Diaz - Marsilio Connection

City Council right to dump 2-job plan
Just what was the Bridgeport Board of Education and its schools superintendent thinking by hiring the city's public facilities director to a second city job coordinating a vast capital improvements program for the city's school system? Given the backdrop of the on-going municipal corruption probe by the federal government, sanctioning a double dipping of taxpayer funds for any city official at this time is clearly inadvisable and unacceptable, even if it may be legal.
Bridgeport taxpayers should be thankful that the City Council voted unanimously put the brakes on the plan.
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Given the events that have unfolded during this year in the federal probe into municipal corruption, it would be wise for all city officials to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.