As has been widely reported, real estate developer Carl Paladino released a racist attack on President Obama, Michelle Obama, and the President’s close advisor Valerie Jarrett. He said vile things about them. He is not a private citizen. He is a member of the Buffalo (NY) school board. He is also a major supporter of charter schools.
The Buffalo school board has called on him to resign. He won’t resign. The only person who can force his to step down is the State Commissioner of Education MaryEllen Elia. Will she do it? No one knows.
If she does not demand his resignation, the New York State Board of Regents should order her to do so. She is an employee of the Regents. The Regents should not permit this abusive and racist man to remain on a school board as a public official.
Activists in Buffalo have launched a boycott of Paladino’s businesses, which includes several charter schools.
Please contact the members of the New York Board of Regents and urge them to remove this man. Their emails are in the link.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Paladino is one big part of what is wrong with this country. What an embarrassment.
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At the New York Board of Regents link, you will have to click on each of the 17 Regents separately to find their e-mail addresses. When I wrote, I aggregated them to make it easier to write. Here they are:
Regent.Rosa@nysed.gov, Regent.Brown@nysed.gov, Regent.Tallon@nysed.gov, Regent.Tilles@nysed.gov, Regent.Young@nysed.gov, Regent.Cea@nysed.gov, Regent.Norwood@nysed.gov, Regent.Cashin@nysed.gov, Regent.Cottrell@nysed.gov, Regent.Finn@nysed.gov, Regent.Chin@nysed.gov, Regent.Ouderkirk@nysed.gov, Regent.Collins@nysed.gov, Regent.Johnson@nysed.gov, Regent.Mead@nysed.gov, Regent.Hakanson@nysed.gov, Regent.Reyes@nysed.gov
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Thank you for bringing more national attention this vile man. People need to know about him and that this behaviour will never be acceptable. He’s gotten away with it for too long. This is not a new experience for Buffalo or WNY. He’s always excused it away, or blamed anyone but himself. Within Diane’s second hyperlink that directs you to the boycott Paladino page, you will find (very unfortunately) several of the emails (warning: some are very graphic) and public remarks he has made over the years. Because he’s a wealthy developer, you’ll need to scroll beyond the many, many properties listed to find the racist and disgusting comments made, including those IN school board meetings TO fellow board members.
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