Those Lying Jason Engen Eyes
I was just notified that Jason Engen had the audacity to file an ethics complaintagainst Kathy Edmonston for producing literature he is not against Common Core.
As proof of his opposition all we have is is word and an ad he produced claiming he was against it. On the other side of the equation is a preponderance of the evidence that shows he is lying about this, and numerous other issues that I will cover in upcoming posts. As Megan Trainor singes, “His lips are moving and he lies lies lies.”
While just about every single claim Jason makes in his own literature is a lie, I will focus on the one he has filed a complaint about Edmonston for because among other things, I have his own words to indict him.
You see, I was a candidate against Engen in the primary, where he was supported almost solely by Lane, LABI and their various PACs they formed to get around ethics restrictions for donation limits from single sources. LABI formed 4 political action committees called WestPac, EastPac, NorthPac and SouthPac.
Lane Grigsby, owner of Cajun Industries and chief contributor and director of LABI, (The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry) also has control of several more, one of which is named Grigsby’s Empower PAC. Lane Grigsby has been one of Common Core’s staunchest defenders in this state. I met with him earlier this year and he mocked me and parents for being against Common Core. I explained some of the specific issues about Common Core to him, face-to-face, and he waved me off and said “it doesn’t matter, it’s about using standards to test teachers and hold them “accountable” and Common Core is the only solution that will do that.”
Earlier this year Engen’s biggest supporter sent pink stuffed unicorns to every single legislature at the state capital while they were in session, from yet another one of his PACs (ABC pac), with a note that said “Unicorns are not real. And neither are most of the problems you’ve heard about Common Core.”
When I organized some parents to send some stuffed crawfish to legislators with a message that the problems with Common Core were real, like crawfish, he countered with an elaborate hardback glossy book with a giant unicorn centerfold Those Lying Jason Engen Eyes | Crazy Crawfish: