Ranger Danger: DISD Trustee Suggests Altering Board Policies

DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger As mentioned below, at last night's meeting of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, Carla Ranger delivered a speech in which she questioned the ethics of board president Jack Lowe, whose company, it was revealed last weekend, has received some $10 million...

By Robert Wilonsky

April 25, 2008

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DISD school board trustee Carla Ranger

As mentioned below, at last night's meeting of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, Carla Ranger delivered a speech in which she questioned the ethics of board president Jack Lowe, whose company, it was revealed last weekend, has received some $10 million in district contracts since 2002. After the meeting, Ranger gave Daniel Rodrigue, our new intern and Unfair Park contributor, a copy of her speech, which we're making available in full for those so interested Ranger's proposal that the board alter its policy allowing the district to do business with a company in which the board president has a financial interest. And, yes, those are her edits, not ours. --Robert Wilonsky

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