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Jeb Bush Sure Picked a Strange Time to Raise Money | Scathing Purple Musings

Jeb Bush Sure Picked a Strange Time to Raise Money | Scathing Purple Musings:

Jeb Bush Sure Picked a Strange Time to Raise Money

Apparently, Bush’s number one policy wonk Patricia Levesque is quarterbacking the PR campaign to hold off growing opposition to parent trigger legislation. For some reason, Levesque and Bush see this as an opportunity to raise cash. Reports Dara Kam in The Palm Beach Post:

The controversial “Parent Empowerment” proposal isn’t just causing a bipartisan kerfuffle in the Senate where critics say the measure is a cash cow for for-profit charter schools and private management companies.

But the “parent trigger” measure could also make hay for Gov. Jeb Bush’s non-profit Foundation for Florida’s Future. Bush is backing the bill, pushed by Los Angeles-based Parent Revolution and