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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Funded by the Same People, Are Jeb Bush’s Foundation and Parent Revolution Scamming Floridians on Parent Trigger? | Scathing Purple Musings

Funded by the Same People, Are Jeb Bush’s Foundation and Parent Revolution Scamming Floridians on Parent Trigger? | Scathing Purple Musings:

Funded by the Same People, Are Jeb Bush’s Foundation and Parent Revolution Scamming Floridians on Parent Trigger?

Yesterday’s press conference that occurred between the house and senate committee votes which passed through Florida’s Parent Trigger bill was put on by supporters of the bill. Most notably, Jeb Bush’s education foundation and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. In attendance were two staffers from a California advocacy group funded by many of the same folks who fund Bush’s foundation. Parent Revolution also receives financingfrom the Walton Family Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation.

Shirley Ford, who is listed as staff member on the Parent Revolution website, was quoted in the Orlando Sentinelby Leslie Postal:

Shirley Ford, an organizer for Parent Revolution, traveled from California to speak at the news