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Jeb Bush “Doesn’t Really Care” About Criticism | Scathing Purple Musings

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Jeb Bush “Doesn’t Really Care” About Criticism

The media is not as fawning as it one was for Jeb Bush and his years as the nation’s most influential education reformer. He used to draw solo pieces. But not in today’s State Impact article by John O’Connor. The former Florida governor  had to share the page with three Florida moms who played a big part in defeating him on a key charter school initiative he wanted this spring.  Linda Kobert, Christine Bramuchi and Kathleen Oropeza foundedFund Education Now in 2009 to oppose Florida legislative spending cuts.
Bush says this and more about the defeat of Parent Trigger:
Bush is not deterred. He says the parent trigger will be back in 2013.
“Those kinds of things scare people, I guess, so maybe I’m criticized for that,” he said.
“I don’t get a lot of direct criticism though – maybe I’m not watching. And frankly, I don’t really care