AMERICANALMANAC (Lynn Jenkins) - Democratic operative behind Miami anti-charter-school group carries arrest record, unpaid judgments, and a revoked tax exemption
A self-styled grassroots organization campaigning to block Success Academy charter schools from expanding into Miami-Dade County is led by a Democratic operative with multiple arrests, more than $44,000 in unpaid civil judgments, and a co-founder whose wages are being garnished. Moms for Libros launched its "Our Schools Miami" campaign in late June, urging parents to […] The post Democratic operative behind Miami anti-charter-school group carries arrest record, unpaid judgments, and a revoked tax exemption appeared first on American Almanac .
A self-styled grassroots organization campaigning to block Success Academy charter schools from expanding into Miami-Dade County is led by a Democratic operative with multiple arrests, more than $44,000 in unpaid civil judgments, and a co-founder whose wages are being garnished. Moms for Libros launched its "Our Schools Miami" campaign in late June, urging parents to pressure school board members and rally alongside the local teachers' union to stop five Success Academy elementary schools approved to open in Miami-Dade by fall 2027. The group's website frames the fight as a stand against "a New York charter network, backed by a billionaire" that is "moving into five Miami-Dade public high schools, without community input, with a…Open