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5/16/7 Dallas
needs Great Schools to be a Great City.
As my old Masonic brother,
Vico Bonilla, and childhood buddy,
Alfredo Carrizalez, would sometimes say:
"Chihuahua fellas, we certainly hope we didn't hit a nerve."
A former Preston Hollow Elementary School Community Liaison recently told me
"Its not over till the Fat Lady Sings" as she talked about the DISD credit card
scandal. Well, lets hope that fat lady does not
sing until all of these DISD thieves are held
accountable in every way possible.
One thing for sure, the stench related to the theft of that DISD credit card
will forever follow those DISD employees for the remainder of their career and
life. What a stench will that be!
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Letters for Tuesday,
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Why stop
before you finish?
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Re: "93 cited in DISD inquiry," Friday news story.
Your article says 1,400 employees had 3,100 cards, spending $71.5 million.
Of the 1,400, only 200 – or 14 percent – were investigated thoroughly. Of those, 46.5 percent violated district guidelines and/or committed outright theft.
When this story broke, thanks to a Dallas Morning News investigation, Superintendent Michael Hinojosa pledged to examine every purchase and recover every penny of misspent money. Now, it looks like they are going to pursue only the worst 93, letting the rest of the abusers go free.
Why did the DISD even go to the trouble and expense of investigating if it wasn't going to go across the board?
Emma Petty, Irving
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Jesse Diaz has a
phrase: "The Oppressed have become the
Oppressors." Ask Jesse who the oppressors are in this case?
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Punish all of the fraud
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Re: "Spending may cost principal – His DISD credit card bought thousands in gift cards, electronics," Saturday news story.
The Dallas School Board and DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa must take immediate steps to assure district stakeholders that another situation like this does not occur. A joint announcement of measures the district will take to prevent theft of student resources is a first step.
The extent of criminal and negligent activity related to the DISD credit card scandal is astounding. This investigation literally leaves hundreds of DISD employees unaccountable for actions that adversely affected innocent children and taxpayers.
I urge Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and U.S. Attorney Richard B. Roper to prosecute everyone, big and small spenders alike, who committed fraud with DISD credit cards.
Jesse Diaz, Dallas
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metro.beloblog.com
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Dallas will never be a great city until it has a great school system. We can build all the Trinity River bridges and downtown condos in the world, and so on. To attract businesses and people to the city, as opposed to the suburbs and to Arlington. We need great schools.
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Both the DISD
School Board and DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa should take heed to
the Metro blogger's comment above.
I strongly suspect there are many DISD
taxpayers who are not satisfied a large portion of the $71.5 million dollars
spent with the DISD credit card meant to better educate school children was
used in a criminal manner with criminal intent.
One only adds fuel to the fire when you take into consideration the $1
million spent on an incomplete
investigation that promised a scorched earth and no stones left unturned
result outcome; only to end with an empty apology
and we gotta move forward appeal with the same team involved in DISD's
credit card fraud scandal.
Gehrig Saldana
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