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Sunday, April 22, 2012

ARE MORE OF Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Right Wing Buddies Turning On Her?

Potter Williams Report: Michelle Rhee’s Mask Is Slipping: Illegal Activity in Constitution State?:

ARE MORE OF Failed DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Right Wing Buddies Turning On Her?

MICHELLE RHEE’S MASK IS SLIPPING: ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IN CONSTITUTION STATE?

             
It was only a matter of time before Michelle Rhee would start blowing her cover. But I have to admit she’s held off “enquiring minds who want to know” for at least five years since signing on to DC.
Citizen watchdogs have found evidence of Rhee's StudentsFirst group violating CT lobbying rules as she lobbies for Gov. Malloy’s education reforms. Looks like she has some explaining to doabout a front group she set up called GNEPSA .
Here’s the lowdown from Jon Pelto of his blog “Wait, What?”

So, go to the State Ethics Office and look up StudentsFirst or Michelle Rhee and you find NOTHING.  No paperwork at all for StudentsFirst.  But we know they are lobbying on behalf of Malloy’s bill – they are even running television ads – so where are their records.
Turns out they filed under the name of GNEPSA and the official filing papers make no mention of StudentsFirst. A Hartford office building is listed as their address and