Mercedes Schneider here reports the disappointing news from Louisiana.
More than $3.5 million of out-of-state money swamped the candidates for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, who among them raised only about $50,000. Only two opponents of corporate reform survived the election, and both are in a run-off.*
Four billionaires put up more than a million dollars.
Democracy lost.
But the good news is that the likely next governor is John Bel Edwards, a Democrat who is not in sympathy with the mean-spirited policies of Governor Bobby Jindal and who has said that he will fire ex-TFA State Commissioner of Education John White, who is known for hiding and spinning data.
*THE ORIGINAL POST NOTED ONLY ONE CRITIC OF CORPORATE REFORM WHO SURVIVED THE BILLIONAIRES’ ONSLAUGHT, BUT THERE WERE TWO: DISTRICT 4 AND 6.
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I hope Mercedes Schneider is correct that Louisiana’s next governor will be John Bel Edwards, but I would be afraid of discounting David Vitter~ he is a horrible man but has many wealthy people behind him. If Mr. Edwards does win, I wonder if he would be able to fire John White ~ I was under the impression that the BESE board would be able to fire White, but the governor would not be able to. I thought that was one of the main reasons for the disappointments in the BESE board election results.
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You are correct. It takes eight votes from the BESE to hire or fire the superintendent. It only takes 6 votes to give him a long vacation,
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