School board member Maria Pereira and education advocate Jessica Martinez are high octane personalities with decidedly different mantras about the direction of the education system
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Battle Of Protests, Education Advocates Square Off
With passions running high following a boycott of meetings by four school board members and calls for resignations, competing factions protested outside Geraldine Johnson School on
Read moreBradley: I’m Holding Firm On School Board Boycott, Pereira: Prepare For Grassroots Showdown
Board of Education Chairman Dennis Bradley says he will hold firm in his boycott of meetings until Maria Pereira resigns. Pereira says Bradley should be
Read moreSchool Choice Advocates Muscle Up In Federal Court
From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: A group of parents, including the president of the Bridgeport District Parent Advisory Council, has filed a lawsuit alleging
Read moreFinger Politics! Piranha Power Sweeps To Democratic Town Committee Victory
Board of Education member Maria Pereira, Bridgeport’s self-described establishment fighting piranha of politics, reasserted her voter strength in the Upper East Side leading a slate
Read moreTown Committee Wars–The I, Me, Mine Of Politics (Absentee Ballots Too)
More than 1,000 absentee ballots have been mailed by elections officials in three of 10 Democratic Town Committee districts competing in Tuesday’s primary with 27
Read moreMaria Pereira Dances For Seniors And Votes In Dem Party Squabble, Wanna Cut In?
Who says Board of Education member Maria Pereira doesn’t have a sense of humor? Wednesday night the self-proclaimed piranha of city politics led her Democratic
Read morePolitical Slates Set For March 1 Dem Primaries
And the battle is officially on. Three of ten Democratic Town Committee Districts will face off in March 1 primaries covering the West Side, East
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