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NEW BEDFORD — Nearly 100 parents and coaches of the Greater New Bedford Adolescence Baseball Alliance accept filed a address with the state, declaring a vote of "no confidence" and ambitious the abatement of the league's controlling board.

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The address comes afterwards a accumulation of parents met with Mayor Scott W. Lang in August, aloof afore the league's championship series, ambitious their apropos be addressed. Mayor Lang met with the accumulation for about an hour but about told them he is not the city's baseball abettor and that they should handle their altercation internally.

Part of the botheration for parents is that the alliance is not affiliated with Little Alliance or some added civic adolescence organization, so there is no bounded or civic lath that will apprehend their grievances. Once parents accept beat conversations with the league's controlling board, there is boilerplate to turn.

"We accept no aplomb in this league. We appetite an emergency affair to be captivated so we can accept a recall," said Carolyn Burke, who forth with ancestor Sherry Lima, organized the petition. "They aloof do whatever they want. We don't accept a articulation in the way this alliance is actuality run."

The 92-signature address was mailed to the Division of Licensure aural the Attorney General's Office, which oversees the banking filings of all nonprofit groups.

"That lath needs to be changed," said ancestor Rebecca Fernandez. "We accusation fairness, and there is none. There is no candor actuality answer on that field."

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Executive lath admiral Jeff Cardoza Sr. did not acknowledgment calls for this story.

"The division is over," said alliance carnality admiral Heather Rowan. "We're not activity to accept annihilation to say about this."

The address does not adduce any affidavit for the vote of no confidence, but parents and coaches accept told The Standard-Times that their affidavit are varied, from associates of the league's controlling lath acceptable $775 account of the league's raffle prizes, to asperous administration of alliance rules to banishment accouchement to advertise a assertive cardinal of raffle tickets or be prevented from participating. Parents complained that controlling lath associates had conflicts of absorption by active the league, actuality in accusation of umpires and additionally actuality a administrator for their children's team.

A account of raffle winners provided to The Standard-Times by parents showed that alliance broker Lauriann DeSouza won a $500 raffle prize, while Mr. Cardoza won a $200 prize. It was cryptic whether the award-winning was won by Mr. Cardoza Sr., the alliance president, or Jeff Cardoza Jr., an controlling lath affiliate and amateur agent. Colleen Boswell, the league's secretary, won a $50 prize.

There is a alliance aphorism that coaches ejected from a bold charge pay a $25 accomplished and sit out two games. Several parents said that while Jim Brodeur, drillmaster of Manny's Barber Shop, paid the accomplished and sat out, the accomplished and amends were waived for controlling lath affiliate Quintin DeGrasse afterwards he was ejected from a game.

Executive lath associates ascendancy all aspects of the league, parents complained.

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"How can you run a team, be a arch adjudicator and be carnality admiral of the league?" asked ancestor Kenneth Grace, accusatory about Ms. Rowan. "There's no added being you can acquisition to ample all these positions? It's affectionate of sketchy."

Parent Ashley Pereira said she was adequate of her apprenticeship duties afterwards bringing a complaint about the controlling lath to Mayor Lang.

"I appetite to lay aggregate on the line," she said. "Anyone who stands up to them, they're out."

Several parents accused Ms. Rowan of allurement parents, on the field, to host sex-toy parties in their homes.

"My aperture was blind accessible back (Ms. Rowan) was talking about vibrators in advanced of the kids," Ms. Burke said.

When asked about this accurate allegation, Ms. Rowan again that the controlling lath would accept no comment.

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Much of the latest ball aural the alliance revolves about Ronald Duarte, a drillmaster of Manny's Barber Shop, one of the league's teams for 11- and 12-year-olds. Mr. Duarte organized the affair with Mayor Lang afterwards one of the parents of his players was hit by a bedrock afterward a forfeit, which resulted in Manny's activity to the alliance championship. The bold was absent because the added team, Ma's Donuts, did not acreage abundant players 45 account afterwards the bold was to begin.

About 20 parents and the controlling lath showed up at City Hall.

After the affair with Mayor Lang, Mr. Cardoza and associates of the controlling lath threw Mr. Duarte out of the league. Mr. Cardoza told The Standard-Times afterwards that the controlling lath removed Mr. Duarte because he confronted the 12-year-old boy who allegedly threw the rock.

Mr. Duarte has adamantly denied he confronted the boy, although he did allocution with him at an All-Star game. A alliance adjudicator continuing a few anxiety away, Bobby Fields, said he did not apprehend what was said but that the chat was not confrontational. The boy's parents would not comment.

"No one was anytime acclimatized for throwing the rock, and there doesn't assume to be any coercion from them to acquisition out who threw the rock," said Mr. Duarte. "You can't accomplish allegations like that after any proof. There has been a cabal to belch me from the alliance and those parties should be captivated accountable."

Contact Aaron Nicodemus at anicodemus@s-t.com

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