With the resignation of President Pat Santeramo, life at the Broward Teachers Union should go back to normal. Ok, probably not. There’s still that little matter of the huge payout – about $ 255,000 – the former union boss is owed. (The union says auditors still are reviewing that amount.) And, while the union dodged [...]
Santeramo resigns as president of Broward Teachers Union
December 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
Pat Santeramo, embattled president of the Broward Teachers Union, resigned Tuesday, a day before the union’s executive board was to decide whether to remove him from office for blowing through $ 3.8 million in reserves and allegedly reimbursing people for campaign contributions. Santeramo, 64, was stripped of most of his powers about three weeks ago. [...]
Santeramo: Is he in or out of the union’s top job?
December 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
By Cara Fitzpatrick December 5, 2011 12:55 PM The Broward Teachers Union’s executive board will decide Wednesday whether to remove President Pat Santeramo amid accusations that he put the union in serious financial straits and used union dues to reimburse people for campaign contributions. Santeramo, who is under investigation by both the Broward State Attorney’s [...]
Round-up of news on Santeramo
November 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
By Cara Fitzpatrick November 29, 2011 02:39 PM It’s been two weeks since the Sun Sentinel broke the news that Broward Teachers Union President Pat Santeramo is under criminal investigation amid allegations that he blew through $ 3.8 million in union reserves and used union dues to reimburse people for political donations. Since then, the [...]