Comments on: Response to “In Race for U.S. School Grant Is a Fear of Winning” http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/response-to-in-race-for-u-s-school-grant-is-a-fear-of-winning/ A nonprofit news organization dedicated to producing high-quality journalism in the public interest Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kugler http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/response-to-in-race-for-u-s-school-grant-is-a-fear-of-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-550 kugler Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:03:58 +0000 http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/?p=1023#comment-550 News delayed is news denied.... The Skeleton in Arne Duncan's Closet US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appears to have a noisy one dating from his years running the Chicago Public Schools. Her name is Carol J. Spizzirri. A little background. Spizzirri is a convicted shoplifter. According to a sworn affidavit by her ex-husband, a court ordered psychological evaluation diagnosed her as a paranoid schizophrenic and pathological liar. Spizzirri said SALF trained 67,000 Chicago Public School (CPS) children in first aid the year before and that the training was free to the children. In fact, records show that CPS paid the foundation a considerable amount. invoices, totaling $49,000, were processed and signed off by CEO Arne Duncan's office. One includes this handwritten notation: "per AD per Ann Whalen 9-14-05." Whalen was Duncan's personal assistant. She now works for him in Washington. Why did CPS pay SALF over $60,000 for a "free" program? What happened to the more than $1,000,000 SALF received from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for one year (there were other CDC contracts)? What about the millions SALF received from Illinois taxpayers? In the case of the Illinois State Board of Education, it's a guessing game. ISBE's complete records consist of a form showing a disbursement of $600,000 to SALF — no application, no review, no evaluation, no nothin'. Federal Case Number is 09-cv-07599 READ FULL STORY http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=1009&section=Article News delayed is news denied…. The Skeleton in Arne Duncan’s Closet US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appears to have a noisy one dating from his years running the Chicago Public Schools. Her name is Carol J. Spizzirri. A little background.

Spizzirri is a convicted shoplifter. According to a sworn affidavit by her ex-husband, a court ordered psychological evaluation diagnosed her as a paranoid schizophrenic and pathological liar.

Spizzirri said SALF trained 67,000 Chicago Public School (CPS) children in first aid the year before and that the training was free to the children. In fact, records show that CPS paid the foundation a considerable amount. invoices, totaling $49,000, were processed and signed off by CEO Arne Duncan’s office. One includes this handwritten notation: “per AD per Ann Whalen 9-14-05.”

Whalen was Duncan’s personal assistant. She now works for him in Washington.

Why did CPS pay SALF over $60,000 for a “free” program? What happened to the more than $1,000,000 SALF received from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for one year (there were other CDC contracts)? What about the millions SALF received from Illinois taxpayers? In the case of the Illinois State Board of Education, it’s a guessing game. ISBE’s complete records consist of a form showing a disbursement of $600,000 to SALF — no application, no review, no evaluation, no nothin’.

Federal Case Number is 09-cv-07599

READ FULL STORY
http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=1009&section=Article

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