Some education bureaucrats don't believe in accountability & transparency. Well, I respectfully disagree. https://t.co/YpSYZSCtpY— Peter Franchot (@peterfranchot) March 24, 2016
...Because the current hearing process was
set up through legislation, PSSAM asked the legislative leaders, both
Democrats, to cut the Board of Public Works out of the process and let
the Interagency Committee on School Construction make the final call on
funding decisions.
On
Wednesday, Franchot called the request an affront to transparency and an
attempt to move hundreds of millions of dollars in school construction
funding decisions to a little-known committee.
He said the letter was the “most offensive” he’s received in office.
He said the letter was the “most offensive” he’s received in office.
The comptroller’s office followed up with a four-page letter to Alban, written by Chief of Staff Len N. Foxwell.
That
letter questioned the wisdom of the superintendents’ decision to
question two of three members of the board — Franchot and Hogan — who
are also the elected officials.
“Irrespective
of whatever nebulous political objectives may have been achieved with
this letter, it is difficult to see how it satisfies the best interests
of those who you and your colleagues have actually been hired to serve,”
Foxwell wrote.
Much of the
letter was directed specifically to Alban and Frederick County’s annual
funding request, but the superintendent said the letter was a
culmination of association members’ feelings that have been building for
years.
“This wasn’t just this
past year,” Alban said Wednesday, speaking on behalf of the association.
“If we don’t try to do something to change, then we’re part of the
problem.”
Alban said PSSAM
voted unanimously[note: That would include MCPS - Larry Bowers.] to send the letter. She is unsure if the group will
respond to Franchot and said it is waiting for responses from Miller and
Busch.
The association’s next meeting is April 1, shortly before the 90-day General Assembly session ends on April 11.
Je vous demande pardon?
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Translation: He'll double the number of tax form sheets in the name of transparency.
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