Sigh. Now we (taxpayers) know why the Fletcher E. Seldon Progress Center just had to be closed, and students ( tax dollars) shipped off to a private, residential, drug treatment facility. And no, It's not because the cost for the Pinnacle program is cheaper, nor because the Seldon Center was "not working". It had to be closed because The Broadway Group wanted to purchase part of the property, which was sold to them for an undisclosed amount by the Board of Education last night.
This is how it went down..the sale of property on Holmes Avenue was on the work session agenda. Since S. R. Butler High School, and The Fletcher E. Seldon Center, are the only properties owned by the district on Holmes Ave., we were left to assume the property is the Seldon Center. When that item is up on the agenda, the board votes to go into Executive Session and returns a few minutes with "no action taken", then moved on to the next agenda item. Note, Board policy allows taxpayers to ask questions during the work session.
Fast forward to the sale of property on Holmes Avenue under the new business session agenda. The Board approves selling a portion of the Seldon Center to the Broadway Group for an undisclosed amount of our money. Note, Board policy does not allow taxpayers to ask question during the business session. So we don't know how much the property appraised for, or how much it was sold for. I kid you not.
Today's Must Reads
Vincent Bugliosi called them the Felonious Five after the 5-4 Bush v. Gore ruling. I call them the Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. Five. The 5-4 decision to grant corporations citizenship rights is right up there with the Dred Scott decision and the Bush v. Gore decision. Both were wrong and had lasting negative impacts on our country.
Dr. Boyce Watkins says the Supreme Court has sold out the American people and the 5-4 decision saying corporations had the same rights as human beings are the teabaggers worst nightmare come to life since they're always hollering about taking their country back. I wonder if they are going to try and take their country back from the corporations?
The Supreme Court has weakened the knees of politicians who are already manipulated heavily by corporate America. No elected official in his or her right mind is going to support any initiative that votes against corporate interests. America just took a double dose of Capitalism 101, and as a professor of finance, I seriously wonder if our nation understands how unfettered capitalism will ultimately destroy a society.
And we thought republicans didn't want any of them there "activist" judges making up laws and stuff.
Let this be a lesson for voters. The President has the power and authority to appoint Supreme Court justices for life. We can thank Ronald Reagan (r.CA),George H. Walker(r.TX), and his son George W. Bush(r.TX) for this court and this ruling. Remember that when election times come around. You're not electing a President, you're electing a Supreme Court. For life.
