Why Would Quaglione Recommend Sal Albanese?
Tonight on Twitter, Will Bredderman a local reporter posted the following:
Bredderman had to know I would respond.
Bredderman must have thought it was strange for John Quaglione, a candidate for City Council to recommend Sal Albanese for Chancellor or he wouldn’t have asked that question on Twitter. One of the problems with NYC’s education system is that politicians insist they know about education and recommend people they know, rather than getting researching and getting to know the best candidate. We saw this with Bloomberg’s appointment of Cathie Black. I have known Mr. Albanese since I was eight years old. I think he is a nice man, yet Mr. Albanese has not been in education for more than 15 years. Many things in NYC schools have changed (for good) over the years. The next Chancellor for NYC needs to be an education expert who is ready to put in motion what works and take out what is unnecessary.
Why would Quaglione mention Albanese? Albanese is a well-known democrat in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Quaglione needs more votes. I guess Quaglione didn’t feel any momentum from Lhota’s downward spiraling election or from Charles Hynes running, so he needed a new Democratic ally. (Incidently, Quaglione is running against our Councilman Vincent Gentile). In the past, I have dealt with Quaglione and I found him to be a poor communicator and he lacked accountability to his boss. (See here)
Hugs,
marlene
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