A bitter personal dispute over a city's deficit in Connecticut devolved into a challenge between a city councilman and a Board of Education member to take drug tests and publicly post the results
The latest fight between Bridgeport city councilman Ernie Newton and Board of Education member Maria Pereira -- the two Democrats have long tangled over the city's finances -- appeared to be sparked by a discussion about pay increases for the mayor and non-union city positions."Please remember to take your meds," Newton wrote on a local blog on April 13 after Pereira pushed back on his assertion about the city deficit in 2015.
Newton accepted and took the drug test that same day. Pereira took her drug test the day after Newton and provided her paperwork to Only in Bridgeport three days later.The two tested negative for the same 10 substances, including marijuana, cocaine and opiates, according to the results published on the blog and provided to CNN.Newton told CNN on Tuesday he's been clean for 24 years and agreed to take the drug test to"stand up to the bully.
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