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03/23/05 Ron Price can
hardly question anyone's integrity.
You know you are doing something right when a low
life like Ron Price starts accusing you of doing wrong.
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In case you don't recognize the name, Ron Price is
the DISD School Board member who was
convicted of beating his wife. Ron Price is the DISD School Board member
who has been fined $600 by the State Ethics Commission for filing late campaign
reports, thanks to the efforts of Allen Gwinn. Of course, there's another
shoe about to drop that will cause Ron Price a little more concern. |
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Anonymouse:
Remind DallasArena.com readers that
Hollis Brashear named the press box at the new taxpayer funded
stadium after himself. Hollis Brashear Press Box!!!
That explains his affinity for
running to the press when he does not get his way. It also defines his
priorities. Stellar DMN reporter, Tawnell Hobbs
knew about it, but it must not be "news" to her.
Hollis Brashear is a bully and control freak. Strong women
scare him. When Ms.
Gilliam and Dr. Ewell were on the board, they could give him a look and
turn him to a whipped puppy. That
accounts for his endorsement of Ruth Love. He
thought he could control her.
Before a search firm was selected
by the board, Love listed him in her promotional
materials as a reference.
Although he always tried,
the only woman on the school
board Brashear could ever push around was
and is Lois Parrott. He must have pictures!
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Here are a couple of interesting stories:
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Trustees: DISD chief
search tainted;
2
accuse board peers of 'brokering deals behind closed doors'
12:56 PM CST on
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
By TAWNELL D.
HOBBS and TOYA LYNN STEWART / The Dallas Morning News |
Two Dallas school trustees want to
stop the search for a new superintendent, accusing fellow board members of
making backdoor deals.
Trustees Hollis Brashear and Ron
Price said that some board members, whom they refused to name, are pushing
for certain candidates based on ethnicity and not experience.
Mr. Price also accused some board members of
contacting potential candidates.
"We agreed that there would be no
brokering of deals behind closed doors," Mr. Price said. "Unfortunately
that's happened."
Mr. Brashear, who chairs the board's
superintendent search committee, said at this point he wants to stop the
search.
... Mr. Brashear said on Monday. "Until the board
gets its act together, we do not need to bring another person into this
situation. This board needs training and team-building."
... Trustee Jerome Garza said he is not aware of
any improper conduct and doesn't think the search should be halted. He hopes
that the board, as a whole, can discuss the concerns.
... Trustee Joe May said that he has not violated
any rules concerning the search and that he thinks everything is going fine.
Trustee Ken Zornes said he was taken
aback by the allegations and hasn't observed anything out of line.
... Trustee Jack Lowe said he has not met with any
of the candidates privately, but he refused to comment further. Trustee Lew
Blackburn declined to comment.
"I'm absolutely stunned," said
trustee Nancy Bingham. "We've all been very, very careful, and we all know
what the perimeters are. ... Ms. Bingham said that
Mr. Brashear and Mr. Price should have raised their concerns with the board
before going public.
... Board President
Lois Parrott said she would wait to have a discussion with the board this
week before commenting.
... In December, trustees approved a list of
qualities that they wanted the next superintendent to have. Those included
having a candidate with a proven track record in an urban district, and the
ability to work under pressure.
... Mr. Price said the board could keep interim
Superintendent Larry Groppel in place until it receives training to better
conduct the superintendent search. ... |
School Board members Brashear
and Price are raising this stink because they wanted a Black Superintendent.
It has been clear for a few weeks the best candidate is an Hispanic man.
Brashear and Price had insisted on using Ruth B. Love and her "current" company
for the search effort, even though there was another much more qualified
search firm. They assumed because Love is Black, she would deliver a Black
superintendent. That did not happen.
Since Brashear and Price knew so much about Ruth B Bad, they had to know about
the shady state of her various "companies" and/or "covers". So, who do you
think put the word out to the media to look into her corporate history?
When they thought she would deliver them a Black superintendent who would be
beholden to them, Brashear and Price were perfectly happy to overlook her
background.
When they realized that Ruth B Bad was going to recommend an Hispanic, suddenly
Brashear and Price gave DMN's incredibly lazy Tawnell Hobbs (herself as racist as
Brashear and Price) information that indicates not only Ruth B Bad, but
Ruth B Scammin*.
