And the winner is.....?

The wires are burnin' up with the latest installment of "As the Board of Education Turns"...

The Mayor scheduled a 5:15 pm organizational meeting of the BOE on Monday (he sure likes those 5:15 meetings, doesn't he?)...then abruptly cancelled the meeting. The "public" explanation is that he got a lot of complaints about the meeting time (though of course that wasn't an issue when he ordered a City Council meeting at the same time just last week!)

The TRUE explanation behind these shenanigans is this: Picard believed he had the votes to retain Mark Palmieri as Chair...and wanted to make life as difficult as possible for his opposition. When it became clear Palmieri didn't have the votes, the meeting was cancelled...lest a certain lady sneak into the chairmanship.

So this is how you "take the politics out of the Board of Education", Mayor?

So now, the question remains: does she or doesn't she (have the votes)? I'd hazard the guess that she does: the Mayor is about as good a vote-counter as any, and the Tearful Tiger would chew his right arm off before he let control of this Board slip out of his hands.

Stay tuned....