Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment in Stamford, is not taking chances with her nomination to the state Board of Education.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell appointed McMahon to Connecticut's school board, and most members of the legislature's Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee voted in favor of it.
But the full General Assembly must approve the appointment, and McMahon was at the capitol Monday introducing herself to to lawmakers, accompanied by a lobbyist from Rell's office and WWE spokesman Gary Davis, who tried to shield McMahon from reporters.
McMahon Monday confirmed she was trying to meet legislators and was happy to answer the questions of the Nominations Committee last week.
Critics are concerned that McMahon, 60, lacks a background in education and has a leading role in an industry that sells sex and violence to the children she would serve on the school board...More?
source: greenwichtime.com
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