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Questions raised on DISD search firm;
Exclusive: Leader of
superintendent hunt has overdue taxes
12:55 PM CST on Tuesday, March 22, 2005
by TAWNELL D. HOBBS /
The Dallas Morning News |
A firm once owned by the woman hired
to find Dallas' new school superintendent has not paid a tax bill for more
than a decade, ....
Ruth B. Love, who is listed as the
owner of the now-defunct Ruth B. Love Enterprises LTD of Oakland, Calif.,
had her corporation's status suspended in March 1991
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Dr. Love said Monday that she is now
the sole proprietor of RBL Enterprises LTD, which was described in her
application to conduct the district superintendent search as "a
comprehensive consulting firm" that was "formed in 1986."
... Sole proprietorship allows an individual to
solely operate and be responsible for taxes and liabilities for the
business. DISD's requirements specified that the firm applying for the
contract had to be a "corporation" or a "limited liability company." The
firms that applied also needed to meet certain requirements, such as being
"duly organized," "validly existing" and in "good standing."
... Trustee Jerome Garza said he was disappointed
to hear about questions involving Dr. Love's finances.
... "I would think that we wouldn't use her services," Mr. Garza
said.
Trustee Lew Blackburn said the board
will have to discuss the issue at Thursday's meeting.
... Board President Lois Parrott would only say,
"I'll have to check into it."
The DISD's original contract with Dr.
Love's firm allows payment up to about $55,000. Under the agreement, the
district can terminate the contract with Dr. Love for any false statements.
... Dr. Love, a former school superintendent in
Oakland and Chicago, began operating her company in Chicago in 1986. She
left the Chicago superintendent position in 1984 after the board refused to
renew her contract. In 1990, the Illinois secretary of
state's office dissolved Dr. Love's company's status because she did
not file an annual report.
... When Dr. Love helped conduct a Dallas
superintendent search in 1993, her company was called Ruth Love Enterprises.
In her proposal to DISD, she claimed
that her company ? by then RBL Enterprises LTD ? employed 10 workers and had
an annual sales volume of $500,000. ... The
assumed name for the RBL Enterprises LTD expired in
2000, according to records from Alameda County in California.
Some trustees balked when it came
time to vote on whether to hire Dr. Love's relatively
unknown firm for the superintendent search. The vote was 6-0, with
trustees Nancy Bingham, Ken Zornes and Jerome Garza not voting. The three
trustees ? and some DISD administrators ? had favored Hazard, Young, Attea
and Associates Ltd., a powerhouse of superintendent searches.
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At least 3 trustees did not
support hiring Ruth B Bad's company, but the gutless and paranoid Lois Parrott
went along with them so she could retain the only thing that matters to her -- her
position as president of the School Board. She never makes a definitive
statement about anything -- she either says she will wait for discussion or
"I'll have to check into it." Good thing she's not in charge of anything
important -- like educating our children.
Lois Parrott was elected as President by selling her soul to Joe Thug May, the
most racist scum bag in this city. John Wiley Price can't hold a candle to
the contempt Joe Thug May has for anyone remotely White. What's worse, Joe
Thug May works for a federal agency! He gets to practice his racism on our
dime!
But back to Hollis Brashear and Ron Price. I have never been able to
figure out Hollis Brashear. He is a very articulate and capable man, but
always seeks the lowest level when it would be easier to take the high road.
It's like he has some defect that makes him do just the reverse of what he knows
to be the right course.
Ron Price, on the other hand, is just worthless. He has exploited his
position as a member of the school board. Remember DallasArena.com's
Look who's playing with our money.
(6/20/02)?
06/20/02
Look who's playing with our money.
The DISD Board members are not compensated for their service to the
community. There are many expenses they incur that are necessary in their
position. They should be compensated for legitimate expenses.
Furnishing them cell phones so they are accessible to DISD Administration also
is a reasonable expense, so long as an individual board member does not abuse
their phone use.
Honest to God, someone sent me an anonymous package on school board member
personal expenses -- just when I was really wondering what to write.
Here's some information that might interest you as a taxpayer.
