This interesting comment went over the New York City public school parents list serve yesterday, from Robert Bowen, a parent of grown public school children and a member of iCOPE, Black New Yorkers for Educational Excellence, and the parent commission on school governance:
Moreover, the UFT is positioned as the legitimate opposition to mayoral control. Therefore, they alone will be the definers of the whys and wherefores of the disenting voices.
Reminds me of Sharpton being positioned as the voice of African American concerns.