MORE Florida Scandals.....

[janekat]

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030918/APN/309181091

This just days after our Pension Fund scandal hit the papers....

September 18, 2003
CFO auditors looking at state's voucher program
The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
Florida's chief financial officer is auditing the state's three school voucher programs, including one that was criticized for paying for children to attend a school whose founders were linked to a terrorist organization.

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Bush, who has been broadly supportive of opportunities for children to attend private school at taxpayer expense, said he had full confidence in Horne's running of the department, but welcomed the scrutiny.

[madfloridian]

1. It is out of control here, janekat. Did you see my posts today?

I have been posting about the scandals involving these funds and these vouchers. There can NOT be enough posted about the things going on here.

Here is the Ledger editorial from August 31 on this subject;
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2003308310387

SNIP..."Accountability in education has been a buzzword in Tallahassee since Gov. Jeb Bush arrived in 1999, but it hasn't applied to schools using state voucher money. Thanks mainly to the reporting of The Palm Beach Post, the public now knows just how lax state regulation over the corporate income tax credit voucher program has been. The newspaper revealed that the state doesn't know which students or schools participate in the program, that an Islamic school founded by Sami Al-Arian, who has been accused of funding Palestinian terrorists, got $350,000 of voucher money, and that home-schooling consultants were receiving McKay vouchers meant for disabled children even though the Legislature didn't intend for that to happen......"

And the brave Ledger even uses the word *neoconservative*!! About 3/4 of the way down.
SNIP...."Vouchers are a basic element in the prevailing neoconservative agenda enthusiastically pursued by Gov. Bush. But it's amazing that the governor and his allies in the Legislature could have been so indifferent to the need for making sure the state's tax money is used for the purposes intended. Without strong oversight, it's too easy for the wrong people to tap into the state treasury for their own benefit......."

Thanks for the posts. Mine on the subject keep dropping, and I keep posting.
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[Cha]

3. Sorry your posts dropped! I started a thread, too, tonight and

only one person was interested! Oh well...All we can do is keep trying! :-)

[Cha]

2. THanks for posting this! It's really important!

"Included in the audit will be the year-old, $88 million corporate voucher program, which has been criticized for a lack of oversight, especially after one scholarship organization reportedly collected money without actually providing scholarships.

The program also gave tax credits to send poor children to a Tampa-based Muslim school whose founders were later determined to have links to terrorist organizations.

They need a watchdog!

[rfranklin]

4. So Jeb Bush should be sent to Guantanamo...

for funding terrorists. Isn't that the law now?

[ComerPerro]

5. That is true

And if George W Bush protects Jeb, he is harboring someone who harbors terrorists and should be sent to Gitmo.