News and Events, State Politics
The banner affixed the window of Maria Pereira’s Upper East Side campaign headquarters says it all: “Absolutely not for sale–EVER!” Reaching deep into Bridgeport’s rich political history that includes a showman named Barnum and a mayoral Socialist named McLevy, it’s hard to find a figure who elicits in such a short time as much passion […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Carmen Lopez·Charlie Stallworth·Jasper McLevy·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Mario Testa·Sauda Baraka