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Globe spokesman Bob Powers said Tania deLuzuriaga, who was hired bythe newspaper last fall, quit her post as an education reporter. Hewould not say when she left.
"The only thing I can say is she resigned to pursue otheropportunities," Powers said. "Nobody who was on the (Globe) hiringteam knew about the events that were reported on in Miami."
DeLuzuriaga's resignation comes after a string of e-mails showed uponline and in various newspapers detailing what appears to be aromantic relationship between her and Alberto Carvalho whiledeLuzuriaga was an education reporter for The Miami Herald in 2007.It was not clear who distributed the e-mails to the newspapers.They were not sent to The Associated Press.
The e-mails surfaced earlier this month after Carvalho, then anassociate superintendent, was named superintendent of theMiami-Dade public schools.
Carvalho, 44, has denied having an affair with deLuzuriaga, 27.DeLuzuriaga's Boston lawyer, Lee MacPhee, declined comment.
DeLuzuriaga has not responded to requests for comment about thee-mails, which were mostly attributed to her but included a fewapparent responses from Carvalho. He first suggested they mighthave been doctored, then said they could be genuine but he mightnot have read them all.
The e-mails include suggestive banter.
"Will you be completely offended if I jump into your arms the nexttime I see you (place permitting)?" said one e-mail attributed todeLuzuriaga from Aug. 7, 2007.
The e-mail ends with: "Love, love, love you. xoxoxo."
Carvalho released a brief statement in response to deLuzuriaga'sresignation, stating: "She is an excellent, professional journalistand will do well wherever her career takes her."
The Miami Herald's ethics policy prohibits reporters from havingpersonal relationships with sources that could create a conflict ofinterest.
Anders Gyllenhaal, executive editor of The Miami Herald, said thepaper has not yet authenticated the e-mails. He said the newspaperhas requested them from the school board but has not received aresponse.
"We have to be clear that without knowing the precise source of thee-mails and without being able to authenticate them, you don't wantto draw conclusions about the whole case, and that's where thingsstill stand," Gyllenhaal said.
He said the newspaper reviewed the stories deLuzuriaga wrote duringher time at the Herald and, "the stories that dealt with thenow-superintendent seemed pretty even-handed. There was nothingthat we found that raised concerns."
The Miami-Dade school board is expected to vote on Carvalho'scontract in October, but he is facing resistance from some boardmembers who believe there should be an ethics investigation.
"These are questions of judgment and character," board member MartaPerez said. "I think that a superintendent is the educationalleader of a community and he is an example for students. Thecomportment and the ethics of that person are very important."
Perez said she would like an outside, impartial agency to reviewboth the alleged e-mails and the process by which Carvalho wasselected as superintendent.
"I think his personal life is not the issue," she said. "But Ithink we have to look at whether or not there were violations tothe Florida education code of ethics."