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VIDEO: 2011: When the Billionaires Bought BESE | deutsch29

VIDEO: 2011: When the Billionaires Bought BESE | deutsch29:

VIDEO: 2011: When the Billionaires Bought BESE 



The 28-minute video near the end of this post, 2011: When the Billionaires Bought BESE, was produced by Louisiana journalist Mike Stagg.
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Mike Stagg
It is the edited-for-television version of his video research on the 2011 state board of education (BESE) elections in Louisiana– a BESE election in which an unprecedented amount of out-of-state cash flowed into Louisiana in order to advance a test-score-obsessed, corporate education reform agenda.
The video is set to air as follows:
LAFAYETTE
KLAF
Sunday, October 11: 10:30 am
Sunday, October 18: 10:30 am
KADN
Sunday October 11 thru Friday October 16: 6:30 am
Sunday, October 18: 6:30 am
NEW ORLEANS
WVUE
Saturday 10/10 5:30 AM
Sunday 10/11 5:30 AM
Saturday 10/17 5:30 AM
Sunday, October 18: 1:30 pm
LAKE CHARLES
NVHP
Sunday 10/11 11 am
Sunday 10/18 11 am
KVHP
Sunday 10/11 9:30 am
Thursday 10/15 6:30 am
Friday 10/16 6:30 am
ALEXANDRIA
KLAX
Saturday 10/10 10:30 pm
Sunday 10/11 12:30 pm
Saturday 10/17 6 am
Sunday 10/18 6 am
SHREVEPORT
KTBS
Sunday, October 11 4 pm
Sunday, October 18 1:30 pm
MONROE
KTVE NBC
Sunday, October 11 11:30 am
BATON ROUGE
WAFB (time not known)

<p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/141902704″>2011: When the Billionaires Bought BESE</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/freelouisiana”>Mike Stagg</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p>


It’s 2015, and the out-of-state money continues to flow, with California billionaire Eli Broad donating $250,000, and Arkansas billionaires, Alice and Jim Walton, contributing $450,000.
The election is October 24, 2015, with early voting starting Saturday, October 10:
State and local officials want to remind residents that early voting will take 
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