Posted by Casey Thomas, President, Dallas NAACP @ 7:50 PM Sat, Apr 19, 2008

If there is documented proof that Board President Jack Lowe has voted for a contract and benefitted financially from DISD while serving on the board, he should do the honorable thing in step down as President and Trustee. If not, the community and the board should force him to. I patiently wait with baited breath to read tomorrow's report.

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Posted by Norm C @ 3:58 AM Sun, Apr 20, 2008

Between THESE type contracts AND giving Credit Cards to the 'INMATES' i.e. teachers and administrators, couple of years back, makes one wonder, whose running the asylum?????

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Posted by a concerned parent @ 7:31 AM Sun, Apr 20, 2008

Jack Lowe needs to go.

1. Who moves into Dallas from Highland Park to run for the DISD School Board? Jack Lowe did. Why - to line his pockets. Who else in their right mind would do this. He is not doing it for his children or grandchildren. You think he would let them attend the DISD?

2. Who runs for school board and then gets a brand new school named for his pappy. I have never heard of such a thing. If it would have happened at another time, who cares, but not while he is serving on the school board.

3. Lowe has appointed Craig Reynolds not once, but now twice to lead this who ha. This is a shame as Mr. Reynolds is benefiting off it also. Why else are these men involved and why are they pushing the bond package that does not benefit the entire district. They don't give a dam. They just want a bond package and a way to line their pockets and all they see is $$$, they don't see the students and they sure don't give a dam about the teachers and their thoughts or concerns. Why does Reynolds get the job twice. Is there no other person in Dallas that would not have a conflict of interest to run the DISD Bond Program.

4. Why is no one running against Jack Lowe - it is not because people respect the job he had done or is doing. It is because of one thing $$$. That is no one had the money out there to beat Jack Lowe and his political machine for a job that does not pay the average citizen a cent -- but for Jack Lowe that is not the case - he will walk away with millions.

Something to think about when voting for the next bond election. VOTE NO and by the way if you live in Jack Lowe's district - just don't vote for the Trustee because even though you can't vote against him, you don't have to give him a vote.

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Posted by Ron Parker @ 7:59 AM Sun, Apr 20, 2008

Nobody cares. The community college district does the same thing. Everything from hiring to purchasing to building contracts are on a who you know basis. Lets face facts here people, the DISD and the DCCCD are corrupt and the tax payers have a high level of acceptance.

What needs to happen here is for the FBI to give both these organizations a good kick in the pants. But then again the investigation would only result in a few sacrificial lambs taking the hits and the whole thing would be paid for by taxpayer dollars.

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Posted by jean pierre @ 8:39 AM Sun, Apr 20, 2008

One of the key reasons people run for the unpaid position of trustee is for personal gain. Lowe is not alone. Recall Ron Price and his excessive travel spending at district expense. It's not really for the children as they like to say. But, then, greed is not a new thing in America.

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Posted by Sharon Boyd @ 9:11 AM Sun, Apr 20, 2008

It may be legal, but it is not morally right nor ethical. The May DISD bond election is not about education. It's about construction contracts for connected companies. Another reason to VOTE NO!

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Posted by Gehrig Saldaña @ 9:30 AM Sun, Apr 20, 2008

Amazing! Why would anyone be surprised DISD doesn't track sub-contractors when they do not track and/or maintain a data base of DISD students who have either been caught under the influence and/or with possession of Cheese-Heroin? Why would anyone be surprised DISD has yet to provide DISD teachers with workshops to assist them to recognize when DISD students are under the influence of the deadly Cheese-Heroin?

Is anyone on the DISD board other than trustee Carla Ranger really seeking the transparent government within the DISD it sorely lacks and greatly needs? Considering the current DISD climate of Smoke & Mirrors, I'm surprised!, Trust Us, Long Overdue Audit, & Cheese What Cheese Mentality, I bet a vast majority of DISD taxpayers would advise DISD trustees time is overdue for them to belly up to the bar, and follow trustee Carla Ranger's push to establish a firm ethics reform policy.

An ethics reform policy that would prohibit DISD to award contracts to companies with financial ties to school board members and one that would leave no stone unturned to assure DISD taxpayers there is no Hanky Panky going on with political appointees who wind up being awarded bond contracts.

Speaking of horrendous? Horrendous is when a DISD trustee has reached a stage in his political life where you've relegated yourself to serve as a water-boy for some DISD power brokers who want you to find an opponent for a fellow colleague on the board you serve on behalf of DISD taxpayers. That is Horrendous!!! Ms. Ranger, have you received a response on your request that Don R. Smith Jr., Executive Director of DISD's Office of Professional Responsibility for your requested investigation?

DISD taxpayers may now have a better understanding of the infamous "We're changing back to the good old days" comment of a well-known DISD power broker printed on recent copy of the Dallas Business Journal. And here I really believed every penny that was 'misused' by hundreds of morally challenged DISD employees with their DISD p-cards would be held accountable. Thus, millions of DISD taxpayer funds 'misused' have yet to be paid back to DISD taxpayers along with the insult of a million dollar investigation price tag charged to DISD taxpayers. Let’s hope the DISD p-card debacle and the way the DISD p-card scandal was handled does not represent the prelude to going back to the good old days.

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Posted by SK @ 9:51 AM Sun, Apr 20, 2008

It never ends with this, I dare 'Corporation'. It is used by others to profit from the almost endless taxpayer funds. Let's face it, schools are big business to some. Those who use it have no conscience.