@Andy Jones:  I have no question that Galera would have been qualified and may have been the best choice.  However, he screwed himself over by first taking the Board of Education position which basically wrote the job description for the DOE Superintendent position and then resigned and immediately applied for the position.  Had he wanted the DOE Superintendent job, he should never have been on the Board of Education.  Sorry, but it's his own fault that he's not being considered since there are huge EEO/AA implications had he gotten the position which probably would have led to a bunch of lawsuits by the other candidates since they could have successfully argued that he was given an unfair advantage which is against Federal Law.