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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in BESE, Charters, Education, Notable Quotables, Vouchers on July 29, 2011| 2 Comments »

“Public schools meet all of the needs of all of the people without pleasing anyone. A better system (vouchers and charter schools) would foster education freedom and quality.”

—American Legislative Exchange Council 1985 publication Education Source Book on improving education.

“I have twenty-five thousand dollars to fix this problem: twenty thousand for you and five for me.”

—Inci Akpinar, vice president of Atlas Texas Construction & Trading which operated Abramson Science & Technology Charter School in New Orleans, speaking to Department of Education investigator Folwell Dunbar, who was looking into reported irregularities at the school. Dunbar recommended revoking the school’s charter. Dunbar was fired. Abramson’s charter has been revoked.

“It’s not just freshly painted walls and new textbooks that have Kenilworth Middle School parents talking – the curriculum and goals of the school are getting remodeled as well.”

—Hype by Pelican Educational Foundation in Promising an educational revolution with the conversion of Kenilworth Middle School to Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School in the same mold as Abramson in August of 2009.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Campaign Contributions, Ethics, Lobbyist, Notable Quotables, Transparency on July 27, 2011| Leave a Comment »

“The public has a right to know who is lobbying whom and for what. When the penalty for breaking ethics laws is a small fine or a slap on the wrist, the whole system becomes a joke. Severe offenses must be punished by expulsion and/or criminal charges.”

—Gov. Bobby Jindal, on his proposed ethics reform during his 2007 campaign for governor.

“We must demand an honest government that puts the residents of our state first and the special interests last.”

—Gov. Bobby Jindal, on his “Ethics Frform: Ending Corruption” web page.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Ethics, Governor's Office, Notable Quotables, Transparency on July 17, 2011| 3 Comments »

“Legislators will have to give full financial disclosure. There will be no exceptions and no loopholes.”

“I will have a high standard for performance and a zero-tolerance for ethical lapses by my administrative appointments.”

—Gov. Bobby Jindal, on his insistence on transparency and compliance with ethics regulations, some time before he paid a $2,500 ethics fine after then campaign chief and now Jindal Chief of Staff Timmy Teepell “forgot” to report an expenditure of $118,265 that the Republican Party of Louisiana spent on direct mail on Jindal’s behalf in June of 2007.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Governor's Office, Notable Quotables, OGB, Office of Group Benefits, Privatization, Transparency on July 16, 2011| 3 Comments »

“This is an important first step in what will be a lengthy, careful and thorough evaluation process to arrive at the best possible policy for plan members and taxpayers alike.”

—Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater, on announcing the hiring of troubled Morgan Keegan, recently fined $210 million for fraud by the SEC, to advise the Jindal administration on the disposition of the Office of Group Benefits and its $500 million surplus.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Ethics, Governor's Office, Health Care, Notable Quotables, Transparency on July 14, 2011| 8 Comments »

“My background is in health care.”

“When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again.”

—Gov. Bobby Jindal, somewhere in a parallel universe, pontificating on health care. (He’s not a doctor, but maybe he’ll play one on TV when he’s through playing governor.)

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