The story goes back to January 2011 when a consultant for Greenwich billionaire Steve Mandel approached state officials on Mandel’s behalf to inform them that the hedge-fund manager and his wife were interested in promoting “education reform” in the City of Bridgeport. Steve and Susan Mandal are known as some of most generous campaign contributors in the country, donating over $412,000 to candidates in the last six years alone.
Side Note: The emails reveal that the person who brought the Connecticut state officials and the billionaire’s consultant together was none other than Alex Johnston, who was then the Executive Director of ConnCAN – the charter school advocacy group that was created by Achievement First – the charter school management company. Achievement First runs two charter schools in Bridgeport. Andrew Boas serves as the Chair of Achievement First – Bridgeport and previously served on the full Achievement First Board of Directors and the ConnCAN Board of Directors. Boas is the Westport millionaire who made his money by investing in “distressed securities” (his words not mine) and also has own foundation that has been putting money into Connecticut’s charter schools.
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