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Attorney: Hoefer’s Right To Free Speech Was ‘Trashed’

March 8, 2010 Steve Yablonski

When Middletown school board president Will Geiger refused to let Fran Hoefer speak at the March 4 school board meeting, he violated the spirit of Open Meetings Law, according to the state’s expert on the subject. At a press conference today, Civil Rights lawyer Michael Sussman drove home that point even further. He claims the Middletown board and its superintendent (former Oswego superintendent) Dr. Kenneth Eastwood should apologize to Hoefer and invite him back. […]

Oswego Board Member and Superintendent Lock Horns Again, This Time In Middletown

March 5, 2010 Steve Yablonski

Oswego school board member Fran Hoefer went to to Middletown to defend Middletown school board member Roy Paul who is in danger of being kicked off the board for misconduct. However, Hoefer was removed form the meeting by police and not allowed to comment because he isn’t a taxpayer in that district. […]

Report: Hoefer Escorted From Meeting In Middletown

March 5, 2010 Contributor

Oswego Board of Education member Fran Hoefer was escorted by police from a school board meeting in Middletown, New York Thursday night and was held in jail briefly, according to a report in the Middletown Times Herald-Record.

The school district’s superintendent is Ken Eastwood, who battled often with Hoefer when Eastwood was Superintendent of the Oswego City School District. […]