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UPDATE: “End in sight” for Vallas: Connecticut Supreme Court will review Vallas case - Wait, What?

“End in sight” for Vallas: Connecticut Supreme Court will review Vallas case - Wait, What?:


As Bridgeport leaders spin out of control…
Categories: Bridgeport Kenneth Moales Malloy Mayor Bill Finch Paul Vallas Stefan PryorTags: BridgeportKenneth Moales Jr.MalloyMayor Bill FinchPaul VallasStefan PryorAt last night’s emergency meeting of the Bridgeport Board of Education, Board Chairman Kenneth Moales, Jr. successfully derailed any discussion about why the taxpayers of the City of Bridgeport Taxpayers are paying for the lawyers to

“End in sight” for Vallas: Connecticut Supreme Court will review Vallas case
Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers granted a petition to hold an “immediate expedited appeal of the matter.”  Written briefs will be followed by oral arguments before the Supreme Court in September.
In a blog post entitled, CT Supreme Court to take Vallas case, the Connecticut Post writes, “The Connecticut State Supreme Court today agreed to hear if Paul Vallas should remain in office as Bridgeport’s Superintendent of Schools.”

Former Superior Court Judge, Carmen Lopez, who brought the law suit explained, “I am encouraged that the Supreme Court regards this violation of the law as seriously as it did