Curtis Jones Admits He Only Has Hairdressing Degree

Looks like new City Council member Curtis Jones isn’t all that much different, annoyance-wise, than the woman he unseated, (de facto) appointed City Councilwoman Carol Ann Campbell. (At least she fought for disability issues.)

Jones, who once yelled at an old lady on camera, said he had a masters from the University of Alabama. But, whoops, it turns out it’s actually a certificate from a series of workshops he attended. Technically, he is a Master Compliance Administrator, a note of completion from the American Contract Compliance Association.

His bio on the Philadelphia Commercial Development Corp. said he also attended Boston University, but they have no record of him as a student. The contract compliance course has taken place at Alabama, but Jones was never a student there, either. Jones doesn’t even have an undergraduate degree, but was able to take four courses at Penn’s Fels School of Government.

“I take full responsibilitiy [sic] for any inaccuracies in the wording of my educational accomplishments,” Jones said in the statement. Unsure if that [sic] was in the actual statement or the Daily News just typed it wrong, but would it surprise anyone if Curtis Jones never took spelling class?

Update: Aww, it was a DN typo.

Clearing up a degree of some confusion [Daily News]
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