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| Houston ISD supe Abe Saavedra at the podium celebrating what the Mexican American School Boards Association called their "Triple Crown": Abe in Houston, Rubén Olivárez in San Antonio, and Mike Hinojosa in Dallas. (Photo taken by Peyton Wolcott at TASB/TASA convention - Dallas, October 2005) |
When will AASA, TASA & the other 49 state administrator associations start promoting pre-embezzlement internal trainings to school superintendents? When will our school superintendents and school board members start paying closer attention to their fiduciary duty-of-care responsibilities? They must -- and now -- if our great public schools are to remain strong and locally governed. |
| Connie Calloway (Collage by Peyton Wolcott) INSET: Former Katy ISD (TX) supe Leonard Merrell was my first historical collage, here as King George III. Thanks to readers for their suggestions; who knows who'll be next? |
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Q: When's the last time
you heard the phrase,
That's a Republican
newspaper?
(George M. Cohan to FDR in Yankee
Doodle Dandy,1942)
you heard the phrase,
That's a Republican
newspaper?
(George M. Cohan to FDR in Yankee
Doodle Dandy,1942)
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GOOD QUESTION
Re MALDEF suit against AZ
rancher Roger Barnett, "Where's
the American American
Legal Defense Fund?"
Re MALDEF suit against AZ
rancher Roger Barnett, "Where's
the American American
Legal Defense Fund?"
GOOD QUESTION
Should Houston ISD supe Abe
Saavedra be able to collect
$540,000 in unused sick &
vacation pay?
And how many of those unused
vacation days were substituted
for by lavish AASA & TASA, etc.
"professional development"
trips paid for by taxpayers? Such
may be legal--but is it right? And
in what other business can you
retire at only age 58?
Should Houston ISD supe Abe
Saavedra be able to collect
$540,000 in unused sick &
vacation pay?
And how many of those unused
vacation days were substituted
for by lavish AASA & TASA, etc.
"professional development"
trips paid for by taxpayers? Such
may be legal--but is it right? And
in what other business can you
retire at only age 58?
GOOD QUESTION
Should Indiana supe
H. Douglas Williams have to
pay restitution for ghost
employees whose Perry
Township Schools salaries he
knowingly used district funds to
pay for?
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Should Indiana supe
H. Douglas Williams have to
pay restitution for ghost
employees whose Perry
Township Schools salaries he
knowingly used district funds to
pay for?
_________________________
GOOD QUESTION
Has your superintendent search
firm personally vetted each
education and employment
credential on your finalists'
resumes or have they assumed
candidates are telling the truth?
Example: former Emery USD
(CA) supe Stephen J. Wesley
(above right)
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Has your superintendent search
firm personally vetted each
education and employment
credential on your finalists'
resumes or have they assumed
candidates are telling the truth?
Example: former Emery USD
(CA) supe Stephen J. Wesley
(above right)
__________________________
GOOD QUESTION (02.18.09)
How could Speaker Nancy
Pelosi (R) have been so close to
a billionaire fraudster? CNBC's
2008 video of Robert Allen
Stanford is revealing.
__________________________
How could Speaker Nancy
Pelosi (R) have been so close to
a billionaire fraudster? CNBC's
2008 video of Robert Allen
Stanford is revealing.
__________________________
GOOD QUESTIONS
Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn't get
the "Watch who you hug"
memo? How could she have
been this close (above) to a
billionaire fraudster now being
sought by feds re
laundering-Mexican-drug-money
questions? Robert Allen
Stanford's health-club
background and CNBC's 2008
character-revealing video
Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn't get
the "Watch who you hug"
memo? How could she have
been this close (above) to a
billionaire fraudster now being
sought by feds re
laundering-Mexican-drug-money
questions? Robert Allen
Stanford's health-club
background and CNBC's 2008
character-revealing video
GOOD QUESTION (02.21.09)
Do you know why it's important
that schoolchildren are taught
that the United States is a
republic and not a democracy?
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Do you know why it's important
that schoolchildren are taught
that the United States is a
republic and not a democracy?
__________________________
GOOD QUESTION (02.8.09)
Isn't it great that America's true
conservatives are waving adios
to fear mongerering and instead
remembering the courage and
grit that made us great?
_________________________
Isn't it great that America's true
conservatives are waving adios
to fear mongerering and instead
remembering the courage and
grit that made us great?
