8/24/2003
The magic of vouchers
Come with us and visit another recipient of Florida education voucher dollars. No, it's not an Islamic academy with terrorist ties, it's a bankrupt correspondence school that has received "a few hundred thousand" about $400,000 in tax dollars. It's one of eight "scholarship funding organizations" the state has approved to collect and dispense $50 million in tax money. It's run by James Isenhour. According to Palm Beach Post : Isenhour, 55, has a long and checkered history in Florida, according to federal and state court records. He was tried and acquitted of securities fraud in Marion County over the development of an apartment complex. He was later arrested on a charge of cocaine trafficking in Hillsborough County, but the state dropped the charges. He declared personal bankruptcy in 2000.
And he threatened the reporter covering the story. ( "I really believe you should be careful where you step" -- this is dialog straight out of a Starsky and Hutch episode.)
The story -- Voucher operation secretive about grants -- is part of an excellent series on Florida's wide open, money-bucket of a voucher system.
And Howard Troxler among the writers unimpressed with a plan to fix this with a five-page form.
And he threatened the reporter covering the story. ( "I really believe you should be careful where you step" -- this is dialog straight out of a Starsky and Hutch episode.)
The story -- Voucher operation secretive about grants -- is part of an excellent series on Florida's wide open, money-bucket of a voucher system.
And Howard Troxler among the writers unimpressed with a plan to fix this with a five-page form.
