Ex-NY governor hopeful who insulted Obamas kicked off board
Source: Associated Press
Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press Updated 4:32 pm, Thursday, August 17, 2017
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — One-time Republican candidate for New York governor Carl Paladino, whose published insults of former President Barack Obama provoked a public uproar, was removed from Buffalo's school board Thursday for improperly discussing teacher contract negotiations.
State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced her decision Thursday, a day after Paladino protesters disrupted the school board's latest meeting with calls for his ouster.
The protests have been happening since December, when Paladino, who helped chair President Donald Trump's campaign in New York, told a local arts newspaper he wished Obama would die of mad cow disease. But it was a later article written by Paladino that led to his removal. In it, he revealed collective bargaining strategies discussed by school board member in executive sessions.
Elia sided with fellow school board members who said Paladino had willfully disclosed confidential discussions, including the superintendent's "panic" over the threat of a teacher strike. The revelations revealed vulnerabilities that ultimately benefited the teachers' union and other units with pending contract negotiations, union and school board officials testified during a hearing in June.
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