Schools Tap Investigative
Reporter As Spokesman

really? they're going to pay him $78,793 to announce all the future layoffs? i can do that for a fraction of the price.

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NEW HIRE?

While the City must lay off teachers, the Board of Education goes out and hires a flack publicist. This absurdity in its truest form. Mayo has to go!!!!!

I am gravely concerned for employees that are facing lay offs very soon and the residents that will feel the impact of these eliminations. It is the rank and file employees that are being terminated through these lay offs. They are the ones that roll up their sleeves and get things done. I would think it is the police,teachers,support staff for code inspectors and schools, along with custodians and other positions of the like that are critical to this city to keep it healthy. This is not the time to be hiring. Dr.Mayo needs to be the spokes-person for the school system in these hard times...not a new hire. Very disappointed with this news.

I am still in awe! We are about to lay off teachers. No matter if the funds come from the general or elsewhere, one has to wonder if this is the ultimate thumbing of the nose. Don't we already have Emily and Liza doing this?. Do we need some one else?..

can we get more info on what justifications do they have for this hire, is it an essential? is it really critical?

Maybe if they do all the layover, they will need this guy to fences off the press? More info please.

I thought these duties belonged to William Clark. He makes $146,000 why can't he be the spokesperson. This guy is only going to be a puppet for William Clarke and Dr. Mayo.

Another employee of the register receive a job. The Editor's wife works for the City in the Department of Corporation Counsel. ...

I wonder what happened to the hiring freeze?

spin doctors don't come cheap evidently.

There are two main spokespeople for the city - the BOE and Joseph at City Hall. We don't need either one. It is a waste of $200K including benefits. The mayor should be speaking for himself and Mayo should as well. These times if they ever did, require frank, honest and direct conversations with the public unfiltered by prepared statements. It's past time to directly manage departments, directly speak on behalf of the city administration and quit playing hide and seek with their responsibilities and their decisions.

could have saved 2 rookie cops or 1.4 teachers

funny how this position doesn't even appear in the budget presented at the same BdEd meeting... just another example of how fake and deceptive the overpaid admins are...... and the BdEd who approved it without question is much worse... they are supposed to represent us, and they don't even look at the documents!

Not only is this a slap in the face to the Unions but even worse the taxpayers.In this shared sacrifice shared pain campaign going on by the higher ups.What we really see is the destruction of the middle class people. Geez are we to believe Reggie can talk himself.