Word: vegas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...some members of the community say the contract should never have been signed. Juan R. Vega, the office manager of the Chelsea Commission on Hispanic Affairs and life-long Chelsea resident, says the commission, which is currently suing the city, believes the program sets a poor precedent for educational reform...
...plaintiffs protesting the constitutionality of a private entity controlling a public entity," Vega says. "We still think that the school system should not have been handed to a private university...
...gave away the whole store," Vega says. "The school committee remains powerless...
...Vega claims that an open-bid process allowing other universities to offer alternative proposals would have been more justified. While he believes in some of the new programs, he says he does not feel the basic level of education has been properly addressed...
Past concerts sponsored by the council have lost considerably more. A 1989 Suzanne Vega show lost $20,000 and a Ziggy Marley performance lost $15,000 in 1990. Last year's De La Soul concert lost the council more than...