DISD trustee wants to strengthen the board’s ethics policy — now!
Trustee Carla Ranger is not letting up in her push for a stronger ethics policy for DISD trustees, especially after a story last Sunday revealed that a company where board president Jack Lowe is...
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Of trustees, speeches and the Open Meetings Act
A few weeks ago, I riffed here on the latest dust up among board members over trustee Carla Ranger’s desire to make speeches during board meetings. Specifically, she does this at the end of the...
View ArticleTrustee ethics: Toss in your $.02
The board subcommittee that is noodling around with a tougher trustee ethics policy has posted a survey on the district’s website. The members want to know things like how much personal and business...
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Dallas ISD Daily Dish
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** More people have been, for weeks, whispering to me about this husband-wife team than just about anything. ** A Dallas teacher … [visit site to...
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What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Consultant: What’s good for the ethical goose is good for the ethical gander. ** visit site to read more]
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What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Mind of a Flapjack has some interesting ideas on TAKS “sub groups.” ** Slate visit site to read more]
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What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** A RIF round up: the DMN; WFAA; visit site to read more]
View ArticleProposed trustee ethics policy: Does it go far enough?
Lost in the news of the budget debacle and the RIF is the latest version of a proposed policy for trustees that would limit their business ties to the district. The policy includes new disclosure...
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Dallas ISD Daily Dish
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Trustee Edwin Flores details why he voted for the RIF. ** FrontBurner’s got a great idea in visit site to read more]
View ArticleWe told you that ethics policy was a shoo-in …
… Sheesh. When I wrote last week that “the proposal has enough support to pass” I didn’t mean to suggest they should forgo the vote entirely. From DISD’s website today… check out the news inside the...
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What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** James Ragland tees off on the proposed ethics policy. ** visit site to read more]
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What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Our editorial board wants tweaks to the proposed ethics policy, but not for the reasons you might think. It also includes this: … [visit site to...
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Dallas ISD Daily Dish
What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** A LULAC leader lauds DISD’s recruitment of bi-lingual teachers from around the globe. [ducking] ** Ethics … [visit site to read more]
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What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Coverage of last night’s ethics vote. Dallas.org blogs the meeting. Carla Ranger’s writes about it on visit site to read more]
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What the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** This is going to be an important week for the superintendent, who told a Saturday gathering that visit site to read more]
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