Life can be a bed of roses for a gal with a
taxpayer-funded credit card and no one
checking receipts.  
Arlene Ackerman charged $45,000 to her
San Francisco USD Diners Club card then
cried foul when her SFUSD board/employers
asked about her spending.
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Conservative Commentary - Peyton's Gallery of Rogues, Kings & Queens -- and a Few Good Guys
Politicians
acting like royalty
Superintendents
acting like royalty
Vendors acting
like vendors
Arlene Ackerman as Queen Elizabeth II
Leonard Merrell as King George III
Then-Detroit PS supe Connie Calloway as
Queen Elizabeth I: The Order of the Purse
Superintendents
mingling with pols
Steve Jobs
James R. Sharpe as King Frederick V
Arne Duncan & Rod Blagojevich
Miscellany
This image above of
Anthony Amato is not
mine; it's from the
Willamette Weekly, when
Anthony Amato was
applying for a job in
Oregon.  i've included it
because it's so good.
Mr. Obama, Ms. Sotomayor, and
Mr. Telepromptor
Arne Duncan
New cowboy in town at US DOE
From math lesson using Mr. Obama's
$500,000 book money
Michelle & Andres Have a Talk
GORGE-ous Guys:  The Grand Old Rich Guys of
Education:  (L to R) Sandy Kress, Mike Moses,
Bill Ratliff & David Thompson
Ross Scarantino
Dallas ISD employee
procurement card auction
Susan Valdez
Barb Trzeskowski as Queen Elizabeth II
Kay Bailey Hutchison
TPPFsy Award
Former Capistrano USD (CA)
supe Woody Carter
John Sweeney (L),
Wayne Alexander
Kim Olson (L),
Hector Montenegro
Mike Bloomberg
Original
Aug. 2007
Texas Monthly
art (L),
my
interpretation
below
Tim Geithner having a
Tim Geithner kinda day
(June 2009)