Jeb Bush wields clout without accountability

[peace frog]

"....In Tallahassee, the Republican-led Legislature has rammed through a sweeping education bill that abolishes tenure for new public school teachers and ties teacher raises to high-stakes testing. It has Bush written all over it, yet he never appeared in the Capitol. His close ally, Sen. John Thrasher of St. Augustine, sponsored the legislation. The executive director at Bush's Foundation for Florida's Future, Patricia Levesque, testified before committees and knows the bill better than most lawmakers. The foundation aired an ad promoting the legislation, and Bush urged his supporters to embrace it as teachers fought back.

"I talked to Jeb this morning,'' Thrasher told reporters the morning after the Senate passed the bill. "He was very pleased with what we did. Very pleased.''

I'll bet. <snip>

Bush has more influence over the Legislature as the former two-term governor than the guy actually living in the Governor's Mansion. "

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/jeb-bush-wields-clout-without-accountability/1086286

[aquart]

1. How old is that bloated lech now?

I'm figuring at some point ol' Jeb is just gonna explode.