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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Mitt Romney And Wilfredo Laboy | Taking Note

Mitt Romney And Wilfredo Laboy | Taking Note:


Mitt Romney And Wilfredo Laboy

Parsing Romney's education record as Governor of Massachusetts is one thing, but a broader question lies in his answers during a time of scandal.


What would the election of Mitt Romney mean for education? Observers are parsing his recent speechand examining his record as Governor of Massachusetts, as they should. Politics isn’t my beat, but I hope some reporters will ask the candidate about Wilfredo Laboy.
Laboy is the former superintendent of schools in Lawrence, Massachusetts, who is probably doing time as you read this. In March he was sentenced to 90 days in a House of Correction, followed by a year of house arrest, 600 hours of community service, and an unspecified amount of restitution, after being