_________________________
GOOD QUESTION
Did they teach students about
our great U.S. "shining city on a
hill" in Indonesian schools
during 1967-71?
_________________________
Did they teach students about
our great U.S. "shining city on a
hill" in Indonesian schools
during 1967-71?
_________________________
GOOD QUESTION
Isn't it time that our leadership
stops spreading doom & gloom,
and adopts FDR's "The only
thing we have to fear is fear itself"
instead?
__________________________
Isn't it time that our leadership
stops spreading doom & gloom,
and adopts FDR's "The only
thing we have to fear is fear itself"
instead?
__________________________
GOOD QUESTION (03.04.09)
What are your thoughts? Will Texas
superintendent Alton Frailey resign over
his property tax flap? Should he? Are any
other supes declaring 2 homesteads 2
years running?
________________________________
What are your thoughts? Will Texas
superintendent Alton Frailey resign over
his property tax flap? Should he? Are any
other supes declaring 2 homesteads 2
years running?
________________________________
GOOD QUESTION
Do you know the various names that
school district expenditures can be
listed under? See blue boxes top right
here.
Do you know the various names that
school district expenditures can be
listed under? See blue boxes top right
here.
GOOD QUESTION: Do you understand
the 2nd Amendment? Watch this.
the 2nd Amendment? Watch this.
GOOD QUESTION: What can we as
citizens do on behalf of Arizona Sheriff
Joe Arpaio in the new anti-American
Dep't of Justice investigation?
citizens do on behalf of Arizona Sheriff
Joe Arpaio in the new anti-American
Dep't of Justice investigation?
GOOD QUESTION: Did you hear about
the NC divorce judge who's ordered 3
home schoolers into public schools?
(03.14.09)
the NC divorce judge who's ordered 3
home schoolers into public schools?
(03.14.09)
GOOD QUESTION: Do you appreciate
the importance of establishing evidence
of grassroots support first for anything
you want to do at the state level? Look
at what happened in Indiana when a
blue ribbon panel forgot. (03.15.09)
the importance of establishing evidence
of grassroots support first for anything
you want to do at the state level? Look
at what happened in Indiana when a
blue ribbon panel forgot. (03.15.09)
GOOD QUESTION: Why is it that when
our Irish forebearers immigrated here --
legally -- they learned to speak English
whereas our Spanish-speaking
neighbors insist we cater to them?
(03.17-18.09)
our Irish forebearers immigrated here --
legally -- they learned to speak English
whereas our Spanish-speaking
neighbors insist we cater to them?
(03.17-18.09)
GOOD QUESTION: Did you know that
Eli Broad (of The Broad
Superintendents Academy) is a
former AIG executive?
Eli Broad (of The Broad
Superintendents Academy) is a
former AIG executive?
GOOD QUESTION: Who's scripting
the presidential teleprompter?
Anybody know?
the presidential teleprompter?
Anybody know?
GOOD QUESTION: Where is America's
Daniel Hannan? "The internet has
changed politics...utterly and forever.
Twenty-four hours ago, I made a
three-minute speech in the European
Parliament, aimed at Gordon Brown..."
(03.25-27.09)
Daniel Hannan? "The internet has
changed politics...utterly and forever.
Twenty-four hours ago, I made a
three-minute speech in the European
Parliament, aimed at Gordon Brown..."
(03.25-27.09)
GOOD QUESTION: Did CNN pay AP for
saying CNN is a "real news network"
as opposed to Fox which according to
AP delivers "opinionated" news?
Surprise, surprise: AP's author is David
Bauder, LATimes entertainment
reporter.
saying CNN is a "real news network"
as opposed to Fox which according to
AP delivers "opinionated" news?
Surprise, surprise: AP's author is David
Bauder, LATimes entertainment
reporter.
GOOD QUESTION: The President and
a NY Times reporter are now able to
dictate to GM & fire their CEO?
Michelle Bachman (MN) asked a very
good question last week -- 4 times,
with no answer -- of Treasury's Tim
Geithner re the constitutional authority
for his power grab; does this mean the
U.S. is now taking direct instruction
from Hugo Chavez?)
a NY Times reporter are now able to
dictate to GM & fire their CEO?
Michelle Bachman (MN) asked a very
good question last week -- 4 times,
with no answer -- of Treasury's Tim
Geithner re the constitutional authority
for his power grab; does this mean the
U.S. is now taking direct instruction
from Hugo Chavez?)
