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All children deserve an equal playing field. - Ed Allen, Westlake Picayune April 2008
My vision for Eanes can't be seen on a Jumbotron ...
- Eanes ISD parent
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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William Tell Overture for Moms
"The truth is like the sun. You can block it out for a time but it ain't goin' away." - Elvis
If You Aren't Completely Appalled You Haven't Been Paying Attention
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. - Mark Twain
Information is
currency for democracy.
-Thomas Jefferson
It's about
power and money and the law firms who control and run
the school districts.
- K.
Yeaman,
Mom
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.- Albert Einstein
No man stands so tall as when he
stoops to help a child.
The best
protection of the Texas Public Information Act is
enforcement of the Texas Public Information Act.
- Dianna Pharr
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Community Update # 4
From: S Bushart
Dear Eanes friends: Most of us understood that Eanes taxpayers purchased the Jumbotron scoreboard with close to $500,000 of bond money--which was fine with most of us because we were told that advertising income generated by the Jumbotron would benefit Eanes education. We were told that the Jumbotron would pay for itself in just a few years and that revenue could support teacher salaries. Most of us assumed that the proceeds from this advertising revenue would be deposited in the general fund account for distribution of goods and services to benefit all of our students at every grade level. Unfortunately, we have no way of verifying this because many of these records have not been made public. Despite the Internal Revenue Service requirement for all 501(c)3 organizations that "all records, books, and annual reports of the financial activity of the corporation shall be kept at the registered office or principal office of the corporation in this state for at least three years after the closing of each fiscal year and shall be available to the public for inspection and copying there during normal business hours," the Westlake CHAPS Club has refused to open its books to the public. Why? Eanes responded to a recent request for jumbotron revenues with a letter stating that there were no responsive documents. What are they hiding? What don't they want the public to see or to find out about? Is there something amiss? Eanes parents and taxpayers have the right to know what the total costs have been for the Jumbotron, including initial purchase, insurance, operating costs and expenses to cover vandalism and the additional security required. After all, we paid for the Jumbotron. We also have the right to know how much revenue has been generated by the Jumbotron and how much total revenue has been deposited to the general fund. More questions: Has Eanes ISD turned the Jumbotron advertising revenue over to the non-profit Westlake Chaps Club? Does the advertising revenue from the Jumbotron currently benefit only Westlake H.S. athletics? Wishing all the best for our children, our parents, our teachers and our taxpayers, Susan Bushart
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