With the Senate confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, set to begin tomorrow, the folks at Politico just released a 2001 recording in which the Amway billionaire explains that her work to defund public education has been done in order to “advance God’s kingdom.” Her comments, according to Politico, were […]
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Secretary of Education pick Betsy DeVos caught on tape, talking about defunding public education in order to “advance God’s kingdom”
Posted in Education, Politics, Religious Extremism, Uncategorized Also tagged Betsy DeVos, Dick DeVos, dismantling of public education, for-profit charter schools, Gretchen Whitmer, Office of Government Ethics, public education, racism, religious extremism, religious sabotage, separation of church and state, The Gathering, threats to public education, virtual charters, Warren 69 Comments
Ypsi to pay Detroit more for water
Residents of Ypsilanti were informed today that the price they pay for water could rise by 9% or more in the coming year. The following clip comes from AnnArbor.com: …Water rates for customers of the Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority could be going up as a result of a proposed 9 percent increase in rates from […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Bobby Ferguson, coruption, Dave Bing, Detroit corruption, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, DWSD, Huron River, Kwame Kilpatrick, Larry Thomas, Larry Thomassaid, Victor Mercado, Warren, water, YCUA, Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority 34 Comments