It’s ironic that a liberal blog would unearth and publicize these details about John Tedesco’s potential foreclosure when there is ample evidence to suggest that pressure from liberal activists contributed to Tedesco losing his job in April ? likely precipitating the foreclosure.
It happened Easter Weekend last year. Tedesco left his job at a Raleigh nonprofit, the official reason being to commit more time to his job on the Wake County School Board. But:
In March, the News & Observer of Raleigh reported that diversity busing supporters were gunning for Tedesco?s job at Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle ? a nonprofit that pairs at-risk youth with older mentors ? on the basis that his views as a school board member were at odds with the group?s mission to help poor children.
The newspaper also reported that opponents of the school board majority had questioned the nonprofit?s diversity in light of Tedesco?s position there.
Reached by telephone late Thursday, one of Big Brothers Big Sisters? board members declined to confirm or deny whether donors or advocacy groups had pressured the organization to oust Tedesco.
?I wouldn?t express an opinion one way or the other,? said Bill Fletcher, a Cary realtor and Republican candidate for superintendent of public instruction in 2004.
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[I]n an interview with the N&O in early March, Tedesco acknowledged that opponents of the school board majority were pressuring his employer.
?If they can?t get at me but go after my job, I have no fear of walking away from my job and sleeping in my car to help the kids they?re abandoning,? he said.
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Tedesco?s exit underscores the tense political atmosphere in Wake County over the busing issue. Three protesters with a history of left-wing activism were arrested at a school board meeting March 23. At the same meeting, a high school student plastered Tedesco?s Kia SUV with fliers. The car was also dented and scratched, Tedesco said.
Any argument by the liberal blogosphere that Tedesco’s potential foreclosure shows poor financial judgment on his part is pablum, considering the mysterious circumstances surrounding his job loss.
