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Frank Attkisson: Serial Florida Politician and Charter School Rainmaker | Scathing Purple Musings

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Frank Attkisson: Serial Florida Politician and Charter School Rainmaker

In the remarkable look at the troubling history of Maverick’s charter schools, Doug Martin’s B-Town Errant piece details the shadowy work and role of current Osceola county commissioner Frank Attkisson. Also a former state representative and mayor of Kississime, Attkisson is listed in this weeks’s New Times story as president of Mavericks in Education of Florida. Martin reports there’s much, much more to Attkisson:

Frank Attkisson is another fine example of the revolving door between government and charter schools in Florida. A lobbyist for Mavericks and an Osceola County District 4 Commissioner, Attkisson was, until 2008, a member of several education committees in the Florida House of