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Schools Matter: Mr. White Hat Back in the Driver's Seat in Ohio Politics

Schools Matter: Mr. White Hat Back in the Driver's Seat in Ohio Politics

Mr. White Hat Back in the Driver's Seat in Ohio Politics

For awhile it seemed as if the corrupt charter school chain gangs run by corporate welfare leech, David Brennan, would be brought to some public accountability in Ohio. With the return, however, of free-to-pillage Republican rule in Ohio, accomplished with the help of Brennan's $4+ million in campaign donations over the years, this bloodsucker is back in the catbird's seat (for background go here, here, here, here, here, and here).

With the return of Brennan comes new legislation written with Mr. White Hat in mind. As reported in this storyby the Post-Dispatch, Brennan even goes so far as have proposed legislation to lie about the fact that public money will go his for-profit sleazy outfit to exploit the poorest kids of Ohio:
• Specify that funds paid to the operator by the [public] school are not considered public funds.
So what will separate Ohio from the most corrupt banana republics of the Western world? Nothing. When it gets too corrupt even for the Fordham Institute, you know the sewer is totally open:

A leading school-choice supporter says the sweeping changes proposed by House Republicans