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@FLBaloney @ErikaDonalds @QualityCharters @FLLegislature 1/Privately managed charter schools will have no local oversight. Here's how you know that's the real goal of 8: 1) they're not talking about it, 2) see who's donating to the PAC Erika set up to market Amendment 8: this charter school developer...
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@FLBaloney @ErikaDonalds @QualityCharters @FLLegislature 2/Denise Lasher, a Government Affairs Advisor with AFC and state director for Florida Federation for Children. Her job involves lobbying, marketing, PR for tax credit scholarships (vouchers). federationforchildren.org/staff/denise-l…

@FLBaloney @ErikaDonalds @QualityCharters @FLLegislature 3/Andrew Campanella, President of National School Choice Week. Promotes "more educational opportunities," i.e. charter schools, private schools with vouchers, to "diversify the portfolio" of American education. andrewcampanella.com

@FLBaloney @ErikaDonalds @QualityCharters @FLLegislature 4/Fellow @FCSBM member Jason Fischer's PAC, CONSERVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR JACKSONVILLE, whose contributors include Charter Schools USA and a K-12 virtual school company. This PAC is managed by @FCSBM Eric Robinson's accounting firm. conservativesolutionsforjax.com

@FLBaloney @ErikaDonalds @QualityCharters @FLLegislature @fcsbm 5/Another @FCSBM + co-founder of Treasure Coast classical academy charter school, Shawn Frost's PAC, EDUCATION PRIORITY FUND, helped out. This PAC has $ from 2 other PACS (see below):
-one w/ 6-figure contributions from the FL Rep Party & Florida Jobs PAC;
-@joenegronfl's PAC.

@FLBaloney @ErikaDonalds @QualityCharters @FLLegislature @fcsbm @joenegronfl 6/Feeling dizzy yet? That's intentional. The two most interesting supporters of Erika's Amendment 8 marketing PAC are investment firms. @greenaccesseb5 offers immigrants a fast track to a green card if they invest in charter schools. @orlandosentinel tinyurl.com/y99o34ke

@FLBaloney @ErikaDonalds @QualityCharters @FLLegislature @fcsbm @joenegronfl @greenaccesseb5 @orlandosentinel 7/ Florida Overseas Investment Center put immigrants on a fast-track for a green card if they invest in FL businesses like these charter schools. eb5florida.com/charter-school… FOIC works with other investors, and splits the profit. eb5florida.com/investment-in-…

@FLBaloney @ErikaDonalds @QualityCharters @FLLegislature @fcsbm @joenegronfl @greenaccesseb5 @orlandosentinel 8/Amendment 8 will state leaders by ensuring that for the next 20 years, charter school networks will be controlled by the state or state-appointed authorizers. This means minimal oversight, no local control. Vote #NoOn8

@FLBaloney @ErikaDonalds @QualityCharters @FLLegislature @fcsbm @joenegronfl @greenaccesseb5 @orlandosentinel Here's a thread on a FL Constitutional amendment to release charter schools from local control...and who's backing it. Data source: tinyurl.com/ydxt27ze @fineout @Scott_maxwell @MarcACaputo @reveal @valeriestrauss @MaryEllenKlas @FLPTA_Leg @LWVFlorida @Fla_Pol #Sayfie