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Board Member |
Number of Trips |
Total Travel Costs |
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Cell Phone
Highest Mo |
Cell phone
10 mos |
| Anchia |
4+ Dal Conv* |
$5,127.91 |
1st term |
77.78 |
721.17 |
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Blackburn |
7+ Dal Conv* |
$6,834.60 |
1st term |
360.59 |
1,577.03 |
| Brashear |
6+ Dal Conv* |
$6,035.78 |
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255.70 |
1,385.46 |
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Leos |
8+ Dal Conv* |
$3,552.22 |
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316.63 |
1,694.48 |
| Parrot |
not available |
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172.47 |
1,290.25 |
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Price |
13+ Dal Conv* |
$11,827.29 |
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827.36 |
3,272.22 |
| Staff |
not available |
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74.04 |
705.14 |
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Williams |
3+ Dal Conv* |
$1,957.20 |
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122.45 |
848.91 |
| Zornes |
4+ Dal Conv* |
$3,387.08 |
President |
142.62 |
1,043.54 |
*They all attended the Dallas
Convention at only $195 each. See table below for where they went outside
the city and how often.
Anchia and Blackburn are both first term
board members and were required to travel to complete their required continuing
education as school board members. Ken Zornes is the President of the
school board. Parrot and Staff do little traveling, so my anonymous friend did
not include their travel information.
Here's where the members traveled and the costs incurred:
| Trip |
Anchia |
Blackburn |
Brashear |
Leos |
Price |
Williams |
Zornes |
Baskeball
Champ Games
Austin |
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882.22 |
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288.20 |
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Bill
Signing
Wash DC |
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882.22 |
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| Council
Great City Schools Norfolk VA |
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1,010.00 |
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953.50 |
1,211.00 |
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Early
Childhood
Little Rock |
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247.50 |
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Cyprus
ISD
Houston |
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247.50 |
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263.00 |
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| FRN
Wash DC |
1,728.91 |
1,333.23 |
1,204.23 |
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1,143.00 |
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| LULAC
Phoenix |
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811.50 |
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Legis/Policy
Conf
Wash DC |
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1,368.13 |
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| Literacy
Austin |
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321.50 |
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| Nat
Caucus Black SBM Alexandria VA |
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413.00 |
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NSBA
Miami Beach |
1,403.50 |
1,230.90 |
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1,116.85 |
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NSBA
New Orleans |
1,610.50 |
1,717.00 |
1,811.00 |
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2,273.32 |
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1,984.32 |
| NABSE
LA |
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1,246.17 |
1,501.75 |
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1,508.89 |
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| NSBA
NY |
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1,349.78 |
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1,386.50 |
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| Post
Legisl Seminar Austin |
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524.50 |
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| TASB
Arlington |
190.00 |
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| TASB
Austin |
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221.30
214.50
320.00 |
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428.85 |
| TASB
Dallas |
195.00 |
195.00 |
195.00 |
195.00 |
195.00 |
195.00 |
195.00 |
| TASB
El Paso |
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501.62 |
| TASB
Houston |
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277.29 |
TASB
San Antonio |
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399.50 |
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TASBE
Ft Worth |
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313.80 |
313.80 |
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313.80 |
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TEA
Corpus Chr |
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274.00 |
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| TX
Ed Reform Austin |
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304.50
280.00
250.00
260.00 |
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| TOTAL |
5,127.91 |
6,834.60 |
6,035.78 |
3,552.22 |
11,827.29 |
1,967.20 |
3,387.08 |
There is nothing particularly excessive about the
number of trips taken by Anchia or Blackburn because new Board members are
required to attend conferences and conventions to meet continuing education (CE)
requirements, but veteran Brashear and Price certainly racked
up some dollars -- particularly Price at $11,827.29. Look at all Price's trips
to and near D.C. (Virginia).
Does Price have a relative up there or something?
I just checked my tax appraisal notice of 2001 DISD taxes. You might want
to review yours again. The DISD tax is the biggest component, and I am not sure I
want my money spent for Ron Price to go visit whoever it is he needs to see in
Washington, D.C.
Without Price's excessive travel costs, the average per board member (excluding
Parrot and Staff) spent $4,485 traveling to/from and attending conferences,
meetings and seminars from June, 2001 through May, 2002. Price spent over
3 times the amount the President of the School Board spent in travel.
