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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Mother Crusader: Pitbull Wants To Be Just Like Bill (Cosby, Gates & Clinton)

Mother Crusader: Pitbull Wants To Be Just Like Bill (Cosby, Gates & Clinton):

Pitbull Wants To Be Just Like Bill (Cosby, Gates & Clinton)





Pitbull opened the 2013 National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Conference with what he referred to as his "first major speech."  

According to the Washington Post, he was introduced by none other than Fernando Zulueta, President of Academica, the for-profit charter management organization that will run Pitbull's charter school, SLAM.  The Miami Herald called Academica Florida's richest charter school management firm.
Academica’s achievements have been profitable. The South Miami company receives more than $9 million a year in management fees just from its South Florida charter schools — fees that ultimately come from public tax dollars.
But the Zuluetas’ greatest financial success is largely unseen: Through more than two dozen other companies, the Zuluetas control more than $115 million in South Florida real