Here's a story that brings together Florida, Indiana, the education sector of society, the great leveling enterprise of the Left, and the deterioration of integrity.
Tony Bennett - no, not the singer - had to resign as Florida Education Commissioner in a grade-fixing scandal. He'd already developed a track record for shenanigans. In Indianapolis, he helped get some shoddy charter schools better ratings than they deserved.
In both states, he had the support of some of the Pubs most badly afflicted with Reasonable Gentleman Syndrome, such as Jeb Bush in Florida and Christel DeHaan in Indiana.
As Michelle Malkin points out in the linked piece, this kind of malfeasance endangers the one education policy approach that works. The charter-school concept gets discredited and teachers' unions are all the more empowered to howl for more largesse and influence.
Tea Party Darling Rick Scott, formerly not known to be afflicted with reasonable gentleman syndrome (at least off the blocks where he made many more enemies than friends) hired Tony in a heartbeat. And fired him too, despite the claim that it was Tony's personal decision to resign. Too bad for Tony (wow, what quals, grad from IU Southeast, football coach, principle at Scottsburg HS.
ReplyDeleteRick Scott's exhibited a few inconsistencies that disturb me. It took the FL legislature to slap down his intention to expand Medicaid, for instance.
ReplyDeleteI think he enjoys the pomp and is vlooking ahead to spending as much of his personal fortune as needed to enjoy it for another 4 years and knew the House would make him look like a good guy. There continues to be so much voter ignorance and apathy that, with enough money thrown at it with enough cute ads he just may squeak by again.
ReplyDeleteRather than reasonable gentleman syndrome, it all smacks of criminality. Ole Rick sure don't need da money though. You do realize he serves without compensation. That even smells funny to me.
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