Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia upheld the Buffalo School Board's application to remove Carl
Paladino as a member of the board.
Decision No. 17,147 Application of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO for the removal of Carl
Paladino as a member of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Buffalo.
Commissioner Elia should remove Mr.
Paladino as a member of the board, so that we can return the focus to educating the students of the City of Buffalo,» stated Ryan.
Not exact matches
Buffalo School
Board member Carl P. Paladino's latest inflammatory comments to a weekly Buffalo paper saying he wished death by mad cow disease upon President Obama, referred to the first lady as a man and said he'd like her to be «let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla» prompted calls for his removal from the board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state cap
Board member Carl P.
Paladino's latest inflammatory comments to a weekly Buffalo paper saying he wished death by mad cow disease upon President Obama, referred to the first lady
as a man and said he'd like her to be «let loose in the outback
of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla» prompted calls for his removal from the
board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state cap
board and sparked outrage from Buffalo to the state capital.
Aug. 17, 2017: State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia rules that Carl
Paladino is out
as a
member of the Buffalo
Board of Education, effective immediately.
More legal bills await the Buffalo School
Board in the continuing saga of Carl Paladino's role as a member of the b
Board in the continuing saga
of Carl
Paladino's role
as a
member of the
boardboard.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)-- Catherine Flanagan - Priore was officially sworn in
as the newest
member of the Buffalo School
Board on Wednesday evening, replacing Carl
Paladino as the representative
of the Park District.
Buffalo, NY (WBEN)-
As Buffalo School
Board member Carl Paladino is planning to file suit against fellow school board members, for conspiring against his freedom of speech, a stakeholder group is calling for complete receiver
Board member Carl
Paladino is planning to file suit against fellow school
board members, for conspiring against his freedom of speech, a stakeholder group is calling for complete receiver
board members, for conspiring against his freedom
of speech, a stakeholder group is calling for complete receivership.
(WBEN) When State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia begins to weigh whether or not to remove Buffalo School
Board Member Carl
Paladino from that body, she will hear from 7
of his 10 colleagues, and several administration officials during
as many
as five days
of hearings in Albany.
Buffalo Public School
Board member Carl
Paladino, who continues to be a staunch defender
of Donald Trump even
as fellow Republicans shy away from the increasingly controversial presidential nominee, is taking to the air — literally — to represent his candidate in Florida.
Vacco on Monday was frustrated
as he has been for most
of the hearing
as school
board members and othe witnesses declined to discuss the details
of the executive session in question — saying it's an attempt to hamstring
Paladino's effort to mount a defense.
«He has said himself that he was not acting
as a
board member, he was acting
as a personal citizen with his First Amendment rights,» BTF President Phil Rumore said
of Paladino.
Five Buffalo teachers — supported by NYSUT — filed legal papers today with the State Education Department seeking the removal
of school
board member Carl
Paladino for «racially inflammatory statements» about Obama, the first lady and African - Americans that have violated his duty to serve
as a role model for the school community.
As expected,
of the nine
board members, the three
members in the minority voted in favor
of Paladino while the rest did not vote for him.
The majority
of the Buffalo
Board of Education would like to be rid
of member Carl
Paladino, who, in addition to acting
as the New York chair
of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, recently told a local newspaper that, among other things, he'd like to see President Obama catch «mad cow disease after being caught having relations with a Herford,» while Michelle Obama «[returns] to being a male and [is] let loose in the outback
of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla.»
The other
board members seized on Paladino's comments as an opportunity to remove him from the Board of Education, despite protection under the First Amendment and his right to free speech, the lawsuit all
board members seized on
Paladino's comments
as an opportunity to remove him from the
Board of Education, despite protection under the First Amendment and his right to free speech, the lawsuit all
Board of Education, despite protection under the First Amendment and his right to free speech, the lawsuit alleges.
This afternoon, Carl
Paladino goes to his first full meeting
of the Buffalo school
board as a
member and he's bringing a thick stack
of paperwork outlining changes he wants to make.
New York State United Teachers, which filed the petition on behalf
of five Buffalo teachers, made the same argument, but also argued that
Paladino's comments violated his duty
as a
board member and role model for the school community.
New York State United Teachers, meanwhile, filed the petition on behalf
of five Buffalo teachers, arguing that
Paladino's comments violated his duty
as a
board member and role model for the school community.
Pierce testified that
Paladino — a close ally — made those comments in his capacity
as a private citizen, not a
member of the
Board of Education.
The time has come for Carl
Paladino to resign
as a
member of the
board of education
of the Buffalo Public Schools; we have come to this conclusion after observing what at best can be described
as divisive, caustic, disruptive and potentially destructive behavior by Mr.
Paladino.
Some contend that
Paladino,
as an attorney and
board member, should have respected the spirit
of the law.
In an opening statement at a hearing in Albany to determine if
Paladino should be ousted from his elected School
Board position, attorney Dennis Vacco painted
Paladino as a victim
of an effort by fellow School
Board members to punish him for making controversial, but constitutionally protected remarks about President Obama and his wife in another newspaper story.
Paladino, in addition to his current role
as a Buffalo School
Board member, previously ran for governor and was one
of President - Elect Donald Trump's strongest and most active campaigners in New York State.
A
member of the School
Board since 2012, she has been one
of Paladino's main adversaries, even before she took over
as president last year.
I again urge you to use your authority to remove Carl
Paladino as a
member of the Buffalo Public Schools
Board of Education.
Mr.
Paladino recently made comments to Artvoice magazine, which were incredibly disturbing, and call into question his ability to effectively continue to serve
as a
member of the
board.