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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Should Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp? - SNOG - October 6, 2011 - Blogs - Sacramento News & Review

Should Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp? - SNOG - October 6, 2011 - Blogs - Sacramento News & Review
Should Sac City schools be doing business with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp?

Remember how people got bummed about the half million dollars in consultant contracts having to do with a new Kings Arena?

What about a half million bucks in Sacramento taxpayer money to company owned by Rupert Murdoch?

The Sacramento City Unified School Districtboard in August approved a half million contract (well, $494,199) to company called Wireless Generation.

It is, like a lot of contracts that SCUSD has with various consultants, a bit tough for me to define. But from what I can tell talking to district