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November 9, 2004

More on Milwaukee's Mercedes voucher school

Remember the voucher school founder who cashed as much as $330,000 in voucher checks (that would be taxpayers' money) for students who never actually attended his school, and purchased a pair of Mercedes automobiles with the loot? Several dozen employees who are owed a couple hundred thousand dollars in back pay may have to rely on the sale of one of those Mercedes, a two-door, eight-cylinder convertible, to recoup some of what is owed to them. The second car apparently already was sold. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has the scoop. A judge shut down the school in February. For more on the voucher school's sordid tale click here and here. Guess it bears repeating: Voucher programs eliminate public accountability by funneling taxpayer dollars to private schools that operate without adequate public oversight. Learn more here.

Posted November 9, 2004 12:00 AM