Committee of Seventy: Reveal donor names
by Erika Owens on Aug 22 2011 Posted in Latest news
The Committee of Seventy, a local good government watchdog group, is urging the School Reform Commission to reveal the names of the anonymous donors who contributed $405,000 towards Superintendent Arlene Ackerman's $905,000 buyout.
The SRC still needs to approve the buyout of Ackerman's contract. The deal will be presented at this Wednesday's SRC meeting. At a press conference Monday afternoon, Mayor Nutter said he worked to limit the taxpayers' burden for the buyout to $500,000 and "made a couple of calls" to potential donors.
He also said he thinks those who contributed donations are entitled to