Potted principal goes potty

NY Daily News ^ | 2-13-2003 | ALICE McQUILLAN and ALISON GENDAR

[Cagey]

Cops: She drove drunk, urinated

By ALICE McQUILLAN and ALISON GENDAR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Talk about a lack of class.

The principal of a troubled city school was arraigned yesterday after cops caught her driving drunk - and urinating in a Bronx street - when she was supposed to be at work, police said.

Evelyn Peralta-Tessitore, 41, principal of Public School 192 in Harlem, was charged with driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest.

Cops said they spotted Peralta-Tessitore squatting and urinating beside the open door of her 2003 Mercedes-Benz about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday. Her car was stopped ata red light at 254th St. and Broadway.

Peralta-Tessitore admitted she had been drinking, according to the criminal complaint. Cops said she reeked of liquor and her speech was slurred.

She refused to get out of her car and started flailing her arms at officers when they tried to arrest her, police said.

Her companion, school secretary Helen Torres, then jumped out of the car and tried to keep officers from arresting her principal, police sources said. Torres, 45, was arrested for obstructing governmental administration.

Peralta-Tessitore declined a Breathalyzer test. She was arraigned yesterday in Bronx Criminal Court and released on her own recognizance pending a Feb. 26 court date. She did not return calls for comment.

Peralta-Tessitore has been removed from her school pending the outcome of her criminal case, said Education Department spokeswoman Margie Feinberg.

It wasn't Peralta-Tessitore's first brush with the law, sources said yesterday.

She was arrested in 1982 for using marijuana, a violation, and again in 1990 on a shoplifting charge, the sources said. Since neither arrest resulted in a felony conviction, they may not have raised a red flag when she was hired by the school system in 1994, the sources said.

Feinberg said officials had noknowledge of any previous arrests.

Peralta-Tessitore, who lives in the posh Westchester community of Hartsdale, has been principal of PS 192 since 1999. Last year, only 26% of her students could read well enough to pass city and state exams.

[Cagey]

I don't care what political party she belongs to either, but this thread has to get political because you can bet your sweet bippy it's because of politics this woman has the job she has in the first place. The NY City Board of Ed is nothing but political. And as an aside, the NYC Board of Ed is overwhelmingly Democrat. Not that it matters.

[WorkingClassFilth]

"I really don't care."

Sure you do, Stuart, or you wouldn't have made a point about post #5 or stayed up with the replies.

See, the analysis isn't based on what you feel by a surface reading. It comes from what you know based on life experiences and a careful reading of the details. I listed 9 items off the cuff that pointed to the most likely, but unknown, factor. That is, this woman is most likely a Democrat. This is a news discussion forum and if this story grows legs, this thread will become archival evidence for the reservoir of extraordinary corruption we all know the Democratic party to be.

Yes, you're right on a couple of points as I already mentioned. In addition, you're right that bad people can be in any party. The same case could be made for the Nazi party, the Red Guards in China or any other organization for which one might wish to create a context for defense. Nonetheless, arguing the exception doesn't disprove a general rule.

In a court of law we are held to different and more exacting standards of proof. Thankfully, this ain't no court of law, but rather, it's a court of public opinion. For my money these days, I'll take that over the opinion of a lawyer any time.

A final proof occurs to me that I overlooked before. Given the odds I discussed above, what do you suppose the odds are when a compatriot in the form of school secretary Torres physically attacks the police in her defense?

I'd say the odds just doubled.

[stuartcr]

No it doesn't matter, but since you say that it has to become political, my interest is gone, as am I.

[hopespringseternal]

No, I just don't care what her political affiliations are.

You're full of it. If you didn't care, you would have posted in response to something other than an assessment of her political affiliation.

[nightdriver]

"Peralta-Tessitore, who lives in the posh Westchester community of Hartsdale, has been principal of PS 192 since 1999. Last year, only 26% of her students could read well enough to pass city and state exams."

Ummmm. I dunno. PS 192 may do that to its teachers.

[ladylib]

Bloomberg did away with the board of education.

[sk8base]

You guys have it all wrong. She was just pissing on her German Auto in protest of their stance on Iraq. This woman should be applauded. Have a round on me Ma'am!

[Cagey]

Bloomberg did away with the board of education. "

I know he's replacing the system with Regional Superintendents , but my point was that this woman was hired by the very political school board.

I'm still surprised he was able to make the change and I applaud him for it.

[thegreatbeast]

Cost 2003 Mercedes Benz $45,000 Earnings NYC Public School Principal $75,000 Urinating on a Public Street $0 Cost of Having a Rap Sheet $0 Having only 26% of your Students Pass their Competency Exams? PRICELESS

[WorkingClassFilth]

A DEMOCRATIC TREND?

Alderman Irene Smith cited for public urination

07/23/2001 08:45 PM

St. Louis police issued a citation Monday to Alderman Irene Smith related to her apparently having urinated into a waste basket during floor debate last week.

City Counselor Patti Hageman said her office would decide whether to charge Smith, D-1st Ward, with violating the city's ordinance against public urination. If a charge is filed, it will go to the city courts, where Smith once was the chief judge.

The incident took place July 17 as Smith filibustered against a redistricting bill.

The presiding officer ruled that Smith would yield the floor if she left to use a restroom. Friends of Smith surrounded her with a quilt, sheet and tablecloth as she appeared to urinate. Smith has refused to say whether she actually did.

Smith could not be reached for comment Monday. Her attorney, Anita Rivkin-Carothers, said if Smith is charged, she will plead not guilty, relying on the city's "inability to prove her guilty of any violation."

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/7F6CE8C56153413A86256A93000B953B

[pabianice]

Another Democrat poster child for irresponsible behavior.

[Concentrate]

She is obviously a Republican. A Democrat would never squat so low.

[stuartcr]

Gross