11/17/2003
Voucher coverup
Palm Beach Post still has the voucher-scandal story to itself. The follow-uip eidotiral -- Cooking up a coverup
Aides to Gov. Bush and Mr. Horne tried to invent ways that the state could cut off money to Silver Archer and another SFO without revealing the possible misuse of voucher money. One e-mail said Gov. Bush should announce that he's decided to cut the number of SFOs from eight to six. But, came the reply, "I can't think of how the governor would answer when asked why six?" Eventually, it became clear that The Post was about to publish the facts, and the state dropped the coverup plans.
Aides to Gov. Bush and Mr. Horne tried to invent ways that the state could cut off money to Silver Archer and another SFO without revealing the possible misuse of voucher money. One e-mail said Gov. Bush should announce that he's decided to cut the number of SFOs from eight to six. But, came the reply, "I can't think of how the governor would answer when asked why six?" Eventually, it became clear that The Post was about to publish the facts, and the state dropped the coverup plans.
