PARK SLOPE, NY — A Park Slope lawyer wants to unseat
longtime local district leader Jacob Gold — who's held the post for more than 40 years — in an aim to reform and open up the Democratic party to new voices.
Not exact matches
It was the fallen pol's lackeys on the
local county committee — including his wife and his former chief - of - staff — who secured the
longtime district leader the Democratic line in the special election to succeed him, boxing out an array of rivals.
The
local Democratic Party, rife with Mr. Silver's old allies (including his ex-chief of staff Judy Rapfogel, wife of confessed embezzler William Rapfogel), picked
longtime district leader Alice Cancel to take over the vanquished speaker's seat.
Local district leader Cordell Cleare, a
longtime Perkins aide, also filed petitions to run for the seat, which Holland's attorney has also challenged.
* UPDATE Carl A. Cohn, a
longtime educational
leader in California, was named today to be the first director of the California Collaborative on Educational Excellence (CCEE), a newly - formed state agency charged with providing advice and assistance to school
districts in achieving the goals set forth in the
Local Control and Accountability Plans.
Carl A. Cohn, a
longtime educational
leader in California, was named today to be the first director of the California Collaborative on Educational Excellence (CCEE), a newly - formed state agency charged with providing advice and assistance to school
districts in achieving the goals set forth in the
Local Control and Accountability Plans.