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Thursday, July 17, 2014

7-17-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy

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Capital Prep’s Steve Perry to headline Koch Brothers’ event
This coming week, the Charles Koch Institute is sponsoring a forum, “featuring a panel talk with representatives of charter schools and conservative think tanks” at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel. The panel includes none-other-than then Steve Perry, the principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut….which is ironically identified as a charter school in the […] The post C

Connecticut Labor Leader attacks Pelto/Murphy (including on education)
Yesterday, the Political Director of the Machinists Union posted a commentary piece at My Left Nutmeg (http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/) belittling Ebony Murphy and my effort to give voters an alternative to the Democratic and Republican candidates in this year’s election for governor. My Left Nutmeg then provided me with the opportunity to respond. If you don’t read […] The post Connecticut Labor Lea
7-16-14 Wait What? - Jonathan Pelto: Gubernatorial Candidate and A Really Nice Guy
Wait What?: Wait What? Connecticut’s Gubernatorial Race Will Be Influenced by Education, Teachers (CT Magazine)Connecticut Magazine has posted a new article entitled, “Connecticut’s Gubernatorial Race Will Be Influenced by Education, Teachers.” As Connecticut Magazine explains, For the Democratic party, the full-throttled support of teachers’ unions in Connecticut is a given rule—like “I before E,