Subject: Re: IMPT: Pedro Noguera
From: Cassandra Butts <[email-masked]>
To: Melody Barnes <[email-masked]>
Cc: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]'>, "<[email-masked]>" <[email-masked]>, "<[email-masked]>" <[email-masked]>, Chris Lu <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:58:20 -0400

Do we need to reach out to Pedro or is the campaign's communication  
with him enough?

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 23, 2008, at 6:45 AM, "Melody Barnes" <[email-masked]>  
wrote:

> Hey
>
> I know Linda is on the original email below, but I want to make sure  
> you're aware and that we sever his ties to our Ed Policy Group.
>
> Mel
>
> From: Neera Tanden
> To: Linda Darling-Hammond ; 'Jon Schnur' ; Melody Barnes; [email-masked] 
> '
> Cc: Danielle Gray
> Sent: Wed Oct 22 21:38:53 2008
> Subject: Pedro Noguera
> Hi guys
>
>
>
> So we’ve had a bit of news tonight.  Pedro Noguera signed onto a pet 
> ition defending Bill Ayers, was contacted by Fox News, was planning  
> to go on their shows, then told their producers that he was told by  
> the campaign not to go on, which is of course, not true.  So just to 
>  alert you all that we are severing ties with Mr. Noguera, he will n 
> ot be representing us on Friday  - in case this somehow comes up on  
> any of your panels.  It’s likely to be on Fox tomorrow unless we can 
>  successfully kill the story.
>
>
>
> Neera and Danielle
>
>