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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Kelli Stargel’s Fake List of Parent Trigger Supporters that MIchelle Rhee Provided | Scathing Purple Musings

Kelli Stargel’s Fake List of Parent Trigger Supporters that MIchelle Rhee Provided | Scathing Purple Musings:


Kelli Stargel’s Fake List of Parent Trigger Supporters that MIchelle Rhee Provided

Earlier this week, Sen. Kelli Stargel (R-Lakeland), was asked by constituents and members of the media for the list of supporters she’s been touting during her advancement of the Parent Trigger bill she’s sponsoring. The list came from Michelle Rhee’s organization, StudentsFirst. Scathing Purple Musings has a copy of the list, but more importantly, Mary McGrory of the Miami Herald also received the list and discovered that it is likely to be a fraud.
Doubt has also been cast on a petition allegedly signed by more than 1,200 supporters of the parent trigger proposal. Three people whose names appear on the petition told The Herald/Times they never signed it.
“It’s sad that they are resorting to these tactics,” said Rita Solnet, a Palm Beach County mother whose non-profit organization Parents Across America opposes the parent trigger bill. “But it put