KIRKLEY-BEY ABOUT BONUSES - "I'M PISSED"

Last week the Council and Board of Education members were summoned to the Capitol regarding the $2.7 million in bonuses handed out. 5th District Representative Marie Kirkley-Bey was asked what she thought about the bonuses, her response was quite clear "I'm pissed".

The videos below will give you an idea of some of the other responses. Some were political, some were quite candid. In the future I'm going to try to incorporate more video into the blog, let me know what you think.

Not all of the comments were recorded, but Councilman Corey Brinson actually made some comments at the end of the meeting that were interesting. It actually sounded like we may have a real Republican on the Council for the first time in a long time. He spoke about fiscal responsibility which may prove interesting this year at budget time. I doubt we will se him "abstaining" on tough budget votes.

The only Councilperson not present was Dr. Painter and the only Board member that was present was Robert Cotto. State Senator Fonfara came in midway through the meeting but seemed to make it clear that he did not want to be there.

BOARD MEMBER ROBERT COTTO'S REMARKS




MAYOR SEGARRA'S REMARKS



4TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE MINNIE GONZALEZ'S COMMENTS



5TH DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE MARIE KIRKLEY-BEY'S COMMENTS