Not exactly an overflowing crowd at the public hearing Tuesday night hosted by the new Charter Revision Commission. But those who did speak including former
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BOE Plaintiffs Amend Complaint
Legal parties involved in the court challenge of the state takeover of the Bridgeport Board of Education are expected to be back in Waterbury Superior Court on Monday.
Read moreFoster Signature Count Continues–BOE Court Hearing On Friday
As local election officials continue to review petition signatures submitted by Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster, her citywide slate of candidates and City Council office
Read moreSchool Fight Continues–Foster On Education–Finch Endorsement–Gomes On Radio
The education issue is not going away. When the state’s largest city proclaims we’re not competent to educate our kids–let the state do it–such a
Read moreKohut: BOE Takeover A Nefarious Plan
Independent mayoral candidate Jeff Kohut writes that state control of city schools is an “infamous part of Bridgeport’s history.” From Kohut: The BOE Three must
Read moreCoviello: ‘The Three Stooges’ Of The BOE Takeover
From Democratic mayoral candidate Charlie Coviello: The pathetic lament by Mayor Bill Finch that he has no power over the Board of Education has been
Read more‘The Unholy Trinity Of Power, Arrogance And Incompetence’
Whoa! Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez takes a bite out of Mayor Bill Finch, Superintendent of Schools John Ramos and BOE President Barbara Bellinger
Read moreA ‘Sneak Attack On Democracy’
Board of Education members Maria Pereira, Sauda Baraka and Bobby Simmons, the vocal minority condemning the state takeover of city schools, share this opinion piece
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