Then consider what Ron Price cost the DISD just with his cell phone as
compared to the other board members:
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Board Member |
Cell Phone
Highest Mo |
Cell phone 10
mos |
| Anchia |
77.78 |
721.17 |
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Blackburn |
360.59 |
1,577.03 |
| Brashear |
255.70 |
1,385.46 |
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Leos |
316.63 |
1,694.48 |
| Parrot |
172.47 |
1,290.25 |
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Price |
827.36 |
3,272.22 |
| Staff |
74.04 |
705.14 |
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Williams |
122.45 |
848.91 |
| Zornes |
142.62 |
1,043.54 |
Excluding Ron Price's excessive $3,272, the
average of the other 8 board members' cellular use is $1,158 for 10 months ($116
per month). Price used
his taxpayer funded cell phone twice as much as anyone else on the Board, and
one month he exceeded $800. How in the world does anyone exceed $800 on a
cell phone in one month?
So much needs to be done for DISD students and teachers. To
see any board member abuse DISD resources like this is just nauseating.
Compound Price's waste with his desire to be the next President of the School
Board. Hard to imagine? It could happen!
...
We hear Parrott,
Brashear and Blackburn would support Price for Board President.
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With one more vote from some new
board member, we would have big spender Ron Price as President of the School
Board. I am not sure we can afford that. ...
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Back in 2002, things were bad but
we had Ken Zornes and Rafael Anchea to balance the bad guys and the gutless.
Now, things are looking pretty bleak.
It is a crying shame that a low life like Ron Price can hold elective office,
but then he's sitting on a board with Joe Thug May who runs him a close race for
belly crawling. It's worse that these two are in a position to make
decisions affecting our children.
I don't understand why Hollis Brashear continues to link himself to Ron Price,
but then I don't understand how a big plane gets off the ground.
It looks like all their shameful efforts will come to naught because we just may
be getting a very qualified man to run our school district.
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Name emerges in DISD search;
Board won't comment on Spring ISD leader; he says
he's interested
07:26 AM CST on Wednesday, March 23, 2005
By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News
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The first name in a secretive search
for Dallas' next school superintendent emerged Tuesday. That came as DISD
posted meeting agendas for this week that raised questions about the status
of the search.
Michael Hinojosa, superintendent of
the Spring Independent School District and a former Dallas teacher and
coach, has told his school board that he is interested in the Dallas job,
said Tim Perdue, school board vice president in the suburban district north
of Houston.
"He's a great superintendent, there's
no question about that," Mr. Perdue said of Dr. Hinojosa, who declined to
comment.
... Trustee Hollis Brashear said he opposes the
meeting because the board has not conducted second interviews with
candidates. Mr. Brashear added that he has a scheduling conflict and can't
attend Friday's meeting.
... Trustee Jerome Garza said the possible vote on
a finalist was on the agenda in case the board agrees on a candidate
Thursday.
... Trustee Ken Zornes said he'd like to see the
board name a sole finalist this week, but he doesn't know if it will happen.
He said he has a favorite candidate, but he wouldn't reveal any details.
... Mr. Brashear, as well as trustees Ron
Price and Lew Blackburn, said they had believed the Thursday meeting would
involve narrowing the candidates to semifinalists who would receive second
interviews. From there, the board would conduct site visits for the
semifinalists.
... Mr. Lowe said he favors at least one
candidate.
What had been a
relatively low-key search turned contentious this week when Mr. Brashear and
Mr. Price accused some trustees of making backdoor deals.
... Mr. Price said Tuesday that it's a bad idea to consider naming a
finalist Friday. ... |
From what I've heard about Dr.
Hinojosa, we would be incredibly lucky to have him consider running the DISD.
The fact that Ron Price is against him means Dr. Hinojosa is the right man for
the job.
Having a scum bag like Ron Price challenge the process means it's being done
right.
Having a scum bag like Ron Price accuse "some trustees of making backdoor deals"
means his backdoor deal got closed in his face.
Having a scum bag like Ron Price question anyone's integrity means the target of
his wrath is an honorable man or woman.
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