Guys like this give agents a bad name. It also gives School Superindents a bad name when they are corrupt. Both of these guys should get the maximum for their crimes.
If he was able to pay bribes of $1 mill how much must the guy have been making on the deal? The insurance was too high for the commissions to have been this high!
Just think how much the premium had to be for this school district in order for this to happen. Most school districts put their insurance out for bid from time to time, but this guy had a sweet deal and the Superintendent made sure he kept the business, no matter what the premiums were. They can always raise the taxes to the folks for their overhead expenses.
This is a surprise that this could happen. Generally a school district has more checks and balances than just having the go ahead from the superintendent.
It makes you wonder where the school board was all this time. Did they blindly accept the recommendations from the superintendent or was he taking care of them for a piece of the action? They probably all should have been investigated for their insurance decision making.
Great question, Agent. I think it is clear that this school board, at best, had its collective head in the stand. Based on the state of public education across the country, though, my instincts tell me the board was complicit due to corruption, ineptitude, politics (probably redundant since I already mentioned corruption since they usually go hand in hand) and/or lack of reponsibility as supposed stewards of public monies and the educatino of our children. Pick your poison, but the outcome is far too often nothing more than history repeating itself.
The bottom line is quite simple: we should not be surprised in the least by something like this based on decades of poor performance and management of our public education system. The real lack of responsibilty, though, is the citizenry. We do an awful lot of complaining, but little else in the form of making meaningful structural changes to public entities from the local level all the way up through Washington DC. We are reaping what we have sewn and, quite frankly, what we deserve.
Good post Buckeye. I smell politics in this mess. School boards are elected and it is very possible that payoffs/kickbacks were involved in this scheme. There is no way the school board should let a crooked superintendent and agent get away with this over a long period of time without some serious corruption going on.
Guys like this give agents a bad name. It also gives School Superindents a bad name when they are corrupt. Both of these guys should get the maximum for their crimes.
If he was able to pay bribes of $1 mill how much must the guy have been making on the deal? The insurance was too high for the commissions to have been this high!
Just think how much the premium had to be for this school district in order for this to happen. Most school districts put their insurance out for bid from time to time, but this guy had a sweet deal and the Superintendent made sure he kept the business, no matter what the premiums were. They can always raise the taxes to the folks for their overhead expenses.
This is a surprise that this could happen. Generally a school district has more checks and balances than just having the go ahead from the superintendent.
It makes you wonder where the school board was all this time. Did they blindly accept the recommendations from the superintendent or was he taking care of them for a piece of the action? They probably all should have been investigated for their insurance decision making.
Between crooked guys like this and the teacher unions in NJ, Christie must have his hands full. No wonder their school system is a cess pool.
Great question, Agent. I think it is clear that this school board, at best, had its collective head in the stand. Based on the state of public education across the country, though, my instincts tell me the board was complicit due to corruption, ineptitude, politics (probably redundant since I already mentioned corruption since they usually go hand in hand) and/or lack of reponsibility as supposed stewards of public monies and the educatino of our children. Pick your poison, but the outcome is far too often nothing more than history repeating itself.
The bottom line is quite simple: we should not be surprised in the least by something like this based on decades of poor performance and management of our public education system. The real lack of responsibilty, though, is the citizenry. We do an awful lot of complaining, but little else in the form of making meaningful structural changes to public entities from the local level all the way up through Washington DC. We are reaping what we have sewn and, quite frankly, what we deserve.
Good post Buckeye. I smell politics in this mess. School boards are elected and it is very possible that payoffs/kickbacks were involved in this scheme. There is no way the school board should let a crooked superintendent and agent get away with this over a long period of time without some serious corruption going on.
Let’s hope these “good ol’ boys” are a thing of the past and business can get done the honest way – by working hard and not from payoffs.
Let’s hope these “good ol’ boys” are a thing of the past, and business will get done the honest way.
A Crook of a politician that is not in Illinois????