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Fedor on latest state, charter school corruption
information: "Where are the guns and badges?"
Repeats call for independent investigation, Superintendent
Ross´ resignation
State Rep. Teresa Fedor (D-Toledo) last week issued the
following statement in response to the public records
released by the Ohio Department of Education relating to the
illegal charter school data scrubbing done by David Hansen,
Gov. Kasich´s campaign manager´s husband.
"The fact remains: Superintendent Dick Ross cannot be
trusted. He publicly lied to state school board members,
community leaders and journalists about the secret state
takeover of Youngstown City schools, and it seems highly
unlikely - if not impossible - that he had no knowledge of
the charter school data scrubbing that happened on his
watch.
"The governor and Mr. Ross have had ample time to get their
story straight, likely with the help of top presidential
campaign staff, including Mr. Hansen´s wife, Gov. Kasich´s
presidential campaign manager. Public records show there
were intentional efforts to suppress the creation of public
documents relating to the scrubbing - a further indication
of the culture of corruption that plagues Ohio´s education
system.
"The complete lack of any public records from Mr. Ross shows
that, at best he is wildly incompetent - or worse - he is
deeply involved. Even Mr. Ross, himself, admits his
management was negligent in this case. The charter industry
stood to gain plenty of taxpayer dollars from this illegal
scrubbing, and the buck stops with Mr. Ross.
"It is past time for Mr. Ross to step down, but more
importantly I repeat my numerous calls for an outside,
independent investigation. Where are the guns and badges?
Our children´s futures hang in the balance."
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