GOOD QUESTION: Shouldn't the
President's new $6 billion "GIVE" and
"SERVE" programs be called "TAKE"
and "MAKE"?
President's new $6 billion "GIVE" and
"SERVE" programs be called "TAKE"
and "MAKE"?
GOOD QUESTION: No wonder Dems
love higher taxes--they don't actually
pay them. Are any White House
appointees current with their taxes?
Now it's Kathleen & Judge Gary
Sibelius.
love higher taxes--they don't actually
pay them. Are any White House
appointees current with their taxes?
Now it's Kathleen & Judge Gary
Sibelius.
GOOD QUESTION: How are you
celebrating National Poetry Month? A
visit to Poetry Daily is a good place to
start; on today's emailed menu,
Shakespeare, from The Tempest: "Be
not afeard. The isle is full of noises.
Sounds and sweet airs...."
celebrating National Poetry Month? A
visit to Poetry Daily is a good place to
start; on today's emailed menu,
Shakespeare, from The Tempest: "Be
not afeard. The isle is full of noises.
Sounds and sweet airs...."
04.09.09
GOOD QUESTION: Doesn't this look like
the president of the United States is
bowing to a Saudi king? Why bow to
him but not to the Queen of England?
GOOD QUESTION: Doesn't this look like
the president of the United States is
bowing to a Saudi king? Why bow to
him but not to the Queen of England?
GOOD QUESTION--AND
BRAVO to a real American
hero, Capt. Richard Philips.
Will teachers talk about him
and his example of
leadership -- and our brave
Navy SEALS -- with our
schoolchildren this week?
BRAVO to a real American
hero, Capt. Richard Philips.
Will teachers talk about him
and his example of
leadership -- and our brave
Navy SEALS -- with our
schoolchildren this week?
GOOD QUESTIONS: Who's
protecting us against
left-wing extremists? Why
does Homeland Security
chief Janet Napolitano
consider returning
veterans and those
favoring local or state rule
"right-wing extremists"?
protecting us against
left-wing extremists? Why
does Homeland Security
chief Janet Napolitano
consider returning
veterans and those
favoring local or state rule
"right-wing extremists"?
| 04.16.09: Friends, do you think it right of the White House to have references to Christ covered before Pres. Obama spoke at George- town, the nation's oldest Jesuit university? |
| 04.17.09: Did Pres. Obama single Hugo Chavez out for a high-five at the Americas Summit to say he agrees with him? "The United States empire is on its way down and it will be finished in the near future, inshallah." |
Congratulations, Calvin Borel! Here's hoping
America's teachers will tell students this week
about your tireless work ethic & spectacular inside
rail strategy which led to your win in today's
Kentucky Derby! Hooray for individual achievement!
(05.02.09)
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America's teachers will tell students this week
about your tireless work ethic & spectacular inside
rail strategy which led to your win in today's
Kentucky Derby! Hooray for individual achievement!
(05.02.09)
________________________________________
GOOD QUESTION: Are you suspicious of this stock
market rally? If so, you're in good company.
Financial Times says : "Beware the sucker's
rally." (05.09.09)
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market rally? If so, you're in good company.
Financial Times says : "Beware the sucker's
rally." (05.09.09)
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| GOOD QUESTION: Do you think in these economic times with people losing jobs it's okay to spend $50,000 on indoor high school graduation because it's hot? (05.10.09) ______________________________________________ |
GOOD QUESTION: Is this the new 'civil discourse'?
To laugh at the idea of your opponent's slow and
terrible death?
To laugh at the idea of your opponent's slow and
terrible death?
NYC: Were these jailhouse Islam converts who plotted
to blow up synagogues, shoot down plane high school
dropouts?
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to blow up synagogues, shoot down plane high school
dropouts?
__________________________________________
GOOD QUESTION: Are any American journalists
looking at politicians' expenses like Heather Brooke
did in the UK causing MP's like Ben Bradshaw above
to squirm?
___________________________________________
looking at politicians' expenses like Heather Brooke
did in the UK causing MP's like Ben Bradshaw above
to squirm?
___________________________________________
GOOD QUESTION: Did you happen to catch this
admission to C-SPAN on Friday, May 23, 2009?
"We're out of money" ?
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admission to C-SPAN on Friday, May 23, 2009?
"We're out of money" ?
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