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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Paul Vallas shares the blame for the $1.5 Billion penalty that taxpayers will have to pay | Reclaim Reform

Paul Vallas shares the blame for the $1.5 Billion penalty that taxpayers will have to pay | Reclaim Reform:



Paul Vallas shares the blame for the $1.5 Billion penalty that taxpayers will have to pay

Paul Vallas shares the blame for a new $1.5 Billion penalty that taxpayers will have to pay. Also, Vallas is still causing economic damage to New Orleans and Louisiana years after leaving them in chaos – hamstrung by failing and corrupt high cost charter schools accountable to no one but the corporations who profit from them. Now, Vallas is endorsed as the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Why?
QuinnVallas2Vallas, who was declared legally unqualified to be Bridgeport’s Superintendent of Schools by the Connecticut Supreme Court, is leaving that post to become the Lieutenant Governor candidate endorsed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) for Quinn’s re-election.
What is the present $1.5 Billion legal penalty from the Vallas chaos in Louisiana all about?
After Hurricane Katrina, over 7,000 qualified teachers were fired and not given the chance to be rehired. Vallas was a major part of that illegal behavior.
The Federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals judge wrote the following about the $1.5 Billion ruling against the city and state: “To the contrary, the