What a Tool

So Mayor De Blasio found someone he thought would be great new chancellor for the NYC Public School System -- a man named Alberto Carvalho, who apparently did a great job running the Miami Public School System. De Blasio interviewed him, got to know him, was impressed with his record, and hired him to run the biggest public school system in America.

And then, a day after accepting the job, Mr. Carvalho, live on TV in Miami, announced that he wasn't going to take the job at all and would stay in Miami! He didn't inform the mayor or anyone about this decision -- he just did it spur on the moment, in order to garner kudos from Miami.

What a tool. As the father of the public school student, this man wasted the time of the mayor, the city, and its children by saying he would take this job -- and then backing out. Not cool.

P.S. Mr. Carvalaho apparently lied about taking the job, saying after his dramatic announcement that he never actually accepted the job (even though he did!). He also misled the folks in Miami. As bad at this situation is, a De Blasio spokesperson was quite right in also saying that we probably dodged a bullet.