tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post4704154692028864989..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: NYC Supervisor: Barbara Morgan is getting what she deservesed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-44837166282690931482013-08-01T21:28:00.306-04:002013-08-01T21:28:00.306-04:00It's all the same relatively small, elitist, m...It's all the same relatively small, elitist, mostly Ivy educated , entitled, yuppy snobs doing this dirty work. They are quite competitive when $$$ is at stake.<br /><br />Where did this Morgan girl go to school? Columbia...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-60798368590331231982013-08-01T20:23:37.292-04:002013-08-01T20:23:37.292-04:00I had a VERY bizarre encounter with Barbara Morgan...I had a VERY bizarre encounter with Barbara Morgan the day before the Carlos Danger story broke.<br /><br />Anthony Weiner was loitering at our local subway station exit. I live around the corner, I thought I'd take a look. There was Anthony hanging outside of the main Carroll Street subway entrance as neighborhood folks were coming home at rush hour. It was not my intention to engage him but merely to observe. Thus, I planted myself on the corner about twenty feet away to watch.<br /><br />There was essentially no interest in his presence by the folks leaving the subway during (an admittedly unbearably hot) late afternoon. <br /><br />I was trying to be as unobtrusive as possible (I swear), when I was tapped on the shoulder by Barbara Morgan who called me by name - based on her recognizing me from her days with the NYC DoE. After briefly explaining she was working for Weiner, she immediately changed the subject and engaged in a spirited defense of the DoE and Chris Christie (as well as, naturally, an attack on Leonie) with no further mention of her current employer who (like I said) was just twenty feet away. I responded that in my personal experience with the DoE, I had little confidence in the Mayor's ever acting in good faith citing Bloomberg's "blowing up" of the original Teacher Evaluation agreement between Tweed and the UFT.<br /><br />Morgan denied that, contrary to Ernie Logan and Commissioner King, there ever had been a 'deal'. Although she acknowledged that she herself had neither participated in nor was present at the negotiations, she cited as authority an unidentified person who had "actually been in the room" - unlike Logan or King. She then immediately told me this was "off the record" - even as I pointed out to her that this was Walcott's public version of what had transpired. She than threatened that she would "get" me if I ever disclosed this inexplicably confidential information.<br /><br />At this point, I was desperately trying to exit the discussion (so help me) to no avail. In fact, she would not end the conversation until another Weiner staffer informed her that the candidate was leaving.<br /><br />All in all, this was one of the strangest encounters I have ever had with a paid political staffer (in close proximity to the candidate no less). Indeed, the only thing close that I can think of was when former DC 37 Political Action Director Norm Adler lost his subsequent job with Shelly Silver after he tried to punch out a newspaper reporter several decades ago. In Norm's defense, though, the bastard had it coming.<br /><br />Just thought I could add to the gossip.<br />_________<br />ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.com