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November 28, 2007
Not taking sides in Finch-Caruso story
Wednesday's story on Bill Finch considering Dennis Murphy, an ex-Ganim staffer, for a position in his new administration elicited a number of responses on connpost.com. All but one took the "business as usual in Bridgeport" tack, but one admonished "the Post [to] stop beating Caruso's corruption drum and move on to writing stories about how the Finch administration is trying to move the city forward."
We've accurately and fairly covered the September primary, November's election and Chris Caruso's subsequent lawsuit over the fairness of the election. We're not on anyone's side. Not Caruso's, not Finch's. Staff writer Bill Cummings and others present the issues and you decide.
We'll continue to coverage Bridgeport politics and we'll be watching Finch, who will be sworn in Saturday, to see how well he does indeed move the city forward.
Posted by Ted Tompkins on 3:11 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
November 1, 2007
Expulsion of arrested Ansonia student overturned
When a 17-year-old is arrested and charged with marijuana possession, the Post and connpost.com normally wouldn't run the story. It's not big news. But the case of a young Ansonia High School student appeared on our Web site and on page A1 Oct. 25 http://www.connpost.com/valley/ci_7334520 because of what happened after the arrest. The Board of Education expelled Tristan Roberts, even though the arrest didn't take place on the grounds of the high school, or any school, for that matter. Roberts, in fact, was arrested across town from the high school.
Roberts and his mother, Paulette Bowling, filed a federal lawsuit Oct. 30 challenging the constitutionality of a state law that authorizes public school boards to expel students whose conduct away from school grounds violates the policy of the board. On Oct. 31, U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall ordered Ansonia's board of education to rescind its year-long
explusion of Roberts, who was scheduled to return to school today.
The question some are asking is: should a board of education be allowed to take this kind of action when a student is arrested off-site?
Posted by Ted Tompkins on 3:14 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
