Comments on: Money and Politics at the Texas SBOE, Part II http://tfninsider.org/2009/09/29/money-and-politics-at-the-texas-sboe-part-ii/ The Official Blog of the Texas Freedom Network Mon, 21 May 2012 17:35:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Robert http://tfninsider.org/2009/09/29/money-and-politics-at-the-texas-sboe-part-ii/#comment-4335 Robert Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:25:46 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=4019#comment-4335 Also check out Agosto's and Bradley's relationship with Courtland Partners, the real estate consultant hired by SBOE, at almost double the rate of their competition. Also check out Agosto’s and Bradley’s relationship with Courtland Partners, the real estate consultant hired by SBOE, at almost double the rate of their competition.

]]> By: cathy http://tfninsider.org/2009/09/29/money-and-politics-at-the-texas-sboe-part-ii/#comment-4334 cathy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:41:40 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=4019#comment-4334 Agusto began his slimy ways long before the science vote. He pretended to be a supporter of teachers during the ELA standards debacle. When it was apparent that the same group had decided to reject all teacher input, he made a last minute change of his vote so he could be viewed as siding with Bradley and his cohorts. The groundwork for these finiancial shenanigans was laid several years ago. Some, not all, members of the SBOE care much less about kids and education than they do about personal gain and personal politics. It is demoralizing to realize that the legislature has allowed all of this mess to continue. There has to be some oversight. SBOE member Pat Hardy tried to bring up ethics issues regarding the new investment firm at the confirmation meeting. Bradley and his group would not even allow her to share the information of ethics violations of the company. Bob Craig spoke eloquently about the shady information regarding the new firm and Tincey Miller called the process "compromised." All three of these board members are Republicans so this is not a partisan issue.Bradley et al. had their minds made up, and undoubtedly their pockets lined. Once again, they do what they will with no repercussions. We shall see what happens when they lose millions of dollars of money that belongs to the school children of Texas. Agusto began his slimy ways long before the science vote. He pretended to be a supporter of teachers during the ELA standards debacle. When it was apparent that the same group had decided to reject all teacher input, he made a last minute change of his vote so he could be viewed as siding with Bradley and his cohorts. The groundwork for these finiancial shenanigans was laid several years ago. Some, not all, members of the SBOE care much less about kids and education than they do about personal gain and personal politics. It is demoralizing to realize that the legislature has allowed all of this mess to continue. There has to be some oversight.
SBOE member Pat Hardy tried to bring up ethics issues regarding the new investment firm at the confirmation meeting. Bradley and his group would not even allow her to share the information of ethics violations of the company. Bob Craig spoke eloquently about the shady information regarding the new firm and Tincey Miller called the process “compromised.” All three of these board members are Republicans so this is not a partisan issue.Bradley et al. had their minds made up, and undoubtedly their pockets lined. Once again, they do what they will with no repercussions. We shall see what happens when they lose millions of dollars of money that belongs to the school children of Texas.

]]> By: Charles http://tfninsider.org/2009/09/29/money-and-politics-at-the-texas-sboe-part-ii/#comment-4333 Charles Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:46:15 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=4019#comment-4333 Oh, I don't know. Pork never really bothered me very much. As an archaeologist, I sometimes think back to ancient Egypt and admire the local politician (Ra Utmost) who could draw bigtime public works to his community. To do that, he had to be in tight with his pharoah (Neosynephrine). Oh, I don’t know. Pork never really bothered me very much. As an archaeologist, I sometimes think back to ancient Egypt and admire the local politician (Ra Utmost) who could draw bigtime public works to his community. To do that, he had to be in tight with his pharoah (Neosynephrine).

]]> By: Pineyman http://tfninsider.org/2009/09/29/money-and-politics-at-the-texas-sboe-part-ii/#comment-4332 Pineyman Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:55:29 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=4019#comment-4332 Charles - I have to disagree with you. Remember Rep. Dan Flood? He represented my hometown about 30 years ago. Very powerful, no one ever ran against him & he usually got around 90% of the vote. He always "remembered his roots" by steering government funded work there. People thought pork because of his longevity & influence. Turned out he peddled the influence, even though he was getting jobs to the people. We still feel dirty 30+ years later. Charles -

I have to disagree with you. Remember Rep. Dan Flood? He represented my hometown about 30 years ago. Very powerful, no one ever ran against him & he usually got around 90% of the vote. He always “remembered his roots” by steering government funded work there. People thought pork because of his longevity & influence. Turned out he peddled the influence, even though he was getting jobs to the people.

We still feel dirty 30+ years later.

]]> By: Charles http://tfninsider.org/2009/09/29/money-and-politics-at-the-texas-sboe-part-ii/#comment-4331 Charles Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:04:23 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=4019#comment-4331 Sounds like a classic case of: "If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." It's pretty common in politics, but I am not sure that it could be classified as illegal or unethical in all cases. It would be unethical when someone "sells out" on doing what is right in exchange for some sort of financial or material gain by a second or third party. For example, if someone voted against giving women the right to vote in exchange for a vote in favor of strip mining coal, that would be a problem. Sounds like a classic case of: “If you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.” It’s pretty common in politics, but I am not sure that it could be classified as illegal or unethical in all cases. It would be unethical when someone “sells out” on doing what is right in exchange for some sort of financial or material gain by a second or third party. For example, if someone voted against giving women the right to vote in exchange for a vote in favor of strip mining coal, that would be a problem.

]]> By: PHarvey http://tfninsider.org/2009/09/29/money-and-politics-at-the-texas-sboe-part-ii/#comment-4330 PHarvey Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:57:00 +0000 http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/?p=4019#comment-4330 Keep digging TFN. Sounds like someone on the SBOE may have their hands in the Permanet School Fund for personal gain. That's sure what it sounds like. This just smells too bad to be innocent. Where there is smoke, there is fire. If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck, ...its a duck. Keep digging TFN.

Sounds like someone on the SBOE may have their hands in the Permanet School Fund for personal gain. That’s sure what it sounds like.

This just smells too bad to be innocent. Where there is smoke, there is fire. If it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and quacks like a duck, …its a duck.

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